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Comparison of ‘Answers’ and ‘Ignorance’
Posted by: livreordie on: April 6, 2012
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Answers and Ignorance are essentially poems that consider the blinding of the individual and a hiding of the truth, that allows for the individual to be clueless. Yet, in Answers, it discusses the rejection of truth through blissful ignorance and in Ignorance, the acceptance of an external force such as in which the individual is [...]
Comparison of ‘Song’ and ‘The Mess of Love’
Posted by: livreordie on: April 6, 2012
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Edmund Waller’s “Song” and D. H. Lawrence’s “The Mess of Love” revolve around love in its many forms and aspects as believed or depicted by both personas. While Waller suggests or promotes passionate love, Lawrence warns us of love’s fragility and complexity, signifying the inevitable spiral of degeneration should we succumb to our own idealistic [...]
Room CA2 Post-Mortem
Posted by: livreordie on: February 19, 2012
Some pointers for 2T02 and 2T03 after looking through most of your first drafts. WHAT Always start your paragraph / topic sentence with the topic first. If the question is on ‘Forster’s Italy’, you need to focus on how Forster presents Italy. If the question is on ‘tragic elements’, you need to begin each paragraph looking [...]
Other Scripts
Posted by: livreordie on: November 9, 2011
A Room with a View 2011 Mock Exam Q2 Suggested Answers | Best Scripts Good scripts on Mr Emerson / Ch 19 The Birthday Party 2010 Stimulus Package 2011 Mock Exam Q3 Suggested Answers 2010 Prelim Q3 Suggested Answers Paper 5 Section B 2010 Lit P5 Prelim Q2 Scripts (Thanks, Emu/Nicolas/Jovita/Pras!)
Literary Epilogue Wrap
Posted by: livreordie on: November 2, 2011
Not quite the roar of River Arno (or the hammerstrokes of victory) for all of you yet, but at the very least, we got some of you unfrozen and out of winter, trickling down the proverbial mountain. All outlines have been uploaded below. For the H1s, you might want to visit the H2s’ work and the [...]
Comedy of Menace Redux
Posted by: livreordie on: October 26, 2011
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I’m not fond of copying and pasting others’ work but there is something here and it does deliver clear arguments in a succinct manner – less verbose than what you are used to from me (which is a good thing). Do note that this in no way resembles an essay. It is a useful list [...]
2011 Prelim P1 Sample Scripts
Posted by: livreordie on: September 30, 2011
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Hello everyone, I’ll be uploading good answers from the Prelims in this post. Stay tuned for more! The Bs tend to have moments of magic (unsustained, I reckon) but the Cs are definitely worth reading (and re-reading). For those of you perennially stuck on Es and Ds, I would suggest you dissect these ‘Cs’ (qualified [...]
2008 A Level Poetry (1b)
Posted by: livreordie on: August 11, 2011
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In this assignment, you were tasked to compare either (1a) Barker’s ‘To My Mother’ and Feinstein’s ‘Father’ or (1b) MacCaig’s ‘Interruption to a Journey’ and Stafford’s ‘Traveling through the Dark’. 1b by Ong Shien Ling (2T04) Poems A and B reflect on the deaths the personae have stumbled upon. Whilst there is a first-person use [...]
The Birthday Party Presentations
Posted by: livreordie on: July 26, 2011
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Early presents from and for Mr. Lim’s students. I will attempt Question 7 as no group from my classes has chosen it. Slides and handouts will be uploaded here. A quick reminder: if you aren’t talking about style (eg. uncertainty, ambiguity, language, dramatic staging), character presentation and relations, concerns and significance (what style/character show about [...]
Isabelle’s Essay on Women in Love
Posted by: livreordie on: December 26, 2010
Paper 5 Section C / D. H. Lawrence: Women in Love Discuss the significance of the chapter ‘Moony’ in Lawrence’s presentation of love in the novel. ‘Moony’ seems to encapsulate both the ups and downs of love in the novel, and cannot be written off as merely a one-sided presentation of love. In this episode, [...]
