Comparative: English HL

The texts on my course and what my notes are based on were THE GREAT GATSBY novel, THE KINGS SPEECH film and THE PLOUGH AND THE STARS play.

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For the Comparative Study section you will need to know
1. Vision and Viewpoint
2. Cultural Context
3. Literary Genre

• You will need to know this vocab below to get the marks in your comparative essay... don't use the same contrasting word each time.

I loved the Vision and Viewpoint so I spent all my time focused on that *THIS IS A TERRIBLE IDEA!!* It didn't come up on my paper so I was left slightly stuck, please dont make this mistake and learn all 3 or at least 2 in good detail.

• I only studied Vision and Viewpoint & Cultural Context under these headings. Unfortunately I have since lost my Cultural Context notes.

Vision And Viewpoint:
I colour coded this in a spider diagram. Basically the darker colour is the main message and the lighter colour explains how I, as a reader can relate/understand it. (This can come up in a question). Each number can be compared with each other e.g no.1 in TKS can be compared with no.1 in TGG and TPATS.

• OPENING

• POVERTY:

• POSITIVE CHARACTERS:

Sorry for my messy handwriting here! (cramming)

• RELATIONSHIPS:

*Didn't get around to finishing The Great Gatsby Relationships,

But you can repeat the Leaving!! 

THE GREAT GATSBY:

This is the link I used to watch the film;  https://genvideos.org/watch?v=The_Great_Gatsby_2013#video=rniGlFM6r7zKovMhbdk5mZ7yumEuSzrQoxpPulj5_cQ 

For more notes I used these websites all the time:

1. http://www.shmoop.com/great-gatsby/themes.html
2. http://www.625points.com/2016/02/leaving-cert-english-notes-sample-answers.html
3. http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/gatsby/
4. https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/g/the-great-gatsby/the-great-gatsby-at-a-glance

The Kings Speech: 
Its on Netflix lads!!
I didn't write out any notes on this, I just watched it over and over again.

The Plough And The Stars: 
I found a really really old black and white film of the play on youtube.. I honestly only watched bits of it but it was helpful!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOm11vFqZ0Q