2011 ATESOL Trial HSC English (ESL) Exam Marking Guidelines Listening Paper Question 1 (1 mark) Outcome assessed: H5 What is the purpose of this radio show? Criteria Marks To entertain To relax listeners at the end of the working week 1 Inappropriate answers: To inform To persuade Question 2 (2 marks) Outcomes assessed: H1‚ H5‚ H7 Explain how ONE feature of the introduction engages the listeners. Criteria Marks Correctly identifies ONE relevant feature of the introduction
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by a blind prophet‚ Jocasta‚ and a servant. I. The blind prophet presents Oedipus with the fate that was cast to him years ago. A. Tiresias is brought in to help decipher Apollo’s message. B. Tiresias claims Oedipus is the murderer. C. Oedipus’ ignorance keeps him from hearing the truth. II. Oedipus’ wife‚ Jocasta‚ comes in to talk with him. A. Jocasta tells him the story of hearing the fate of son. B. Oedipus refuses to recognize the coincidences. C. Jocasta does not want Oedipus
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would procreate with his mother and kill his father. In his effort to avoid fulfilling the prophecy he ran away until one day at the place where three highways meet he was attacked by a group of men‚ in the effort to defend himself he killed them. Jocasta and others told him that he can’t be sure until they speak with the shepherd‚ the only person who witnessed the murder of Laius. Suddenly‚ a messenger from Corinth arrived and told Oedipus that his father Polybus had died of old age. The news temporarily
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Tiresias‚ the blind prophet‚ presents the truth to Oedipus and Jocasta. Oedipus has been blind his whole life‚ and when faced with the truth‚ lost his the truth is uncovered she still cannot accept it. Those who are truly blind ultimately have a higher vision. Oedipus started his life with a prophecy that he would kill his father‚ and marry his mother. Oedipus had no idea that his real parents were Laius and Jocasta‚ and he was blind
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The chorus play an important role throughout the play‚ they not only set up various scenes‚ but they represent the collective moods and feelings that are supposed to be felt at the time. When the chorus mourns‚ the audience mourn. They are also the voice of reason‚ clarity and sense‚ attributes to which we cannot associate with Oedipus. And so they play a vital role‚ connecting his actions back to the play. A way to describe the chorus‚ would be that they’re the collective conscious of the people’
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in fact his son was cast out of Thebes as a baby‚ and Laius was murdered by a bit of steam. Hearing this‚ Oedipus fled his home‚ never to return. There is a type of manly valor; but valor in a woman‚ or unprincipled cleverness are inappropriate. Jocasta begs Oedipus not to pursue the matter. Oedipus‚ stunned‚ tells his wife that he may be the one who murdered Laius. This rule is related to each class. Send for the other
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but in the end‚ is a victim of fate. The first example of fate is that Oedipus sends Creon to the temple of Apollo to find out how to get rid of the plague of Thebes. This is how he learns of his own fate as well. "I sent Meoceus son of Creon ‚ Jocasta ’s brother‚ to Apollo‚ that he might learn there by what act or word I could save this city" (70-74). Creon then sends for Tiresius. Against his will and after much discussion‚ he reveals the fate of Oedipus. He tells
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Supplication: M 18. Taunted: F 19. Vigor: I 20. Presume: D Short Answer 1. Explain the terrible prophecy that the Delphic oracle revealed to Laius and Jocasta. How did the king and queen try and avert this tragedy? a. the prophecy is that laius and jocasta will have a son‚ and that son will kill laius and marry jocasta. they attempt to avoid this by dumping the child off at mt cithaeron‚ abandoned in hopes he’d die so that the prophecy doesn’t happen. 2. Explain what caused Oedipus
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Meropi and Polybus aren’t his biological parents. Herald says that Polybus had received Oedipus as a gift from his hands. Jocasta is in absolute terror when she realizes Oedipus’ real identity. Jocasta hangs herself because of overwhelming grief. “I find it necessary to seek godly advice on the matter.”(30) “Let the fate of my generation take me where it will.” (31) After Jocasta hangs herself in shock‚ Oedipus stabs his eyes out‚ he suffered as his true identity and fate was revealed. Oedipus wants
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he sets off to another city‚ where his real parents live and unknowingly he completes his prophecy. Sophocles used irony throughout the play‚ Oedipus The King‚ which impacted the drama experience greatly for the audience. The words of the priest‚ Jocasta and Oedipus were filled with dramatic irony. This use of irony is clearly shown in the words and actions of the priest. The priest tries to reason Oedipus to take account of the city’s situation. To see through his eyes‚ of the plague that
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