General Thoughts: English Advanced Paper 2 (4 Viewers)

[CombustionManX]

The questions for my topics:
Q1Elective 2: texts in time
Blade Runner Frankenstein
In what ways does a competitive study accentuate the distinctive contexts of Frankenstein and Blade Runner?

Hamlet
*Fortinbras' final speech before the play ends*
On the context of your critical study, to what extent does your response to the closing scenes of Hamlet inform your judgement of the play as a whole?
In your response, make detailed reference to Hamlet.

Ted Hughes Birthday Letters
Explore how the poetry of Ted Hughes and ONE other related text of your own choosing represent conflicting perspectives in unique and evocative ways.

 

[aldotheaphelion]

the hamlet question was horrible!

 

[booshbanditxx]

blade runner frankenstein was easy, conflicting perspectives was easy as hell (i pretty much just added a sentence with unique or evocative at the end of each paragraph of my prepared essay), but hamlet....
fuck you board of studies, fuck you to oblivion.
worst question ever. I'll be happy if i get over 12 for that one.

^^this

 

[apollo1]

all i can say is thank god i didnt waste time studying for english for hsc. i would have done the same either way lol.

 

[ssylva]

worst.hamlet.question.EVER.

i guess that compensated for the great questions in the other modules

 

[miniwaybzz]

hamlet screwed me for sure..... rest was pretty sweet . FINALLY ENGLISH IS OVER !

 

[UnrealAnchovies]

Mod A (BR + F) and Mod C (history and memory) were wonderfully straightforward. I was, however, genuinely annoyed by mod C specifying exactly one related :\

Mod B on the other hand... Hamlet was putrid... the final scene of the play practically contradicts everything Hamlet is. So essentially I was arguing against the statement - not expecting more than 12 there

 

[themanman]

Frankenblade wasn't -insert preplanned response here-

you had to demonstrate how, through comparison, they demonstratee distinctive contexts

a lot of the time, people plan how they blend in with each other
this one needed a bit of a contrast rather than compare

compare - they have same running themes
distinctive context/contrast - responses to these themes or perspectives on them

thats what u needed
need some on-the-spot thinking

 

[hup]

this one needed a bit of a contrast rather than compare

compare - they have same running themes
distinctive context/contrast - responses to these themes or perspectives on them

holy shit i did that
but it was actually very easy for prepared responses

 

[Gangstar1]

WORSE PAPER EVER MADE .... Thoughts?

What did you guys think about paper 2?

 

[hallofdoors]

As soon as they told us to check the pages, I could just see half of my grade's faces dropping lol
I do Gwen Harwood, and LUCKILY I did the poem they specified, but I cannot imagine what I'd do if they asked for an analysis of another one :/

NO MORE ADVANCED!!!!!!!!!

 

[apollo1]

Re: WORSE PAPER EVER MADE .... Thoughts?

What did you guys think about paper 2?

i thought module A and module C questions were beautiful but module B was way too luck based.

 

[themanman]

Module A answer:
(Frankenblade)

Running themes:
Unbridled intellect/omnipotence
Shelley prefaces their plight
Scott takes her conceptual framework and puts it through 2 centuries of industrialisation and development and it has gotten worse.

Nature
Shelley - nature > humanity
Scott - humanity > nature

thar she blows

Module B:
How Orwell establishes his aims within Why I Write and his other essays fulfill them or some shiz

Module C:
Look above br8

 

[smartalec]

hamlet = rape. that is all. will be lucky to pass.
how did everyone interpret the fortinbras bit?

 

[Gangstar1]

Re: WORSE PAPER EVER MADE .... Thoughts?

i thought module A and module C questions were beautiful but module B was way too luck based.

yer same but for B I did Yeats and that was rubbish

 

[specky2009]

I think my entire grade was raped by Hamlet.

 

[jaafar1]

lol awesome
how many booklet did u guys use?
I used 2,3,2

 

[specky2009]

I kind of used the themes of Revenge and Corruption to explain Hamlet's characterisation throughout the play - and used the ending as the resolution and finality to the problems within the play.

 

[UnrealAnchovies]

hamlet = rape. that is all. will be lucky to pass.
how did everyone interpret the fortinbras bit?

I interpreted it as a direct contrast to Hamlet's actions within the course of the play e.g. his procrastination as opposed to avenging his 'pa and his consideration of suicide and that embodies Elizabethan England as trapped between conscious action/ stoic reaction etc etc idk gonna fail

 

[themanman]

yeah hamlet guys had it bad