Revision Paper 2: Genre Drama: How to tackle a comparative essay

1.

Themes:
What are the significant ideas that are presented in this text?

The conclusions we take away with us at the end.

• Ideas through a longer piece of writing become themes
• Many ideas can branch out from one main one.
• All events, all situations have ideas attached to them

Text One: DEATH OF A SALESMAN: ARTHUR MILLER

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Text Two  : A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE: TENNESSE WILLIAMS

Text Three: RIDERS TO THE SEA: J M SYNGE

Text Four: ST JOAN: BERNARD SHAW

TEXT 1
Theme	Evidence

TEXT 2
Theme	Evidence

2.
a)Select the most important quotations that support similar themes ( any two texts)
b) What are the different elements of both texts? Include evidence.( any two texts)

.c) Style

How it is all communicated?

• Genre and form of text

• Use of punctuation
• Use of imagery and symbolism
• Sentence structure – short, complicated, non-sentences, enjambment
• Tone
• Narration style – 1^st, 2^nd or 3^rd;changes
• Figurative language eg simile, metaphor, personification
• Sounds of words eg onomatopoeia, assonance, alliteration, consonance
• Use of emotive or biased language, positive, negative or neutral
• Rhyme and rhythm
• Juxtaposition and contrast
• Allusions to other literary works, characters, myths etc
• Use of description, adjectives and appeal to senses
• Use of persuasive language – subjective language eg hyperbole, magic realism
• Use of rhetoric questions, statements, commands
• Use of humour in its various forms eg sarcasm, wit, puns, oxymorons, irony
• Dramatic techniques such as lighting, catharsis, chorus, dialogue, gesticulation etc.
• Cinematographic techniques

List significant techniques used by the playwright / director. Remember to also refer to the genre / style of the text. The criterion explicitly refers to an analysis of how language, style, structure and techniques are used by the creator to infer meaning to the audience.