No Angel | Analysis

I denne study guide finder du hjælp til at analysere og fortolke novellen "No Angel" af Bernie McGill. Novellen har været anvendt til skriftlig eksamen i Engelsk A på STX den 30. maj 2013.

Eksamensspørgsmålet lød:

Write an essay (900-1200 words) in which you analyse and interpret Bernie McGill's short story "No Angel".
Part of your essay must focus on the composition and on the use of supernatural elements.

Vi giver dig det fulde overblik over analysen af novellen samt hjælp til de fokuspunkter, som skal indgå i det analytiske essay.

Præsentation af teksten

Titel: “No Angel”, 2011
Firfatter: Bernie McGill
Genre: Novelle

Bernie McGill er en forfatter fra Nordirland. Hun skriver både noveller, teaterstykker og romaner.

Uddrag

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Title

The title of the short story, “No Angel”, suggests the text is about someone who is very different from an angel: a person with faults and imperfections. Upon reading the short story, we realise the title refers to the narrator’s dead father who appears to her on several occasions. The ghost of his father maintains most of the features of the father when he was alive. He looks almost the same and acts almost the same as when he was living. Consequently, there is nothing angelic or spiritual about the dead father. The short story’s title suggests a more human approach to life after death, rather than the idealised version promoted by religion.