Shadose said:
So how are you going to go about it? Neglect the other's interpretations and say they were yours all along ?
I'm definitely calling up hsc advice line for the 234824546th time to clarify all this crap. i guess ill take out the focus of the readings from my topic sentences and closing sentences... make sure my analysis of the king lear quotes then goes on to say what it revealed to ME. Then will refer to the readings to say how they supported and enhanced my personal representation.
But that will really screw me up, coz like i assigned 2 body paragraphs anyway JUST on describing the social contexts of each reading, and how they influenced each reading. Now I guess I'll just replace them with one whole paragraph on Shakespeare's social context and how it shaped his text... and then another talking about how Eyre and Brook's readings had enhanced my personal engagement with the play.
This has obviously screwed me... I think my teacher hasn't realised they've taken emphasis off the readings of KL. She still insists it is these modern READINGS such as the family psychological reading of Eyre and Theatre of Absurd reading of Brook that allows for King lear to endure the ages etc.
I dunnnnnnoooooo what im going to do..
meh if i end up confused and not knowing how to adapt this NEW, to me, approach.. then ill just write my response the way ive been doing it this whole year for assessments, and how i've been directed to. (and scoring good in them.. even though they wud give me a 12/20 at max in hsc - now i realise lol)
This is the bluddy structure of KL responses we've been taught to adapt to each question:
Intro - introduce the readings you have studied and how they enhance different aspects of king lear. etc etc
body paragraph 1 - introduce social context of FIRST READING. eg. definition of family psychological context... etc also establish some themes.
body paragraph 2 - basically have ur topic sentence etc, and then choose a quote from the text, analyse shakespeare's language... talk about what it reveals. then talk about how the director reinforced their reading, in their production, and how this enhanced your perceptions. plus obviously, textual integrity and audience response
body paragraph 3 - define the social context of the SECOND reading yous tudied.
body paragrah 4 - basically follows body paragraph 2, but for another reading.
body paragaphs 5 and 6 follow the structures of 2 and 4.
conclusion
gosh, this would get me like a 10-12/20 max right? since im focusing mainly on the readings of others. but what if i tweaked my stupid structure, talked about MY interpretation, and then said that eyre and brook simply ENHANCED my interperation... that would boost my mark up right?
ahh F*$^ this shit!
