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AS and A Level: Criticism & Comparison

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Discuss the view that The Great Gatsby and 1984 concern the attempt of an impossible idealism to realise itself in a grossly materialistic world.

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- Word count: 836
- Submitted: 11/11/2004
- Reviewed by: groat 21/04/2012
Discuss and analyze the dramatic impact you feel the setting of the two selected plays has upon characters and audiences
- Word count: 799
- Submitted: 26/03/2012
How do the texts you have studied explore the notions of freedom and responsibility? Both Frankenstein and Bladerunner explore the moral implications of usurping the role of God with unrestrained scientific experimentation.
- Word count: 493
- Submitted: 06/03/2012
Comparison of Twelfth Night by and All my sons
- Word count: 598
- Submitted: 12/02/2012
Comparison of extracts from I love to hear the crows go by by John Clare and Sons and lovers by D. H. Lawrence.
- Word count: 581
- Submitted: 12/02/2012
What similarities can you find between Cormac McCarthys The Road and John Steinbecks Grapes of Wrath?
- Word count: 604
- Submitted: 02/12/2011
'In Cold Blood' and 'Frankenstein'. Compare how Capote and Shelley use different techniques for characterisation and their use of emotive, figurative language with the use of repition to show the theme of wasted lives
- Word count: 929
- Submitted: 22/11/2011
Analysis of Robert Cormiers We All fall Down and John N. Smiths Dangerous Minds.
- Word count: 932
- Submitted: 15/11/2011
Human relationships, whether in the public or private arena are about power and control. Power is essentially a struggle for control. This essay will attempt to prove these ideas in relation to the play, Julius Caesar and the documentaries, The Men who Ki
- Word count: 912
- Submitted: 09/09/2011
The essence of powerplay is that those who inspire also create powerful enemies. This essay will attempt to prove this statement in relation to the play, Julius Caesar, the documentaries, The Men who Killed Kennedy and Hitler and the film, Wag the Dog.
- Word count: 874
- Submitted: 09/09/2011

Conclusion analysis

Good conclusions usually refer back to the question or title and address it directly - for example by using key words from the title.
How well do you think these conclusions address the title or question? Answering these questions should help you find out.

Do they use key words from the title or question?

Do they answer the question directly?

Can you work out the question or title just by reading the conclusion?

To what extent does Shakespeare use comedy to explore the perceptions of love in Twelfth Night?

"In conclusion I think that comedy plays a major role in the part of portraying the perceptions of love. Though the play has a very good potential of becoming tragic, this makes the audience appreciate the happy ending. Also I think it makes the play more comical because of the fact it was so close to going wrong for the characters and makes the ending much more of a relief and welcomed so greatly by the audience. BY GEORGINA WADSLEY"

To what extent does Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" conform to the model of the comedy of manners you have studied?

"To conclude, in the end of the play we can see that Oscar Wilde indeed does conform to the comedy of manners and creates a light hearted comedy that universally all people can relate to and enjoy, which is why the play has been so popular for more than a century."

Focusing On a Clockwork Orange and Frankenstein compare some of the ways authors explore the idea of what it means to be an outcast.

"In conclusion, the authors of both A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess - and Frankenstein - Mary Shelley have don e well in concealing the ideas of an outcast in their novels, using the actions of the characters and knowledge of systematic psychological and sociological emotions the ideas of an outcast in the novels were unveiled."

AS and A Level: Criticism & Comparison

Discuss the view that The Great Gatsby and 1984 concern the attempt of an impossible idealism to realise itself in a grossly materialistic world.

Discuss and analyze the dramatic impact you feel the setting of the two selected plays has upon characters and audiences

How do the texts you have studied explore the notions of freedom and responsibility? Both Frankenstein and Bladerunner explore the moral implications of usurping the role of God with unrestrained scientific experimentation.

Comparison of Twelfth Night by and All my sons

Comparison of extracts from I love to hear the crows go by by John Clare and Sons and lovers by D. H. Lawrence.

What similarities can you find between Cormac McCarthys The Road and John Steinbecks Grapes of Wrath?

'In Cold Blood' and 'Frankenstein'. Compare how Capote and Shelley use different techniques for characterisation and their use of emotive, figurative language with the use of repition to show the theme of wasted lives

Analysis of Robert Cormiers We All fall Down and John N. Smiths Dangerous Minds.

Human relationships, whether in the public or private arena are about power and control. Power is essentially a struggle for control. This essay will attempt to prove these ideas in relation to the play, Julius Caesar and the documentaries, The Men who Ki

The essence of powerplay is that those who inspire also create powerful enemies. This essay will attempt to prove this statement in relation to the play, Julius Caesar, the documentaries, The Men who Killed Kennedy and Hitler and the film, Wag the Dog.

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