TEXT RESPONSE! HELP!!!!

[SmoothAsianAss]

 
I need help on HOW to write a text response essay! If possible I would like an answer based on COSI... I have not done a text repsonse essay for a while due to our class teacher being weird =/.

 I would greatly appreciate any help!!!

[littlebecc]

lol, are you in year 12?

[SmoothAsianAss]

yaa hahaha, sorry if this is a weird question coming from a year 12... like i do know how to write them but i wanted someone to tell me how they would write one

[saaaaaam]

I need help on HOW to write a text response essay! If possible I would like an answer based on COSI... I have not done a text repsonse essay for a while due to our class teacher being weird =/.

 I would greatly appreciate any help!!!

Maybe if you have a particular Cosi topic in mind, I'll break it down and show you how I'd go through it? Or a particular theme and I'll find a topic?

[SmoothAsianAss]

"Love is the last gasp of bourgeois remanticism, she says."(Act1, Scene 3)
What view does Cosi present about romantic love?

[physics]

cosi condemns lucy's point of view therefore she ends up being a loner. balhblahablah

[SmoothAsianAss]

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[saaaaaam]

"Love is the last gasp of bourgeois remanticism, she says."(Act1, Scene 3)
What view does Cosi present about romantic love?

It would have been perfect if it wasn't limited to romantic love. Oh well. If it had I would have had a whole range of ideas such as love as it applies to the Vietnam War and how love is a better method of treatment than others such as shock therapy.

But now to actually answer the question.

So just to brainstorm ideas:
Cosi Fan Tutte
-highlights the double standards that apply in today's society
-comparison of the infidelity of the men and women in Cosi Fan Tutte to the infidelity of Lewis, Julie, Lucy and Nick
- 'a woman's constancy is like the phoenix of arabia

Free Love
- Doug, Nick, Lucy and Zacs
-'free love'
-how lucy redefines love/fidelity for a contemporary society ('i have sex with him and sleep with you')

Lucy vrs. Julie
- I don't know if you know this but the actor who plays Julie normally also plays Lucy. So maybe a comparison of their two different views on love?
-Julie's girlfriend is the ultimate symbol of fidelity, sticking by her 'through thick and thin, mostly thin'.

Traditional views of love
-shown by Henry, Cherry, Ruth(?)
-Nowra is very sympathetic to Henry and the tale of his mother, showing he likes the idea of couples remaining forever faithful, although he knows it isn't always realistic.

Non romantic love
-Lucy and Nick's involvement in the Vietnam war is somewhat spurred by love.
-demonstrate that platonic love is just as important to Nowra as romantic love (maybe if we argue it like this it'll fit the prompt!)

Love as an indulgence
- so I think this angle is much better, seeing as it explicitly refers to the quote in the topic.
- Lucy and Nick believe 'love is an indulgence for a privileged few'
-'after bread, shelter, equality, health, procreation, money comes maybe love'
- yet their work in Vietnam to help the 'starving masses' is also an act of love
- so while they claim love is an emotional indulgence they demonstrate it to be a universal experience


Give me a day or two and I'll actually write up a response for you.

[SmoothAsianAss]

alright thanks! i;m sure this would be of great help (Y)

[saaaaaam]

Here are three body paragraphs. I hope they're helpful!

"Love is the last gasp of bourgeois remanticism, she says."(Act1, Scene 3)
What view does Cosi present about romantic love?

Nowra uses the characters of Nick and Lucy as a vehicle to explore the notion of love as an indulgence. Nick and Lucy are firm in their beliefs that ‘love is an indulgence for a privileged few.’  Lucy implies that war and love cannot coexist considering ‘after bread, shelter, equality, health, procreation, money comes maybe love.’ Yet Nowra rejects this idea through his unsympathetic portrayal of Lucy. Furthermore, Lucy’s rhetoric contradicts her actions. Her aid work to help the ‘starving masses’ in Vietnam is an act of love. Nowra challenges the idea that love is privileged by presenting Lucy and Nick’s pragmatic view of love to be fundamentally flawed. Nick and Lucy do not comprehend that many forms of love exist. Love, platonic, romantic or otherwise, is essential. Nowra demonstrates this through Roy. Roy's childhood, while filled with food, shelter and health, was void of love. This had a direct impact on his mental wellbeing. Throughout ‘Cosi’ Roy attempts to find substitutes for love. His obsession with Mozart demonstrates his need for love and his fabricated memories give him this. If characters are willing to seek out love then it is of the utmost importance. Yet Nowra demonstrates that nothing can replace love. It is essential on many levels. While Lucy and Nick present love to be an emotional indulgence, Nowra demonstrates it to be a universal experience.

‘Free love’ is a notion embodied by Lucy and Nick. Free love allows an individual to engage in romantic relationships in any way they please instead of the conventional way imposed on them by society. Through the notion of ‘free love’ Lucy attempts to redefine love and fidelity by claiming that she ‘has sex with’ Nick and ‘sleeps with’ Lewis. To Lucy, free love is the separation of emotion and love from sex. However, Doug views free love as validation to be unfaithful and promiscuous. Doug often makes the audience uncomfortable through his crude personality and through this unsympathetic portrayal audiences are led to reject Doug’s views on love. His interest is solely on gratifying his physical desires. Doug’s idea of love involving disposable partners is juxtaposed by the enduring love of Henry’s parents. This love, as presented by Nowra, is true love. Henry, who is the play’s moral centre, is an advocate for traditional love. It is so important that he is able to overcome his debilitating stutter to defend it. Henry’s mother who ‘loved no one else’ is the idealised model of love and fidelity. Henry is able to find a faith in love through the example of his parents despite his own failed marriage and ‘temptress’ wife. Nowra portrays Henry sympathetically which encourages audiences to reject ‘free love’ and value the beauty of traditional love.

Nowra also provides audiences with the contrasting view that love can be destructive and unhealthy. This is epitomised by Ruth and Cherry. Ruth’s toxic view of love is a result of an abusive relationship. Because of her boyfriend who ‘tied her up and put her in a wardrobe’ Ruth now equates love with possession.  Through this Nowra highlights how love can be twisted in something it should not be. A similarly unhealthy view of love is Cherry’s. While Cherry believes she loves Lewis, Nowra presents her love as an infatuation and delusion. Cherry too is possessive, especially when it becomes apparent that Julie and Lewis are developing feelings for one another. Her unrequited love is unhealthy and has violent undertones. More than once she resorts to the threat of physical violence as she would rather ‘break [Julie’s] fucking arm’ rather than see Julie ‘kiss him again.’ Nowra encourages audiences to reject these models of love as they are unhealthy. Possessive and destructive love is not true love.