HSC 2U ENGLISH 1996 - 1998
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The Great Gatsby is Nick Carraway's story and its concerns go beyond the rise and fall of Jay Gatsby." Discuss this statement making close reference to the text. |
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The way drama conveys its meaning is through the immediacy of its impact". Show how the playwright of one of the plays you have studied (Hamlet) exploits the resources of his medium to explore his ideas.
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The experience of reading a good poem is to be absorbed fully in a deeply felt human experience". Pick two poems ("Ode to a Nightingale!�Land Ode on a Grecian Urn") and analyse what the experience is in each poem and how the reader is absorbed in that experience. |
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What are the major concerns of "South of my days"? How are they conveyed? |
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What are the major concerns of "North Coast Town"? How are they conveyed? |
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What are the boundaries that Josie experiences in Looking for Alibrandi, and how has she handled them? Use your supplementary materials. |
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Which of the two novels (Mastro, and, The Great Gatsby) do you prefer? Why? Make close reference to both texts. Compare the plots, characterisations, and descriptions. |