A01
Ideas
● Talk about the poem as a whole first then work your way through it
● Link ideas together
Initially we see X when
Later,we see it
Finally……
● Lots of quotes( embed where possible )
● Make sure you wrap up at the end and link to love
● Ultimately, the poet seems to be suggesting that
AO2
What are the effects of the devices and intent ?
● Narrators
● Imagery
● Alliteration
● Tense
● Similes/ metaphors
● Interesting verbs / adjectives
● Repetition
● Punctuation
A03
Talk about the context of literature
Renaissance- Rebirth of classical learning, imitating other language to get respect for English jj
Metaphysical- emerging debate between physical and spiritual, restoration of the monarchy. Ends
puritan rule of protectorate under cromwell.
Restoration- mocking puritan attitudes, pushing boundaries, scrutiny and absent from thee are
performative poems
Romanticism-'spontaneous overflow of emotion’ William wordsworth and preface to lyrical ballads.
Nature, purity and simplicity are the best ways to depict the innocence of love
Victorian- Women are confined within its domestic ideals and men in the public sphere, Logic and
reason. Religious, strict and conservative. Both Hardy and Rosetti have a social awareness of what is
right in society.
Fin de Siecle (The end of the century)-Rebelling under strict victorian ideals, indulgent decelandt and
liberal content. Dawn of a new era
A04
Drop a reference to other poems in the collection
Patrician sonnet,Who So List, Remember (put the beloved on a pedestal.)
Sonnet, Sonnet 116 (Solving a problem )
Song,-Absent and ae fond kiss,( sharing heightened emotions)
Ballad- La belle Dame Sams (Telling a story )
Lyrical- She Walks in Beauty,(earnest individual perspective)
Satire-The Flea, The Scrutiny,To His Coy Mistress, Song absent( mocking /challenging conventions)
A05
● All three texts must be compared
● Don't lead with methods but with ideas
● The narrative voice of Nick,significance and symbolism of love,motif +symbolic images
, ● Overview of both the poem and The Great Gatsby
● Characterisation, static or dynamic
● Themes that the writer is exploring
● Genre,Gatsby falls into the classic american novel,tragedy, literature of romance and love
Structure
Thesis-should identify what each text says about love? How is that developed across the whole text
CTS-1) best idea-concept if love linking all three text
2)AO5- opposing idea second idea linking all 3 texts
TGG+2x poems -one more than the other
Line of Argument-intent of writers-> meaning readers take away ?
Punchline conclusion-> Evaluative and embed quotations
Essay Plans / Themes
Unrequited / Unattainable love
● Who so list to Hunt
-Must relinquish pursuit due to the barrier of another man.’farthest comest behinde’ (superlative)
-Theme of impossibility, attempting to grasp the ‘green light’, symbolism of the clock falling down ,
during the Gatsby and Daisy meet.Flashbacks give idyllic past but you cannot repeat the past
-Historicist approach- Could be inspired by the desire and pursuit of Anne Boleyn.
-‘Noli me tangere for Cesars I ame’ the context of these quotes shows how Henry VIII is portrayed
as a ruthless dictator and how she belongs to him .
-Compare the diamonds around Anne Bolyen’s neck to that of Daisy’s pearls , Marital barrier,social
hierarchy
-From a feminist perspective the only way for women to move up in a capitalist society was to marry
higher.
● Song (Ae Fond Kiss)
-Not required but unattainable
-Suffering of separation
-‘We had never been broken hearted’
-Emotive field of suffering, pain / anguish
- Cyclical structure , love her forever + suffer forever
-The AABB scheme shows that they cannot be united
- Symbolism of light between TGG and AFK.’ dark despair ‘
At an Inn and Chapter 5 in The Great Gatsby at a climax when they reunite together
The Great Gatsby: Critical perspectives
● Roaring 20s” depicting lavish life and hedonistic culture, likely in response to the hardship
and loss experienced in World War 1
● Emergence of a “leisure class' ' increased wealth and booming economy meant more members
of society could enjoy luxuries creating class tension between “old money “elites and “new
money' ' entrepreneurs and rising middle classes .
● Following this period of leisure ,America suffered the great depression and a collapse of their
booming economy. Whilst the novella is written before this,Fitzgerald’s writing is eerily
prescient of the stock markets’ Great Crash’ almost mirroring his presentation of society's
moral collapse within the Great Gatsby .
● Setting is symbolic of the contemporary Urban world
