Questions 19 & 20; Presentations

1. Questions 19 & 20; Presentations • Order of lessons between now and Easter • Today • Presentation groups • Past answer • Presentation time

2. Lessons between now & Easter • Wednesday: past papers/model answers/exam technique • Next Monday: Mock exam – one past question, answering on Hosseini and Browning?... • Next Wednesday: Student presentations

3. June 2009 19) Write about some of the ways characters are created in the three texts you have studied. 20) Write about the ways the authors use time to shape the order of events in the three texts you have studied. January 2009 19) Writers often choose their titles carefully to allow for different potential meanings. Write about some potential meaning of titles in the three texts you have studied. 20) Write about the significance of one or two key events in each of the three texts you have studied. June 2010 19) Write about the significance of the ways writers end their narratives in the work of the three writers you have studied. 20) Write about the significance of narrators in the work of the three writers you have studied. January 2010 19) Many narratives have one or more significant moments of crisis. Write about the significance of crises in the work of the three writers you have studied. 20) How do writers use repetition to create meanings in their texts? In your answer, refer to the work of the three writers you have studied.

4. 19) Write about some of the ways characters are created in the three texts you have studied. Hosseini, Auden and Browning all use techniques to create characters in their texts. However, they do this in different ways. *** [Hosseini] *** In Browning’s poem “My Last Duchess” which is a gothic tale of a psychotic murder. It is in form of a dramatic monologue. Firstly, the use of verbal pointing develops the character of both the Duke and Duchess; “that’s my last duchess painted on the wall.” The Duchess is portrayed as an object and “last” gives connotations that she wasn’t the Duke’s first and won’t be his last. This highlights the Duke as very obsessive as he likes to show her off and show has ultimate control over her. This is further highlighted by; “The curtain I have drawn for you.” The Duke has a curtain drawn around the Duchess, so only he can choose who gets to see her, de does this as he felt he didn’t have ultimate control over her when she was alive so he wants to now she is dead. Secondly, the use of rhetorical questions, “who’d stoop to blame this sort of trifling.” This shows that the Duke is a very proud man and thinks he is superior over the Duchess. He feels that he shouldn’t have to say anything to her has she should know already that she shouldn’t behave like that. Thirdly, the complete change of topic at the end of the poem; “Notice Neptune, though, taming a sea horse.” This portrays the Duke as materialistic as he first moves on to talk about another possession. Also the fact that “Neptune” is “taming a seah-horse” highlights the Duke’s view on power and how he must have ultimate control. Another poem of Browning’s is “Porphyria’s Lover,” which is a dramatic monologue which has similar openings to the Romantics. Firstly, the use of pathetic fallacy develops the character of the lover; “sullen wind was soon awake” and “worst to vex the lake.” This shows that the character has mixed emotions and the weather “tore the elm-tops” is destroying the forest the same way the lover is going to destroy “Porphyria’s” life. Also “she shut out the cold,” gives connotations that “Porphyria” is a warm and friendly person. Secondly, the title “Porphyria’s Lover” gives connotations that Porphyria is the one in charge and that the lover doesn’t have much say. This is highlighted later on in the poem; “from pride, and vainer ties dissever.” “Porphyria” is from an upper class from the lover and therefore would superior to him. Thirdly, the use of other characters such as God, who is someone of great importance, highlights parts of the lover’s personality. “and yet God has not said a word!” The use of God here reveals that the lover has a sense of justification for his actions and does therefore not think he has done anything wrong. *** [Auden] ***

5. 33/46 – Detailed exploration of several aspects. Each text dealt with focuses on task. V. good supporting references.