The following are two things about my essay writing that I am proud of: Embedding of quotes Mentioning Ibsen’s name multiple times in each paragraph Through practice, I’ve learned that I’m really good at embedding quotes because I’ve demonstrated that I can change them slightly to fit into the sentence that I am writing. However, […]
Category: English
What Does Ibsen Think?
After looking at this list of quotes, I think that Ibsen’s worldview was very different to other people’s in his time. He believed that women and men should be equal, which was not the case in 19th century Norway. From these quotes, we can see that Ibsen values equality for women and people of different […]
19th Century Norway
After reading this blog post, I have learnt more about 19th century Norway. What do you believe to be the three most important facts about 19th century Norway? “Norway … became an independent nation in 1814” (Cron) which caused the upper-middle class to grow. The country became more industrialised which brought more money into the […]
Women’s Rights – A Doll’s House
“A woman cannot be herself in the society of the present day, which is an exclusively masculine society, with laws framed by men and with a judicial system that judges feminine conduct from a masculine point of view.” To what extent are Ibsen’s words still true today? Provide real-life examples in your examples. 350-500 words […]
Foundational Stories
Through my partner’s presentation, I can identify several examples of how a particular foundational story has been retold, adapted, revisioned and alluded to. In Udit’s presentation, he talks about an Indian story called Mahabharata. He gives examples of how this story has been turned into movies, TV shows, graphic novels and books. Through my partner’s presentation, […]
Macbeth Act 4 – Willing Murderers
What kind of people are willing to undertake such dreadful business as murdering innocent women and children? I think that most of the people who murder innocent people have mental illnesses or have had issues/problems in the past. Sometimes, they don’t know how to control themselves or they want to release their anger and don’t […]
Macbeth Act 2 – Feelings and Mood
Analyse the ways in which Shakespeare evokes contradictory feelings towards his characters. In act 2, Lady Macbeth has convinced Macbeth to kill Duncan. In act 1 she talks about Macbeth “look[ing] so green and pale,” suggesting that he is worried and scared of killing Duncan (1. 7. 37). However, in act 2, Macbeth kills Duncan […]
Macbeth Act 1 – Characterisation
Differentiate between the direct and indirect characterisation Shakespeare uses in order to construct his characters. Shakespeare uses both direct and indirect characterisation to give the audience a clear idea of the characters. Before Macbeth is shown to the audience, the other characters subtly describe some of his characteristics throughout Scenes 1 and 2. This is […]
Mukul Deva – WF
Mukul Deva talked about the process of writing a book. Something that surprised me was when he talked about how the research normally takes longer to do than writing the book. For example, if the book is set in different countries you need to research all the cultures, make sure that the time zones match […]
Christina Lau – WF
Christina Lau’s story was very inspirational. I used to think that being disabled was a struggle and changing your lifestyle because of a disability would be hard but Christina Lau said the opposite. She said that her accident has given her new opportunities in life and she also said that most disabled people have a […]