1. Captain Corelli’s Mandolin
Importance of Music in the Novel

2. Theme of Music
Create a powerpoint exploring the theme of music in the novel.
Use the extracts as a starting point.
Identify the role of music in your extract—why is DeBernieres using music in this way?
Analyse the language he uses.
What is the effect? (It might be useful to think about the way that music is used in a movie to start you off.)
What do you think the central role of music in the novel is?

3. Close Analysis 1
p.224 from ‘She watched wonderingly…’ to ‘of course it’s a waste of time.’( top 225)
p , end: from ‘When Pelagia frowns at distant guns…’ to ‘…singing beneath my fingers.’

4. Close Analysis 2
P from ‘My father would throw La Scala out…’ to ‘…he’s got nightingales in his fingers.’
P from ‘But the night before he left…’ to ‘I will remember you always.’

5. Close Analysis 3
P from ‘Let’s sing boys…’ to ‘…pronounce the words of anything else.’

6. Close Analysis 4
P.418 from ‘I owe you an apology’ to ‘…remove the wires.’
p from ‘O you startled me’ to ‘…the old man paused for thought.’

7. Close Analysis 5
P from ‘They found an antique handwound German record-player…’ to ‘…better than you love your mother, do you understand?’
P from ‘Pelagia skimmed through the rest…’ to ‘…you’ve got a Walkman.’