“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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the film ‘The Last Samurai’‚ directed by Edward Zwick and the poem ‘Flames and Dangling Wire’ by Robert Gray the composers have used techniques to make meaning‚ and have explored the challenges and obstacles faced by characters/society who change: firstly‚ through the past and the present; secondly; by the effect of external forces. Both composers have used techniques to convey that in order to move on from the past many challenges and obstacles may be faced. In ‘The Last Samurai’ Algren’s past
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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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Reading for Understanding/ Response The movie “The Last Samurai” is about a broken man who goes to Japan to train the army. During an attack from the samurai warriors Algren shows courage and the will to fight. He’s brought to the samurai leader Ausomoto as a prisoner. Over time he learns the way of the samurai and aids his new found friends to fight against the empire. Concerning the meaning of this story‚ looking at the guiding question “What makes us who we are?” this story has to do with what
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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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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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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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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 ESSAY A composer has a purpose in intentionally assembling a text in order to depict their personal agenda. This is conveyed to the audience throuh the utilisation of the vehicle conflicting perspectives. Also‚ the presentation of a text significantly affects the audience’s overall perception of its set of values.These concepts are illustrated in the Shakespearean play‚’Julius Caesar’. Julius Caesar was published in 1623 during the Elizabethan Renaissance period
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