Literary analysis Matilda (based on the musical movie of 2022)Online version
Literary analysis Matilda (based on the musical movie of 2022)
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Who is the main character of the story?
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Which traits describe Matilda at the beginning?
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How does Matilda change by the end?
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What lesson does Matilda learn?
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Who are the most important supporting characters influencing Matilda?
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Who or what acts as the antagonist (main opposing force)?
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Is the main conflict mostly internal or external?
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What is the central problem of the story?
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Which list best shows how the story develops?
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What moment best fits the climax of the story?
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What is the solution to the main conflict?
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How does the story conclude?
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What is the main setting of the story?
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How does the setting influence the story?
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What is a major theme of the story?
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Who is the narrator of the story?
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What point of view (POV) is used?
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How does the POV affect the story?
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What kind of growth makes Matilda a hero?
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How does the story show that actions have consequences?
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Why are the other children important?
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How does Miss Trunchbull function in the story?
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What makes this story powerful today?
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How does the story show that conflict and change are part of life?
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In Matilda, adults like Miss Trunchbull and Matilda’s parents use their power to control children. What does the story suggest is the real danger of this kind of authority?
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Miss Trunchbull says children are “maggots” who must be crushed. What belief about power is she showing?
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Matilda uses her intelligence and imagination instead of violence. What kind of power does the film say is stronger than physical force?
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Matilda’s parents only care about money, TV, and cheating customers.
What does the story suggest about this way of living?
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Miss Trunchbull and Matilda’s parents are very different — but also similar.
What connects them?
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Matilda’s classmates slowly learn to stand together against Trunchbull.
What does this show about power?
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The writer of Matila, Roald Dahl,often writes about cruel adults and clever children.
What does this suggest about his view of childhood?
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In many Dahl stories (Matilda, Charlie, The BFG), powerful adults run unfair systems.
What is the deeper pattern?
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Matilda does not wait for adults to save her.
What message does this send to children reading the book or watching the film?
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At the end, Trunchbull loses her power.
What changes this time compared to the beginning?
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How does "Matilda" connect to "Charlie and the Choclate Factory" and Oliver Twist?
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Even though Matilda is hopeful, what problem is not fully solved?
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Why do stories like Matilda matter in the real world?
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What is the deepest message of Matilda?
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