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tiny twisted legs
- alliteration. deformed and struggling with poverty
- ugly and inhuma
- seen as not important, no life
- symbolic for poverty
- poverty is ugly
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three tiers
- imagery of a wedding cake, suggests it is ornate and intricate
- ironic, jars with the message of St Francis - contradiction
- contrast between the church and beggar is shocking
the beggar has nothing just like St Francis who took a vow of poverty, they are linked
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A priest explained how clever
- introduces hypocrisy of the Church
- tone is sarcastic, he is critical of the priest
- priest is naive
- art he is celebrating is expensive but neglecting Christian duties
- trying to impress wealthy tourists
- missing the real message
- preoccupied with wealth
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clucking contentedly
- alliteration, compares tourists to chickens to show they are ignorant.
- happy to take things in
- extends metaphor; GRAIN OF THE WORD
- function as a group
- stupid
- symbolic of society
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ruined temple
- contrast with beautiful church
- emphasises the ignorance and hypocrisy of organised religion
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as voice as sweet as a childs
- contrast to how the beggar has been portrayed so far
- build up sympathy
- revelation is beggar is beautiful inside
- full of innocence and beauty that the tourists/priests will never see
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