My UWCSEA Learning Journey

The idea of an efficient policing system was to have a central watch tower, with only a single person watching surrounded by  prisons cells. The idea is that at anytime, the prison guard can see inside each cell at all… Continue Reading →

We normally view our body as an instrument, to get to A from B, but when a state attempts to gain control, the body presents alot more value than just being an instrument. In the case of the book, her… Continue Reading →

By the constant flashbacks to Offred’s past, highlights the difference between the two worlds. For example, when Offred’s describes about going to the doctor, she states “only now obligatory”, which demonstrates the lack of freedom. Similar to other regimes in… Continue Reading →

Offread says in the novel “context is all”. During the time when the book was written or being planned, the reality of a totalitarian rule in the Soviet empire was very much a reality. She was living in West Berlin,… Continue Reading →

What is the significance of this extract in the play, in relation to the issue of power?    Extract: Haemon and Creon  Antigone is a form of Greek tragedy which examines the tensions between the power of belief and traditions… Continue Reading →

Global Issue Focus : Gendered power dynamics Literary Work: Salome by Carol Ann Duffy from ‘The World’s Wife’ collection, 1999 Non-Literary Work: “Now act like you like it” cartoon by Liza Donnelly Focus – Gendered power dynamics  Salome – The poem… Continue Reading →

The world’s wife is a collection that utilizes dramatic monologue to present a new feminine perspective in historical legends/stories through various allusions and intertextuality. The collection explores what it means to be human from different perspectives that transcend time and… Continue Reading →

The poem Salome by Carol Ann Duffy explores the power dynamics between male and female relationships. The poem is an allusion or transformation of the bible/original story of Salome. In Carol Ann Duffy’s version, Salome almost seems like a modern… Continue Reading →

Thesis : Delilah is a poem that explores the psychosexual myth, power dynamics and relationship between men and woman which presents them with equal power in bipolar power dimensions. (emotional power and physical power)

Some of the things that I would need to focus on in the future when writing essays for paper 1 Having a big idea that sums up all the points before I start writing Coherence and having an essay that… Continue Reading →