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VCE Stuff => VCE Subjects + Help => VCE English Studies => Topic started by: mel_mon on December 20, 2015, 12:57:16 am
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Just wondering because hannibal's character is very complex
Asking out of pure curiosity, i've already finished my exams but i am just fascinated by hannibal's supremely gifted intelligence and barbarous nature
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For context, its fine to include external examples.
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Just wondering because hannibal's character is very complex
Asking out of pure curiosity, i've already finished my exams but i am just fascinated by hannibal's supremely gifted intelligence and barbarous nature
You could absolutely get away with it, but you'd have to do so properly. I actually think it'd be really interesting to read a kind of creative-hybrid in the form of a review of the show that incorporates notions of id&b in its analysis, though that balance of believability vs. a contention that's relevant to the prompt might be hard to strike.
Also, you wouldn't be able to rely on your assessors having seen the show, and you also don't want to spend half of your writing time summarising plot events, so that might be problematic too.
Anything can be made into a sophisticated discussion though; it's just that some subject matter is riskier than others. For instance, a student writing a piece about some major historical events is going to be in a much safer position than one who writes a politically driven piece that takes an aggressive opinion towards something like the pro-choice/life abortion debate or the accountability of religious institutions found guilty of crimes. So as much as I think it's super interesting to read about those kinds of things when they're done properly (and doubly so when I can tell the person writing about them is interested and invested in such debates) I'd advise against doing so in an exam scenario for someone who was looking to maximise your score.
But that's all behind you now, you don't have to play by VCAA's rules anymore! You can write your OWN context piece with blackjack and hookers that deals with whatever examples you find interesting!
Jks you don't have to be as sad as me... but maybe if the Context AoS has kept you thinking about things like what our identities are comprised of and whether there is such thing as a definitive 'self' even after the exams are over, maybe there's a point to it after all...