No lates will be accepted. Your Paper Should Be Organized As Follows: Title Introduction Paragraph (Paragraph 1) Begin with a sentence that introduces (sums up) the story of Beowulf, followed by another sentence that transitions you from the intro sentence to the second sentence (something like Even though the movie and the poem are about the same story, they are vastly different, for ex. You may use this sentence, but I prefer you come up with your own). The third sentence will be your thesis statement, which states your three differences in the order in which you plan to discuss them. *These differences should be important.
How has the study of the connection between your set texts shaped your understanding of context and values? The exploration of William Shakespeare’s play ‘King Richard III’ and Al Pacino’s 1996 doco-drama film ‘Looking for Richard’ reveals the explicit relationships between each text and their respective audience. The Elizabethan and twentieth century contexts in each of these texts are important as it demonstrates the value of each text and enables the understanding of how the film enriches the ideas presented in the play. Shakespeare’s ‘King Richard III’ portrays a malicious and corrupted Richard to explore the themes of divine justice and the notion of outer appearance versus inner reality in the theocentric context of the Elizabethan society. Four centuries later, Al Pacino’s ‘Looking for Richard’ reflects the director’s quest to come to terms with a Shakespearean text in a contemporary context, providing a personal examination of the same Richard’s behaviour, whist simultaneously reflects the post modern era with the absence of divine order and the change in views of conscience.
English half yearly speech: All texts, regardless of form or composer, inherently presents different voices in their composition which are created by expression of their mood and emotions towards a specific situation. The texts that will be used to effectively convey this concept are “ The life and crimes of Harry Lavender” by Marele Day and Charlie Chaplin’s speech in the movie “The Great Dictator”. These two texts will be used to demonstrate textual conventions and language with different voices and how these two texts uses voices to critique the importance of distinctive voices in defining and developing characters. In “The Life and crimes of Harry Lavender” the composer uses the voice of Claudia Valentine in the detective genre to convey the idea of gender roles can affect the detective genre. Marele Day deliberately places Claudia within the detective genre to subvert the masculine dominated stereotyped role of the male protagonist to an empowered female detective, reflected in her personality shown when she says “I was changing cars more often then I change underwear”.
Advanced English Exam Essay Question In what ways is your appreciation of both texts enhanced by a comparative study of ambition in Frankenstein and Blade Runner? Ridley Scott’s 1982 film Blade Runner and Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein explore similar concepts of ambition that can be further valued by comparing and contrasting the forms and features of both texts. This can be enhanced through an analysis of the context in which each text originates, and how the changing values and perspectives of the time are reflected in each text. In the film, Ridley Scott has portrayed the consequences of overreaching ambition and how a desire for knowledge can have a negative impact on society. His use of majestic trumpet music, in conjunction with the gradual zoom and panning low angle camera shot during Deckard and Gaff’s approach to Tyrell Corp. to enhance the pyramidal and soaring temple like structure of the building.
Influence to contemporary classical narrative form Topic 9: Contemporary classical narrative form is influenced by cross media, transmedia and intertextuality. Define each of these terms and examine their particular characteristics with reference to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and another contemporary film of your choice. Narrative describes how story is told in many different media, including fiction, film, and television serials, etc. William H. Phillips states a definition of narrative in one of his books: For our purposes, narrative can be defined as a series of unified events (happening and actions) situated in one or more settings. The events may be arranged chronologically or nonchronologically and may be factual, fictional, or a blend of the two.
Explore the ways disturbed characters are presented in Shakeapeare’s Macbeth and Browning’s My Last Duchess, The Laboratory and Porphyria’s Lover. This is essentially a “use of language” essay, you need to show HOW the disturbed natures of the characters are conveyed, not just say how they show themselves. The essential point of this essay is to demonstrate what Shakespeare and Browning DO to convey the disturbed nature of the characters – not just saying what disturbed things the characters say or do, but what poetic and dramatic techniques the authors use to show their distrurbed natures. You MUST use quotations to back up every point you make. If you are hoping for the highest grades (B and above) you must make comparisons between the characters in the poems and Lady Macbeth.
These are evidential in both the film and the poem, which therefore relates. Essentially, the director of ‘Rabbit Proof Fence’ has effectively used a number of film techniques to indicate the significant importance of physical journey. In the prescribed text ‘Exiles’, Bruce Dawe draws on a variety of poetic techniques to help emphasize the insights of the important and impact of physical journey. Both the film and the poem demonstrate that whilst on a journey you will embark on obstacles, attain knowledge, change and portray the significance and impact of physical
Reflective Essay Questions for The Truman Show Mr. Mendelsohn/ English-Language Arts/ Verdugo Hills Multimedia Magnet HS Directions: On your own paper, answer the following questions based on your viewing of The Truman Show. All answers should contain specific references (CDs) to scenes or dialogue from the film. 1. In your own words, describe Truman’s world, using at least three (3) concrete details. According to Christof (“The Creator”), why is Truman’s world more desirable than the “real” world?
What might be suggested by Shakespeare’s choice to begin and end the play in Athens? Annotated Bibliography: 1) MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM D. J. Snider The Journal of Speculative Philosophy Vol. 8, No. 2 (April, 1874) , pp. 165-186 Published by: Penn State University Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25665868 I have chosen to use this particular article because it breaks down each setting in the book, fleshing out the different threads that hold the story together through careful analysis of setting.
With Every Difference There is an Underlying Similarity Madison Tierney Ms.Szusko ENG3U1 April 29th, 2011 The hero’s journey has consistent situational archetypes that are comparable among many different literary works as well as motion pictures. These archetypes within the hero’s journey are evidently displayed in literary compositions such as William Shakespeare’s’, The Merchant of Venice. Also comparably seen in Andrei Konchalovsky’s The Odyssey. To begin, the hero must make certain associations between the outside world and fictional experiences. Secondly, the hero archetype must face some form of obstacles in order for these situational archetypes to prove present in theme.