‘Modern literature shows the inescapable roles and expectations of women’.
Compare the significance of gender stereotypes in a drama and poetry text you have studied.
Remember to include in your answer reference to how meanings are shaped in the drama text you are writing about.
Cat On a Hot Tin Roof
‘The Map Woman’ + ‘The Diet’
Examine the view that Literature presents women as constantly in search of a sense of belonging and identity.
Compare the significance of belonging and identity in two other texts you have studied.
Between Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and ‘The Diet’ / ‘The Map Woman’
Comparison of Duffy’s poems: ‘History’, ‘Tall’ and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams.
Key Themes with quotes and analysis based on the following:
Self-Expression
Individuality
Insecurity
Rebellion
Sexuality
Oppression
Moral Attitudes
Emptiness of modern life
Isolation
A criteria of SQIZE to help students structure their paragraphs when essay writing.
SQIZE = Statement, Quotation, Inference, Zoom, Effect.
Featured essay questions with a sample essay paragraph:
How does the description of Gatsby and his parties link to ideas about true love?
How does the description of Jordan link to ideas about true love?
How does Fitzgerald use his presentation of the American Upper Classes to link to ideas about true love?
Examine the view that ‘The Handmaids Tale’ is a novel about the exploitation of women.
Essay plan that will help students to structure a thorough essay and fulfilling the criteria.
Consider in one of the texts you have read how the author presents ideas about true love. How does Fitzgerald present ideas about true love in 'The Great Gatsby
Plan for the following questions which includes;
AO1
AO2
AO4
AO5
How do writers explore enduring love?
Essay that focuses on the texts:
The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald
Sonnet 116 by Shakespeare
Remember by Rossetti
Perspectives of:
The American Dream
Marxist view
Context of 1920’s
Compare how the authors of two texts you have studied present ideas about sexual desire.
Focuses on the texts:
The Great Gatsby
To His Coy Mistress
The Scrutiny