Archive for the ‘Extracts’ Category
JC2 MYE: The Birthday Party Answer
Posted by: livreordie on: May 21, 2012
Write a critical commentary on the following passage, relating it to the dramatic presentation of Stanley here and elsewhere in the play. START STANLEY (to himself). I had a unique touch. Absolutely unique. (22) END A sudden knock on the front door. (24) Stanley is presented as an artist figure with the belief that his talent [...]
JC1: Ch 12 Essay
Posted by: livreordie on: May 4, 2012
Download by clicking Lecture 6 Breaking Free (Essay) or read it here! Set during Beaufort’s ‘clandestine’ outing to the Countess’s ‘Bohemian quarter’, the passage establishes Ellen’s desire to be ‘free’ from her marriage to the Count. It is Newland’s perspective that reveals her ‘otherness’ in a far-from-welcoming New York and the tragic course of this pursuit. From [...]
The Birthday Party Extracts (Meg-Stanley)
Posted by: livreordie on: April 25, 2012
2011 ‘A’ Level Question 6(b) Write a critical commentary on the following passage, relating it to the portrayal of the relationship between Meg and Stanley here and elsewhere in the play. CA4 Review Focus on the extract. Analyse, no, close-analyse the extract first. You need to be quoting, identifying features (e.g. use of imperatives, visual [...]
The Birthday Party Extracts (Act 2, Stanley meets Goldberg)
Posted by: livreordie on: November 13, 2011
The extract, from Act 2, is the scene where Stanley meets Goldberg, and it highlights the power of the establishment, embodied and personified by the character of Goldberg, as well as the individual and his struggles when confronted by the establishment, symbolised by the character of Stanley and his ‘confrontation’ with Goldberg.
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Birthday Party Extracts (Opening of Act 3)
Posted by: livreordie on: July 12, 2011
The following is less of the usual comprehensive outline than it is a haphazard round-up of in-class discussion across 3 classes. The Domestic. Petey’s entrance with a newspaper suggests a return to the routine and order of mornings at the Boles’ as witnessed in Act 1. Yet, Meg shifts her focus from Petey to Stanley [...]
The Birthday Party Extracts (End of Act 1)
Posted by: livreordie on: July 1, 2011
The H1s were tasked, for the Mid-Year Examination, to ‘write a critical commentary’ on pages 35 and 36 of The Birthday Party, ‘paying particular attention to its significance to the play as a whole.’ This is Elizabeth Lee’s (2T36) essay. Simple in style but quite sophisticated in its understanding of the play’s concerns. The concept [...]
The Birthday Party Extract Review
Posted by: livreordie on: May 29, 2011
Marking this assignment certainly produced surprises. 2T04/13′s scripts proved to be a breeze to mark, with many individuals making the step up towards close analysis of the extract and a focused discussion of concerns within the extract. A fraction of scripts from all classes lacked the requisite analysis that is required to move to a [...]
The Birthday Party Extracts (Goldberg-McCann Entrance)
Posted by: livreordie on: April 10, 2011
A critical commentary on an extract from page 27 to 29, paying particular attention to the presentation of Goldberg and McCann and dramatic effects. Start MCCANN. Is this it? End GOLDBERG. Quite unnecessary. Pause. * Significance of extract Evaluate the construction of plot, the reader-viewer’s understanding of characters, themes as well as the use of [...]
