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
Revision activity for students to complete for effective note taking.
Aimed at AS/A-LEVEL Students
Based on the following:
Montgomery Bus Boycott 1955
Little Rock Nine 1957
The Freedom Riders 1961
James Meredith goes to University 1962
The March on Washington 1963
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.
AQA NOTES RS: Religious Language
The problem of religious language
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Logical Positivists
The issue of whether religious language should be viewed cognitively or non-cognitively.
The challenges of the Verification and Falsification Principles to the meaningfulness of religious language.
Strengths and Weaknesses of Verification Principle.
-Strengths and Weaknesses of the Falsification Principle.
Responses to these challenges from verification and falsification.
Eschatological Verification + Strengths and Weaknesses.
Key ideas of the Celestial City.
Religious language as an expression of a Blik with reference to Hare.
Religious language as a language game with reference to Wittgenstein.
Conclusions as to the issue whether religious language should be viewed cognitively or non-cognitively.
Other views of the nature of religious language.
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
Brief summary on the following questions:
Why did Reformers want to reform Parliamentary before 1882?
Who could vote before 1832?
How did elections works?
Based on the following texts: Macbeth, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Lord of the Flies, Power and Conflict poems.
Summary
Key quotes / analysis
Key themes
Deeper meaning of texts
Writer’s intention
Context
Language devices
The role/purpose of education.
Functionalist approach.
Key concepts.
Functions of the education system.
Marxist approach.
Debates about the structure of education.
Sample questions and answers.
Education as a political issue.
Visions: Corporeal, Imaginative and Intellectual
Numinous Experiences: Otto; an apprehension of the Wholly other.
Mystical experiences: William James; non sensuous and non-intellectual union with the divine.
Challenges of verifying religious experiences.
Challenges to religious experience from science.
Religious responses to those challenges.
Richard Swinburne’s principles of credulity and testimony.