Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Titus Andronicus draft
Shakespeare and the Literary Heritage How have extremes of emotion expressed in Titus Andronicus and selected WW1 poetry been effectively created by the writers’ craft and performance of the drama text on stage, on screen and in the classroom? In this assessment I will be discussing how the writers’, Shakespeare and Wilfred Owen have…
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Spoken Language Study
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‘But not us! An’ why? Because …. Because I got you, and you got me to look after you, and that’s why’. This quote is very ironic as we know at the end George has to kill him, to save him. In this quote we can see steinbecks use of foreshadowing which creates a sense…
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Of Mice and Men Controlled Assessment
Have a go at assessing your last Controlled Assessment against the AQA criteria
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Act 3 scene 2 stuff – Titus andronicus
‘Who, when my heart, all mad with misery, Beats in this hollow prison of my flesh, Then thus I thump it down. Thou map of woe, that thus dost talk in signs! When thy poor heart beats with outrageous beating, Thou canst not strike it thus to make it still. Wound it with sighing, girl,…
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Act 1 scene 1
1. Titus returns from battle and is on stage telling the people of his victory. 2. His son Lucias is back stage holding a bloody sword where he tells titus what him and his brother done to one of Tamara’s daughter. 3. They had cut his limbs off and thrown them on the sacrifice fire.…
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Titus andronicus
Was anything important happening at the time that would make people go or not go to the theatre? During the time when Titus andronicus was being shown in theatre, there had been an out break of the bubonic plague during the years 1592-1594. This however is contradictory of the popularity of Titus andronicus as it…
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Theme study
The theme that I have decided to use is Deception, based on the fact that its relation to the books and films I have chosen and it is also stronger than my original theme regret. The books and films I have chosen to use are: The Great Gatsby (book and film); Hamlet; Doctor Jekyll and…
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Theme Study
The Great Gatsby Even after 5 years his love remained. “You can’t re-live the past” . Haris personally relates to the idea that you can’t regain your past, which seems only to be something you can learn in retrospect. The theme of regret flows through both texts as Hamlet is also burdened by the self-condemnation…
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