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VCE Stuff => VCE English Studies => VCE Subjects + Help => VCE English & EAL => Topic started by: anastasiastarz on October 27, 2011, 10:00:54 pm
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What are the main categories that all the prompts could fall under? I'm having a bit of trouble on this... Help please?
So far I got:
1. Reaction to Crisis
2. The Book itself (Style/structure/language/1st person narration/feminist view)
3. Annas Development/Change
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List of Prompts:
Heroes & Villains
Reaction to conflict/fear
Betrayal
Testing of society/individuals
Some reaction irrationally to people/occurrences they dont understand
Fear tears apart lives + fabric of society
Plague was a vehicle for unleashing the hidden fears and suspicions that governed the lives of the village
Annas development/growth/change
Annas courage and determination that results in her eventual emancipation
Anna is the true heroine? -> courage + determination
Who is the true hero? Elinor or Anna?
Women constrained by [social] expectations of their time
Conflict between medieval times & enlighten thinking
Marriage & Motherhood
Social: class & control and the lose of it
Style/structure/language/1st person narration/feminist view
Loss & Survival
Religion/superstition
Competing Worlds: Sacred, secular, superstitious
Importance of having/questioning Faith
Knowledge/wisdom
Social structure/institutions challenged/breakdown
Change in morals
Faith/Hope & Love
Strength women stronger than men (strength and resilience)
Men are weak
Survivors transformed
True heroes put others ahead
Mompellion is a Villain
M isolates the village for selfish reasons
Sinister side of religious
Nature vs religion = opposing forces
Death/destruction = rebirth
Humanity is at the mercy of the natural world
Human suffering + cruelty
To be true to yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest achievement