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    ‘A deeper understanding of aspirations and identity emerges from considering the parallels between the Great Gatsby and Browning’s poetry’. Compare how these texts explore aspirations and identity? Both the texts ‘The Great Gatsby’ by F.Scott Fitzgerald and ‘Sonnets from the Portuguese’ by Elizabeth Barrett Browning explore the ideas of aspirations and identity developing a deeper understanding of the texts. Both texts share these ideas through the characters and the values of idealism and hope

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    thoughts and perspectives of the time we inhabit. We can only fully reveal the value of experiences by comparing their differences. ‘Sonnets from the Portuguese’ written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning are a series of Petrarchan sonnets conveying love hope and morality. Composed in 1845 to 1846 England and published in 1850‚ the contextual integrity of the sonnets reflect the traditional values of courtly love at the time but also societal change and the modernisation that the industrial revolution

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    interest in the parallels between the great Gatsby and Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s poetry is further enhanced by consideration of their marked differences in textual form- Evaluate this statement in light of your comparative study of texts- Context and textual form have played a significant role in determining the parallels between ‘The Great Gatsby’ and ‘Sonnets of the Portuguese’‚ through the use of language and expression appropriate to the time. The Great Gatsby (TGG) was developed in the jazz

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    portrayals‚ in varying contexts‚ of the experience of idealised love‚ hope and mortality. Analyse TWO differences between Browning’s and Fitzgerald’s portrayals‚ making two detailed reference to your prescribed texts. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and the selected love sonnets; I‚ XIII‚ XIV‚ XXI‚ XXII‚ XXVIII‚ XXXII‚ XLIII by Elizabeth Barrett Browning explore texts in time which involve portrayals in varying contexts through the experience of idealised love‚ hope and mortality. The portrayals

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    the treatment of similar content in The Great Gatsby and the prescribed poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning reflect changing values and perspectives? Throughout different time periods in history‚ perspectives change. With changing perspectives‚ artists and authors convey their feelings for particular social issues in varying ways through their texts. As the prescribed text‚ “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald and the prescribed sonnets from “Sonnets from the Portuguese” by Elizabeth Barrett

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    at Gatsby and Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Sonnets explore the role of human aspirations and the quest to establish or maintain an identity against vastly different social contexts and in markedly different literary forms. While The Great Gatsby (TGG) develops an ironic‚ shifting but ultimately pessimistic if not cynical viewpoint on the nature of human aspirations and our likelihood of maintaining an individual identity against the range of social pressures‚ Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Sonnets present

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    Linking Sonnets From The Portuguese to The Great Gatsby 1. The Theme of Love Sonnet 1. Love enters and transforms our life as totally‚ as unanswerably as Death. Like Death it is a presence we have almost no say in. In Fitzgerald’s novel how does love transform Gatsby? But does it transform Daisy? Does it enter into the loves of Nick or Jordan Baker? Sonnet XIV “If thou must love me‚ let it be for nought Except for love’s sake only. Do not say I love her for her smile – her look – her

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    written. Through the comparative study of the 1925 novel‚ ‘The Great Gatsby’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s 1845 ‘Sonnets from the Portuguese‚’ HSC students are provided with varying concepts of love in dissimilar contexts through the use of narrative and poetic techniques‚ thus resulting in an enhanced appreciation of each text. The themes and values portrayed in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel ‘The Great Gatsby’ are appreciably influenced by various traditions and trends

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    Essay on differing contexts between great Gatsby and sonnets from Portuguese Context can influence the style and themes of a text. A text mirrors the concerns of the time and place in which it was written. The interpretation of a text also depends on the context of the reader. Sonnets from the Portuguese by Elizabeth Barrett Browning are a reflection of the Victorian era in which it was composed‚ as well as of Barrett Browning’s personal experiences. The Great Gatsby‚ a novel composed by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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    Is Gatsby great or not? Section 1: Gatsby is generous to the people at his parties. He throws banquets and spends a lot of money on food‚ preparations and entertainment. Gatsby is a generous host. “most people were brought” “Every Friday five crates of oranges and lemons arrived from a fruiterer in New York--every Monday these same oranges and lemons left his back door in a pyramid of pulpless halves.” “At least once a fortnight a corps of caterers came down with several hundred feet

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