The Emigree: Plot and Intentions

What is The Emigree about?

• The speaker talks about a city in a country she left as a child - she has a purely positive view of it.

• The speaker talks about a city she left because she hated living there.

• The speaker talks about a city in a country she left as an adult - she has a purely negative view of it.

• The speaker is talking about a place called Emigree.

Who wrote The Emigree?

• Lord Byron

• Simon Armitage

• Carol Ann Duffy

• Carol Rumens

Which of the following is a relevant intention for The Emigree?

• To highlight the power of nature.

• To highlight the damaging impact of war and conflict on an individual.

• To highlight the futility of war.

• To criticise those in power.

Why did the speaker feel she had to leave her home city?

• The city had burned down.

• The city seems to be under attack and unreachable.

• The city wasn't providing her with any money to live.

• She just wanted to.

What could the city represent?

• A place

• A time

• A person

• An emotion

• An animal

What does the word 'emigree' mean?

• Someone who stays in one country forever.

• Someone who is trapped in one country.

• Someone who leaves one country to settle in another.

• Someone who is imprisoned.

Has Rumens chose to use the feminine or masculine form of Emigree?

• Feminine

• Masculine

Why is the 'city/country' at war?

• It may not be able to cope with all its inhabitants.

• It may want to cause mayhem and destruction for those that live there.

• It may be trying for peace.

• It may now be war-torn, or under the control of a dictatorial government that has banned the language the speaker once knew.

Which of the following are relevant themes in The Emigree?

• Exile

• Power

• Conflict

• Power of nature

Where was Carol Rumens born?

• South London

• Yemen

• Warsaw

• Florida