Planning For The HL English Essay

Text We Looked At:

• Atonement
• The Importance of Being Earnest
• The Visit
• The Worlds Wife
• Home Fire
• Antigone
• Fun Home

Text Preference:

• Atonement
• The Importance of Being Earnest

Ideas For Line Of Inquiry:

• Atonement:
  • Criminal Narrative:
    • The Villain – Paul Marshall:
      • McEwan seems to marginalise Paul’s criminality – not pursued or punished
    • The Victims:
      • Lola:
        • Lola is sidelined as a victim – Briony makes story about herself
        • Before the assault, Lola was a victim of her parents divorce
        • After the rape ….
      • Robbie:
        • Already victim of class distinctions – Emily Tallis doesn’t forgive him for getting a first from Cambridge
        • Falsely accused of crime he didn’t commit
      • Briony:
        • Victim of her emerging sexuality, inadequate parenting, biology, class and over imagination
      • Cecilia
        • Another victim of social obligation to her sister
        • Becomes an outcast because of her education

• The Importance Of Being Earnest: