English Advanced Question Thread

[jamonwindeyer]

Hi!
So for my essay, I want one of my paragraphs to show what Richard did with his power to commit evil acts. I've already mentioned the acts of the murder of the two princes and Clarence in my other body paragraphs.
If someone could give me some ideas, quotes etc to talk about for this paragraph about the idea of 'evil' it would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you so much

Just in case you haven't, be sure to check out the notes we have on Richard in the Notes section! Someone else may be able to provide some more specific advice

[shreya_ajoshi]

Just in case you haven't, be sure to check out the notes we have on Richard in the Notes section! Someone else may be able to provide some more specific advice

thank you for your reply! i've checked them out but i'm still not sure how to structure my paragraph with the idea of evil
Any help would be appreciated

[phebsh]

Hey guys, does anyone know if there have been any past HSC essay questions specifically regarding physical discovery? Thanks!

[elysepopplewell]

Hey guys, does anyone know if there have been any past HSC essay questions specifically regarding physical discovery? Thanks!

In the two years of Discovery, they haven't ask specifically about physical discovery for the essay yet

[elysepopplewell]

Hi!
So for my essay, I want one of my paragraphs to show what Richard did with his power to commit evil acts. I've already mentioned the acts of the murder of the two princes and Clarence in my other body paragraphs.
If someone could give me some ideas, quotes etc to talk about for this paragraph about the idea of 'evil' it would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you so much

Hey! Evil isn't an idea I specifically focused on in my analysis of Richard, but it naturally weaved itself into my essays. I focused on the perception of Richard - he's called a lot of names pertaining to animals, like a boar. This animal imagery adds to his treacherous character's profile. You could say he is evil in his pursuit of romance/seduction as well. If I were writing a paragraph on evil in Richard III, I'd most likely talk about the contextual need for Shakespeare to portray Richard in such a manner, which would link me to broadening "evil" to treacherous, Machiavellian, duplicitous, and so on. I'd take the spin of talking about Shakespeare's purpose in portraying Richard's evilness. This is purely just because it follows my style of essay writing. But you could also take the route of focusing on his interactions with others and how that shows evilness. Or, you could talk about the way he covers his evilness. You can talk a lot about the biblical allusions here, the opening pun, and so on. I think this last one sounds like a good idea too. But, these would all suit my own style of essay writing - so adjust them to how you would write best

[bananna]

Hi

I usually memorise my essays and creatives (I think that makes it ALOT easier and find it pays off)
How do you think I should incorporate my stimulus in and how many times should I do so?
My stimulus is a picture AND a text.

thank you!!

[ssarahj]

Hi

I usually memorise my essays and creatives (I think that makes it ALOT easier and find it pays off)
How do you think I should incorporate my stimulus in and how many times should I do so?
My stimulus is a picture AND a text.

thank you!!

Hey! For creatives, how you incorporate your stimulus will depend on your piece and what the stimulus actually is. You could use it as a symbol/metaphor/motif repeated throughout your piece, or perhaps reference it directly (if its a quote etc.). The best scripts will take the stimulus and incorporate it in a sophisticated way - so not just mentioning it in your first sentence and then ignoring it! There's no magic number for how many times to chuck it in, but I would say maybe at least 3 times to make sure you're hitting the nail on the head.

Since you can never perfectly predict the stimulus its beneficial to practise writing your piece to as many different questions as you can, this will help you memorise your piece as well!

[bananna]

Hey! For creatives, how you incorporate your stimulus will depend on your piece and what the stimulus actually is. You could use it as a symbol/metaphor/motif repeated throughout your piece, or perhaps reference it directly (if its a quote etc.). The best scripts will take the stimulus and incorporate it in a sophisticated way - so not just mentioning it in your first sentence and then ignoring it! There's no magic number for how many times to chuck it in, but I would say maybe at least 3 times to make sure you're hitting the nail on the head.

Since you can never perfectly predict the stimulus its beneficial to practise writing your piece to as many different questions as you can, this will help you memorise your piece as well!

Thank you!

[rire165]

Hey i have this question for an assignment “In what way does a comparative study of Austen’s Pride and Prejudice and Wheldon’s Letters to Alice, enable responders to achieve greater understanding of how context shapes perspectives?” and i don't know how to tackle it and what are the best quotes. would be great for some help thank you

[elysepopplewell]

Hey i have this question for an assignment “In what way does a comparative study of Austen’s Pride and Prejudice and Wheldon’s Letters to Alice, enable responders to achieve greater understanding of how context shapes perspectives?” and i don't know how to tackle it and what are the best quotes. would be great for some help thank you

Hey rire! I haven't studied this, but our HSC moderator/lecturer sudodds has. This is her essay for free download. It might give you some ideas about how to approach your own response. I think you should consider that the question you've been given doesn't actually present any themes, so you have them for yourself to decide on. And it actually specifically requests that you talk about "readers" so you actively need to thread the audience into your argument. What perspectives are there in the texts? Perspectives on love? On courtship? On conflict? On education? On class? Hopefully this prompts you in the right direction

[sudodds]

Hey i have this question for an assignment “In what way does a comparative study of Austen’s Pride and Prejudice and Wheldon’s Letters to Alice, enable responders to achieve greater understanding of how context shapes perspectives?” and i don't know how to tackle it and what are the best quotes. would be great for some help thank you

Hey! What elyse said is exactly correct The way I would have structured a question like this (would have been very similar to the essay I wrote that elyse linked) is by looking at the ways in which our understanding upon the themes of class, the role of women within society and the role of rebellion and rebellious characters are shaped and re-shaped by these texts from different contexts. It's been a while since I've had to think about this stuff, but from what I can remember, through reading both texts together, the reader is given a greater insight into the ways in which these themes and issues were prevalent during Austen's time (Wheldon recontextualises Austen's critique to suit her more modern audience to "bridge the gap" of understanding between these two contexts/promote empathy etc), and also how they have changed/remained the same since then until when Wheldon was writing. The essay I wrote will have a lot more detail on what I mean, but hopefully this helps you get started!!

[MEL7401]

Hey! 
I am Year 11... we have a speaking task coming up for Advanced and we need to discuss the context and intertextual perspectives of two prescribed texts in relation to our stimulus.
I am just wondering if anyone could help me to better understand what intertextual perspectives are??
Thanks 

[jamonwindeyer]

Hey! 
I am Year 11... we have a speaking task coming up for Advanced and we need to discuss the context and intertextual perspectives of two prescribed texts in relation to our stimulus.
I am just wondering if anyone could help me to better understand what intertextual perspectives are??
Thanks 

Hey Mel! I'll do my best!

Basically, intertextual perspectives are ideas that are present in both text but explored in slightly different ways. For example, power is a theme present in many texts, but it is always explored in a way that is a bit different each time. Studying those texts together is to study intertextual perspectives on power.

So you'll be looking at how two texts treat similar ideas differently you should give this awesome guide a read too! A hugely amazing resource for Advanced Module A

[MEL7401]

Thanks very much- very helpful 
some big ideas that interact in both texts are:
1.formation of prejudices
2.conflict that arises from prejudices
3.extended group contact- (idea that prejudices change over time with exposure to those we are prejudiced against)

would discussing the context (social, historical, cultural??)  and intertextual perspectives of my prescribed texts in relation to these big ideas that come through my stimulus make an effective comparative essay???

[elysepopplewell]

Thanks very much- very helpful 
some big ideas that interact in both texts are:
1.formation of prejudices
2.conflict that arises from prejudices
3.extended group contact- (idea that prejudices change over time with exposure to those we are prejudiced against)

would discussing the context (social, historical, cultural??)  and intertextual perspectives of my prescribed texts in relation to these big ideas that come through my stimulus make an effective comparative essay???

I think that context has great relevance for intertextual perspectives. In order to understand the perspective, we need to understand what has given rise to that view point. Look at the formation of prejudice in today's society, and the formation of prejudice in society 200 years ago, and we see a pretty distinct difference in what people would let dictate their preferences. So, I think context is important, not only because of the ideas, but also the form. Prejudice in Shakespeare's time had to be acted out in the Globe theatre, naturally. Whereas prejudice in our time manifests in far more ways in media. So, yes, context will be largely important for you to draw the connections and contrasts in the texts