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Aryan Kurungode’s ELP for IB
Dr Davies lecture What, ostensibly, is the function of the Historical Notes? Ostensibly, the function of the historical notes is that it acts as a space to provide additional information of Gilead that was not covered by Offred, as she… Continue Reading →
Chapter 8 (pg.55-6), Chapter 14 (pg.91-4) What role has she played in establishing Gilead as a republic? What is the significance of her character in the novel? On page 55, Offred reveals Serena Joy’s past as a televangelist preaching and… Continue Reading →
Lecture on Surveillance by Dr Madeleine Davis Power in Gilead lays in the hands of the ‘eyes’ (spies) and leaders of Gilead. The rest of the citizens, including the handmaids, are disempowered. Dr Davis connects this idea of power with… Continue Reading →
Lecture on female bodies by Dr Madelaine Davies In chapter 13, page 83, Offred gives a description of what her body has become. She characterizes her body as unknown and uncertain by calling it a ‘swamp’ and ‘treacherous ground’. What… Continue Reading →
Duffy brings the original biblical story of Salome to the modern context as a way of depicting a modern woman and her sexual affairs.
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Prof John McRae Lecture This chapter is narrated entirely in retrospect and goes over the deaths after 2 years. Nick organises Gatsby’s funeral and calls different people to attend. On page 170, Nick discloses his feelings towards Tom and Daisy…. Continue Reading →
Prof John McRae’s lecture The chapter begins by describing a cacophonous noise. “I couldn’t sleep all night; a fog-horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound, and I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage, frightening dreams.” McRae thinks that this… Continue Reading →
What are the details of Gatsby’s constructed past? Gatsby informs Nick that he is the son of some wealthy people in the mid-west and that he studied in Oxford. Gatsby also talked about the first world war and how he… Continue Reading →
In what ways can Thetis be understood as a poem about transformation and power? Thetis by Carol Ann Duffy uses the age-old greek tale wherein a nereid, Thetis attempts to escape from the advances of Peleus who wants to marry… Continue Reading →