“Conflicting perspectives require students to explore various representations of events‚ personalities or situations… Medium of production‚ textual form‚ perspective and choice of language influence meaning” How would you feel if the man of your dreams‚ cheated on you‚ and left you for another woman? Then again‚ imagine what your life would be like living with someone who was mentally unstable. How would your friends‚ family‚ and possibly the general public perceive that situation? Of course
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Hughes demonstrates his perspective towards his destructive relationship with Plath through The Minotaur. Violence is evident in the very opening when Plath ‘smashed’ Hughes’ ‘mother’s heirloom sideboard – Mapped with the scars of [his] whole life’. Here Hughes is expressing the damage deep inside him than the physical destruction by Plath; that he too has childhood ‘scars’. Hughes suggests that Plath’s over-reaction and violence reflects her unstable mind by the word ‘demented’ revealing his helplessness
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Conflicting Perspectives Focus Question – How are conflicting perspectives revealed in two of Ted Hughes poems and a related text? Individuals form perspectives over time reflecting their experiences‚ knowledge‚ attitudes‚ opinions and beliefs. Ted Hughes’ anthology of poems‚ Birthday Letters (1998)‚ illustrates his personal perspective on his life with Sylvia Plath. The poems ‘Fulbright Scholars’ and ‘Sam’ reveal an array of conflicting perspectives effectively depicted by Hughes. The film
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Julius Caesar – Exam notes Julius Caesar (Act 1 Scene 1 – and other aspects of the text) Conflicting Perspectives. What are they? I’m here to explain to you the conflicting perspectives of Shakespeare’s ‘Julius Caesar’ and Sacha Baron Cohen’s ‘The Dictator’. Both texts explore conflicting perspectives which are conveyed through their leading characters. Within these two textual forms‚ Shakespeare and Cohen use linguistic features such as emotive language‚ simile and prose to delve into the
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Why People Obey Authority The movie A Few Good Men was written by Aaron Sorkin. The movie is about a trial concerning two young soldiers‚ P.F.C. Downey and Lance Cpl. Dawson. These soldiers gave a “code red” to P.F.C. Santiago for breaking the chain of command when asking for a transfer. Lt. Kaffee‚ their lawyer‚ tries to prove to the court that they were ordered to give the code red by Col. Jessep. The article “The Perils of Obedience” written by Stanley Milgram. It is about an experiment where
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the composer uses conflicting perspectives as a vehicle for successfully conveying their purpose to the audience. So‚ through the representation of events‚ personalities and situations (which utilises form‚ language and structural devices)‚ the responder is positioned to accept the perspective that the composer has represented as valid or credible. As a consequence‚ the composer is able to successfully impart their values to the audience. Examples of conflicting perspectives in society and the
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Module C - REPRESENTATION AND TEXT: Conflicting Perspectives. You are to produce a contribution to an online HSC Tutorial. You are to record and upload an answer to the question below. It is to be no longer than seven minutes and no less than five minutes. Conflicting perspectives exist within texts and their representation is affected by the context of the composer. Using your prescribed text and a related text of your own choosing‚ assess the impact of this statement on a contemporary audience
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The Justice Game Essay Conflicting Perspectives by Kenneth Phang The existence of conflicting perspectives in society is inevitable as there are an infinite amount of truths that are developed by an individual’s understanding of an idea. It is important to note that truth is constructed‚ not found and is entirely subjective as different perceptions of truth are influenced by culture‚ religion‚ lifestyle‚ interest and the sort. Geoffrey Robertson’s nonfiction text‚ The Justice Game and David Braithwaite’s
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Conflicting perspectives – bias and self interest "More than anything‚ conflicting perspectives are the result of bias and self-interest" When it comes to literature‚ conflicting perspectives are often woven artfully through the fabric of the text. The Shakespearean tragedy ‘Julius Caesar’ and Rob Sitch’s film ‘The Castle’ are two such pieces of literature that examine a range of conflicting perspectives. Humans are innately biased and self-interested‚ and it is our inability to separate a situation
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Conflicting Perspectives: Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar Ambitious Tyrant or “Noblest Man that Ever Lived in the Tide of Times”? An Into English Presentation Conflicting Perspectives: The Theory • All texts are deliberately constructed to convey an agenda and a set of values. • This means that every composer has a purpose‚ which is based on the issues arising from their context and audience. • To that end‚ the composer uses conflicting perspectives as a vehicle for successfully conveying
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