January 13, 2014

What is the exam essay going to be?

Macbeth and Frankenstein share some different attributes.
Examine those similarities and show how those lead to something or mean something or say something about life and people.

They are both challenging God which leads to them sacrificing their humanity - in order to be more than human, they lose what makes them human.

M and F are different. Because of that difference, there is something that we learn.

Magic and technology are the same thing, in the case of...

Option 1 -

M - AoD 1

F- AoD 1

M- AoD 2

F- AoD 2

Option 2 -

AoD 1 - M
       F
Synthesis - what do we see, what does it mean, what is the link back?

AoD 2 - M
       F

You will use your notes to come up with a series of questions that I will use on the exam, in totality. Meaning - I will literally use your questions. Your answers, however, may be less valuable.

Kieran’s Question -
Why does Macbeth send a letter to his wife before going back home?

A little bit about the letter - his excitement about the witches’ prophecies
THEN, the money - the explanation about his love for his wife and his desire to get her approval, which is unusual for this time period.

That answer requires that you add some thinking and go a little further.




Macbeth is being manipulated by supernatural forces and is not responsible.

AoD 1 - Witches’ prophecies
Act 1, Sc 7 - “Glamis....”
he hears them give this prophecy and it immediately changes his thinking and then
this shows that he is struggling with his conscience - he’s not all in for their plan
Act 4, Sc 5 - the apparitions
“ let me hear it!..”

My point
My proof/reference
My explanation
My linking back and connecting - my logic and thinking
My summation

WHY - HOW - Show relevance - show importance - HOW does what you just discussed show the thing that is your AoD

Why is the monster’s reaction to the old man’s reaction to HIM so poignant?

Find a site passage (poetry is best) that you think would be good to read and analyze.

Come up with the right Qs on that site passage - symbols, meaning, inferring, digging deeper, context (why might the poet...)