The Coronet - analysis

The Coronet, according to gradesaver (and click on 'next' for their analysis of 'The Definition of Love'.)

Frankenstein: greatest horror ever?

Some great AO3 to agree/disagree with... especially at the start and the end of the article.


http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/tip-sheet/article/54478-why-frankenstein-is-the-greatest-horror-novel.html

Better quality interviews with Benedbatch Cumberdickt and Johnny Lee Miller

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYdv8ZQbblI&feature=related


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKqun_8SU0Q&NR=1


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcPkexezYlE&feature=related
Try to find  and use quotes you can engage with directly.


Eg. Cumberbatch talks about how playing both roles allowed him to 'own the whole play'. Has the Victor's god-complex filtered down to him?

Literary devices in Frankenstein (AO2)

For top AO2 marks you must get technical. Sometimes this is simple - referring to anaphora and adjectives and triples and the basics of English.


Other terms might need revising, so here:


https://quizlet.com/11287974/frankenstein-literary-terms-flash-cards/


Also:


Remember those rhetorical devices used by Churchill? You used them to write a speech to the Proles. The monster also uses a lot of them, for example:


"I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend." = antithesis.


So one useful piece of revision would be to look at the monster's speeches, and label them with those rhetorical terms.


But sir, how do I use technical terms in an essay? asked one A2 student yesterday.


Well, what you DON'T do is this:


"I was benevolent and good; mistery made me a fiend." This is an example of antithesis.


What you DO do is this:


The antithetical statement "I was benevolent and good; mistery made me a fiend" highlights Shelley's Godwinian belief that even good people could be reduced to crime given the wrong circumstances.


In short, use the term briefly to make a more important point; don't draw attention to the term, just drop it into your analysis.

Poetic techniques: revision 1

Key terms you should know by heart, and recognise easily:
http://www.shmoop.com/poetry/how-to-read-poem/poetry-glossary.html


More complex terms geared towards Shakespeare and renaissance drama:
http://shakespeare-w.com/english/shakespeare/terms.html

Actively responding to AO3 quotes

1.  AGREE with and BUILD upon the argument made by adding your own quotations in support of the argument

 This argument is clearly supported / demonstrated / shown to be true in the text when Victor says:'...'


2.  ARGUE AGAINST the argument put forward by offering an alternative argument of your own



 This argument is contradicted, however, by...

 This argument breaks down, however, when one considers that...

3. Accept some aspects of the argument, but MODIFY or COMPLICATE it in some way


 While the notion that...seems acceptable, the idea that...is complicated by the fact that...

 While it seems reasonable to argue that...there are clear grounds to argue against the notion
 that...because...

Doubling in Danny Boyle's production - key AO3 for Frankenstein

http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2011/jan/17/a-monster-role-frankenstein-danny-boyle