English Advanced Question Thread

[dancing phalanges]

Hi guys just a question for an essay plan I am looking at now
The question is: Composers represent the complex interactions between people and politics.
In your analysis of your prescribed text and at least ONE related text of your own choosing, explore the complexity of people and politics.
For BNW my thoughts were:
- The tension between conformity and rebellion (in terms of both the dangers of rebelling and the difficulty of professing the truth in the BNW given the strength of its conditioning)
- Using specifically the discussion between John the Savage and Controller Mustapha Mond as to highlight the complex political perspectives of the BNW
- Perhaps demonstrating its complexity through the ambiguity of the BNW's conditioning eg. Is it for the people - as it professes Community Identity Stability, a gramme is better than a damn etc. VS it denies freedom using Bokanovsky Process as an eg.
Then for my related text speech by Malala Yousafzai:
There isn't much but could I argue the complex interaction between people and politics to be the tension between standing up for what is right and the inherent dangers in doing so under Taliban rule?
Thanks

[elysepopplewell]

HI Elyse/ Jamon sorry to bither you guys if the question says using at least two speeches .... can you refer to three and write a body paragraph for each speech (so that the essay has 3 total  body paragraphs) Or will i be marked down for not unpacking the speech as much as possible please help !!!

If you're still going into the two speeches in depth and with great insight, and your third one adds to the overall analysis - then you won't be penalised unless it says ONLY two

My question is whether or not it'd be too risky to tackle the gender argument for 1984 and Metropolis. I have good stuff for it but I just fear it's too esoteric an argument and won't work.

I don't think it's esoteric! Sounds like a unique approach

[winstondarmawan]

Hello!
What is the best method of approaching the Mod A 2016 question for KRIII/LFR?
Completely stuck.

2016
Module A
An exploration of intertextual connections reveals the relationship between context and key values.
Discuss this view with detailed reference to the extracts below and your pair of prescribed texts.
MARGARET: From forth the kennel of thy womb hath crept A hell-hound that doth hunt us all to death: That dog, that had his teeth before his eyes
To worry lambs and lap their gentle blood, That foul defacer of God’s handiwork
(from King Richard III)
REDGRAVE: In the midst of these noble concepts and these treaties and diplomatic pacts, he was saying, the truth beneath all this is absolutely the opposite. The truth is that those in power have total contempt for everything they promise, everything they pledge. And that’s really what Shakespeare’s great play is about.
(from Looking for Richard)

[tang0cat1]

Hi I posted before but I think it got lost!

I'm just a bit overwhelmed by the amount of possible questions for Hamlet! For questions where themes aren't specified, how do I introduce my themes while still answering the question? I don't want to go completely off topic, but I still would need to fill 4 paragraphs!!
For example, how would I answer the question: "Explore how dramatic techniques are used in Shakespeare's Hamlet to shape the audience's understanding of the nature of existence." Here I would want to be talking about morality and existentialism, but how do I introduce these and also discuss them in more depth without going off topic?

[pikachu975]

Hello!
What is the best method of approaching the Mod A 2016 question for KRIII/LFR?
Completely stuck.

2016
Module A
An exploration of intertextual connections reveals the relationship between context and key values.
Discuss this view with detailed reference to the extracts below and your pair of prescribed texts.
MARGARET: From forth the kennel of thy womb hath crept A hell-hound that doth hunt us all to death: That dog, that had his teeth before his eyes
To worry lambs and lap their gentle blood, That foul defacer of God’s handiwork
(from King Richard III)
REDGRAVE: In the midst of these noble concepts and these treaties and diplomatic pacts, he was saying, the truth beneath all this is absolutely the opposite. The truth is that those in power have total contempt for everything they promise, everything they pledge. And that’s really what Shakespeare’s great play is about.
(from Looking for Richard)

I'd probably take a few of my quotes out and include those ones instead. Maybe swap out 1 quote per paragraph and use those?

[mxrylyn]

Hey!

is anthropomorphism the same as personification?
Or do they differ in the fact that while, they both mean "the attribution of human characteristics or behaviour to a god, animal, or object", personification can also mean " the representation of an abstract quality in human form" or "a figure intended to represent an abstract quality"

Thank you in advance 

[winstondarmawan]

I'd probably take a few of my quotes out and include those ones instead. Maybe swap out 1 quote per paragraph and use those?

Would I need to refer to the quotes in the thesis/intro?

[mxrylyn]

In the exam, are we aloud to talk about apostrophe as a technique?
Not the punctuation mark, but the literary device that is used when a composer is addressing a god, a quality or a person dead or not present e.g when John Donne wrote
"Oh death, where is thy sting?
Oh grave, where is thy victory?"

[fergo]

Hey!

So my English teacher went on a big spiel today about how we need to be spending as much time on English study as we do on other subjects, like Maths. In theory this makes sense, but I have no idea how I am meant to study for it. We haven't started any texts yet, so I can't study quotes or the book, as we're still looking at what values are and other little things.

What are some things that I might be able to start doing now and, once we begin looking at texts, how can I continue to study?

Thanks!!

[dancing phalanges]

Hey guys sorry another question, this one for Mod A, what does this even mean???
Similar perspectives does not lead to similar content. Discuss how relevant this statement is to the two prescribed texts.
In my texts, Shakespeare and Machiavelli have different perspectives on morality and power, thus leading to different content so i'm confused how to handle this?? Thanks

[mxrylyn]

Hey!

So my English teacher went on a big spiel today about how we need to be spending as much time on English study as we do on other subjects, like Maths. In theory this makes sense, but I have no idea how I am meant to study for it. We haven't started any texts yet, so I can't study quotes or the book, as we're still looking at what values are and other little things.

What are some things that I might be able to start doing now and, once we begin looking at texts, how can I continue to study?

Thanks!!

Hey, I am not a English expert or anything, but I am currently in the same situation as you due to the fact that my teacher went on the same big spiel and we do not have any texts yet.

The way I am currently studying for English is by learning more about literary and visual techniques and how they work to enhance the text and memorising the definitions, and by also working on my short story skills. I have booklet of different stimuli for short stories which I found on the internet and every 2nd day or so, I pick one at random and write a short story based in the topic in exam conditions, I then hand it into my teacher for marking and edit it later.

These are just some of the ways in which I study for English without a text. The skills I am building will help me for section 1 and 2 of paper 1 of the HSC

[jamonwindeyer]

Hey!

is anthropomorphism the same as personification?
Or do they differ in the fact that while, they both mean "the attribution of human characteristics or behaviour to a god, animal, or object", personification can also mean " the representation of an abstract quality in human form" or "a figure intended to represent an abstract quality"

Thank you in advance

I think its about the subject! Personification assigns the characteristics to an object, usually, while anthropomorphism is more typically used when the human characteristics are assigned to a non human but still living thing!

Hi I posted before but I think it got lost!

I'm just a bit overwhelmed by the amount of possible questions for Hamlet! For questions where themes aren't specified, how do I introduce my themes while still answering the question? I don't want to go completely off topic, but I still would need to fill 4 paragraphs!!
For example, how would I answer the question: "Explore how dramatic techniques are used in Shakespeare's Hamlet to shape the audience's understanding of the nature of existence." Here I would want to be talking about morality and existentialism, but how do I introduce these and also discuss them in more depth without going off topic?

I think its about defining the terms to match your preparation. So, take the key terms from the question and say, "Right, I take this term to mean BLAH BLAH BLAH," and link it to what you want to discuss. For you, for example, existence IS a matter of morality and existentialism. Define the key terms to suit you

In the exam, are we aloud to talk about apostrophe as a technique?
Not the punctuation mark, but the literary device that is used when a composer is addressing a god, a quality or a person dead or not present e.g when John Donne wrote
"Oh death, where is thy sting?
Oh grave, where is thy victory?"

Yes you can

[jamonwindeyer]

Would I need to refer to the quotes in the thesis/intro?

Not necessarily, but you could if you liked!

Hey guys sorry another question, this one for Mod A, what does this even mean???
Similar perspectives does not lead to similar content. Discuss how relevant this statement is to the two prescribed texts.
In my texts, Shakespeare and Machiavelli have different perspectives on morality and power, thus leading to different content so i'm confused how to handle this?? Thanks

You've said exactly what the question has said, but you need to define similar perspectives as perspectives on the same thing. So, although both composers present a perspective on ______,  they do it differently, leading to different content!

That's one option at least a lot of what Shakespeare is saying in KRIII, Pacino is trying to say in a modified way in LFR, so easy to define as a similar perspective even with different perspectives

[dancing phalanges]

Not necessarily, but you could if you liked!

You've said exactly what the question has said, but you need to define similar perspectives as perspectives on the same thing. So, although both composers present a perspective on ______,  they do it differently, leading to different content!

That's one option at least a lot of what Shakespeare is saying in KRIII, Pacino is trying to say in a modified way in LFR, so easy to define as a similar perspective even with different perspectives

Ah okay thank you Jamon

[theblackswan]

For module C, what is included in a 'landscape?' Is it just the Earth and what grows out of it? Or can it be the birds, the dragonflies, anything that's in the landscape?