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Macbeth Essays - What's Everyone Covering?
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Deleted User wrote: »That would be such a lovely question. Could they please please do that? :P If you could track it down that would be great because I'd be interested in reading it to see what points they made.
And not to go off topic but did they mention anything about poetry?
I can't find it in any of my folders but I'll be getting it off a friend on Monday, along with a Macduff question so I'll post them then.
They didn't really mention anything specific for poetry just that they'll most likely stick with the theme + style questions and will probably stay away from the personal response questions. 0 -
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Macduff is a much more important character and the plot is dependant on him. Take Banquo away and the plot would basically be the same minus a few scenes. I reckon neither of them will come up in the end tbh, all we're going on is what someone said. It's Plath and Heaney all over again.
I'll probably end up learning stuff on Banquo in the end though.
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Vito Corleone wrote: »Macduff is a much more important character and the plot is dependant on him. Take Banquo away and the plot would basically be the same minus a few scenes. I reckon neither of them will come up in the end tbh, all we're going on is what someone said. It's Plath and Heaney all over again.
I'll probably end up learning stuff on Banquo in the end though.
banquo has come up in the past and was due to come up few years back when the papers were cocked up0 -
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Vito Corleone wrote: »Macduff is a much more important character and the plot is dependant on him. Take Banquo away and the plot would basically be the same minus a few scenes. I reckon neither of them will come up in the end tbh, all we're going on is what someone said. It's Plath and Heaney all over again.
I'll probably end up learning stuff on Banquo in the end though.
Yeah but it's his function that's important, not his actual character, and what they're looking for is for you to actually analyse a character, something that I just think would be near-impossible for the Duffster.
Debating the values of Macbeth characters, what have my weekends come to....:pac:0 -
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Yeah but it's his function that's important, not his actual character, and what they're looking for is for you to actually analyse a character, something that I just think would be near-impossible for the Duffster.
Debating the values of Macbeth characters, what have my weekends come to....:pac:
Depends how they phrase the question, if it's along the lines of "the importance of the character..." then Macduff would be much easier imo. I don't know, I'm just not feeling all the love for Banquo.
Honestly, I'm hoping neither come up.
Yes, I do feel a little sad debating this...0 -
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outnumbered wrote: »Lads, looking at the whole likeliness of Banquo appearing, i am beginning to fret. I pulled out a typed essay from some unknown source there now and it seems good. My question is, should I prepare my own now( which could take 3 hours for me) or just learn off that one. I have done out 100% essays on Bishop, Plath, theme/issue, cultural context, 3 paper 1 essays and One Kingship one. they all scored 100% (by a very hard corrector but they took me like 6 hours each.) I want that standard essay on Other topics in macbeth but don't have the time or the corrector! :P What should I Do?
On another note, has anyone any A1 standard essays on derek mahon and/or Adrienne rich??
http://jamietuohy.com/category/poetry/
I think there is a good essay on here about Adrienne Rich 0 -
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Banquo notes are on the way, in the form of pictures on Viber.
The person only took down the essay in bullet points, as it was read out to us so I'll just post what I get and you can formulate your own essay out of the points if you want. I'm thinking it'll be a Banquo/Downfall/Kingship question personally, on the day. Hoping for downfall, myself. 0 -
kevin12345 wrote: »Banquo notes are on the way, in the form of pictures on Viber. The person only took down the essay in bullet points, as it was read out to us so I'll just post what I get and you can formulate your own essay out of the points if you want. I'm thinking it'll be a Banquo/Downfall/Kingship question personally, on the day. Hoping for downfall, myself.
brilliant thanks a mil 0 -
Here's my essay that I just got back, along with corrections and marking.
The 1st paragraph will divide a few markers; some will say that humour shows a lack of respect towards the text/Shakespeare whereas some would say it is good to get a reader on side/entertained.
Of course, the humour is in small doses and I really do praise Banquo in this essay so some of you may not agree and some questions may be hard to manipulate your points around.
Give it a read anyway 0 -
Deleted User wrote: »Here's my essay that I just got back, along with corrections and marking.
The 1st paragraph will divide a few markers; some will say that humour shows a lack of respect towards the text/Shakespeare whereas some would say it is good to get a reader on side/entertained.
Of course, the humour is in small doses and I really do praise Banquo in this essay so some of you may not agree and some questions may be hard to manipulate your points around.
Give it a read anyway
I like it. The only thing, however, (and it's not got to do with this particular question) is that this essay would be very hard to manipulate to another question. So learning this one would leave one very limited if this particular question didn't come up.
Obviously this is an excellent thing. but, for these not as good at english and wish to learn it off, this probably won't work.
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Deleted User wrote: »Here's my essay that I just got back, along with corrections and marking.
The 1st paragraph will divide a few markers; some will say that humour shows a lack of respect towards the text/Shakespeare whereas some would say it is good to get a reader on side/entertained.
Of course, the humour is in small doses and I really do praise Banquo in this essay so some of you may not agree and some questions may be hard to manipulate your points around.
Give it a read anyway
You make some really valid points in it. I like how you worked a bit of humour into it as well. Well done, thank you for sharing 0 -
outnumbered wrote: »I like it. The only thing, however, (and it's not got to do with this particular question) is that this essay would be very hard to manipulate to another question. So learning this one would leave one very limited if this particular question didn't come up.
Obviously this is an excellent thing. but, for these not as good at english and wish to learn it off, this probably won't work.
Well done!
Thanks Yeah, I tried to work the essay around the two questions I quoted at the start but as I got into the essay I found it increasingly difficult.
As for learning essays, I don't think you should ever learn essays, no matter how 'general' they are. As my teacher says, you would end up including a point that isn't relevant because you would feel hard done by if you didn't.
Just learn topic sentences and points about a certain aspect and that way you can choose your best 6 on the day that relate to the question.MusicChick94Xx wrote: »You make some really valid points in it. I like how you worked a bit of humour into it as well. Well done, thank you for sharing
Thank you I was 2nd guessing the humour but will definitely include it if the question permits on the day. After all, the Department want us to enjoy the English course and I feel the humour shows genuine engagement with the text 0 -
Deleted User wrote: »Thanks Yeah, I tried to work the essay around the two questions I quoted at the start but as I got into the essay I found it increasingly difficult.
As for learning essays, I don't think you should ever learn essays, no matter how 'general' they are. As my teacher says, you would end up including a point that isn't relevant because you would feel hard done by if you didn't.
Just learn topic sentences and points about a certain aspect and that way you can choose your best 6 on the day that relate to the question.
Thank you I was 2nd guessing the humour but will definitely include it if the question permits on the day. After all, the Department want us to enjoy the English course and I feel the humour shows genuine engagement with the text
Fair enough. I wrote many A1 standard essays in the past but they took ages for me to do! I really won't be able to reach that standard by not learning them off.... I think if I have it learned off and it comes up, I will have more time to manipulate my answer around the question 0 -
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