GCSE: English

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.

1. Do they use key words from the title or question?
2. Do they answer the question directly?
3. Can you work out the question or title just by reading the conclusion?

• I am going to analyse two poems: "Porphyria's Lover" and "The Laboratory." I will be explaining the outline of the poem, how the characters are presented and some comparisons between the two poems.

  "In conclusion, I would say that Robert Browning's characters are presented in a similar way. His poems are said to be "Dramatic Monologues" and I can agree with this term. His poems are very powerful and they leave an impression on you. The main message that I have learnt from the two poems is that love can cause death, especially when there is too much craving."

• "'We've got to have rules and obey them. After all we're not savages.' Discuss Jack's statement in Chapter Two in the light of the events of Chapters One to Five of 'Lord of the Flies.'"

  "In conclusion, there has been a clear move from civilisation towards savagery. At the beginning of the novel, we see Jack as a civilised and young boy but in the duration of the events that have taken place; Jack is emerged as a hunter and is described like a savage from an African tribe. He shows a sense of order and authority over the choirboys, which was accepted by Ralph, but with this sense of confidence building within Jack, he has tried to not only overcome the choirboys, but also Ralph, Piggy and the rest of the boys. "Golding knew exactly what the boys are like." This was taken from a newspaper review in the 1950s and this tells us that Golding's views about how boys would survive on a island seems realistic as he used to watch how boys used to interact with each other in the playground. Lord of the Flies is more than an adventurous story: it gives us a lesson about what human nature is all about. It consists of messages and morals that we can learn from, such as how we behave in a primitive way, how we are cruel to each other and how we can easily be influenced and bullied."

• "Browning is a good storyteller but is he better as a poet?" Discuss merits of Browning's poetry and narratives in Porphyria's Lover and My Last Duchess

  "Conclusion: In both of Browning's poems, My Last Duchess and Porphyria's Lover, we have a very clear story of what's going on, the story itself is interesting, and the way that he has turned them into poems is also very good, but I would say that he is better as a storyteller, not as a poet. If I had to choose one poem that I thought was more poetry and less storytelling, in my opinion it would have to be My Last Duchess, in Porphyria's Lover there is too much picture description, which you would get in a story when setting the scene. It is a very good poem, but it would probably be described as more of a story."