What I meant about the prompt is the whole idea of it not just those paragraphs. I think this might be my main issue, ideas to discuss? I mean I have a pretty good knowledge of the play but I think linking things is my issue. How can I improve this, you seem very knowledgable about it, what did you do to be able to think outside the box to interlink the ideas together and manipulate it?
About the introduction sentence, what about just a quick historic background to provide some context for the assessor? Like just mentioning the era of Medea's production etc? And then getting straight into the prompt?
Cheers.
Ima reiterate the queen, literally lauren:
like let's go with "Medea's anger throughout the play is justified."
WHY YES JUSTIFIED?
- cos she's exiled
- cos Jason's an ass to her
- cos society treats her like crap
WHY NOT?
- she doesn't actually give a crap about women or anything, she's just manipulative - her anger isn't the anger of the oppressed it's the anger of a psycho
SO ARE HER ACTIONS JUSTIFIED?
- nah, she kills her kids and Glauce
OR
-yeah screw the kids and Glauce
OR
-kinda, i liked her till she put her anger into violent action
then put together key ideas to form a general contention= While Medea's anger and desire for justice throughout the tragedy are justified, the resulting consequence of her violent actions are not.
General contention done! Separate the above into separate key ideas to discuss which support the prompt.
That's just how i go about things, and how i learnt from the Queen.
But yeah, dude my word is not gospel here. Like, if you're comfortable with a quick socio-historical sentence before jumping into the prompt go for it. That was just my perspective, on what works for me/ what i consider important. there are exceptions for every rule!
Hope this helps!