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jlak

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Predictions for what may come up in power and conflict poetry and an inspector calls?

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Reply 1

Original Stabilo

Inspector calls:

Characters:
Mrs Birling
Gerald Croft

Themes:
Generation gap

Power and conflict:
Poems that you don't expect to come up. War poems (e.g. bayonet charge, charge of the light brigade.)
My Last Duchess? Tissue? Kamikaze?

thank you!

are you given the poems you have to compare and contrast in GCSE Literature Unit 2?

Reply 4

marta12345

Original post by harrymoore123

are you given the poems you have to compare and contrast in GCSE Literature Unit 2?

no they will say for example :
Compare the ways poets present ideas about power in ‘Ozymandias’ and in one other poem from ‘Power and conflict’.

then you choose the one which is more appropriate for the comparison x

Reply 5

Niclloyd2700

No, you have to memorise the anthology :frown:

Reply 6

harrymoore123

so you aren't given the poems? All my friends say you do

Reply 7

LuciferEQE

Original post by harrymoore123

so you aren't given the poems? All my friends say you do

you are given one poem only

you have to know which other poem to compare it to

Reply 8

Original Stabilo

My predictions were right! :biggrin:

Reply 9

jlak

yes thanks!!

Original post by AdamRear

My predictions were right! :biggrin:

Reply 10

shreya kc

Original post by Original Stabilo

My predictions were right! :biggrin:

what poem came up

Reply 11

cielle

i had my mock for paper 2 yesterday. in my section b the question was "compare the effects of war in bayonet charge and one other poem"... idk if it's the same for everyone

Reply 12

waveysk

what was the lord of the flies question?

Reply 13

waveysk

Original post by cielle

i had my mock for paper 2 yesterday. in my section b the question was "compare the effects of war in bayonet charge and one other poem"... idk if it's the same for everyone

Do you know what the lord of the flies question was?

Reply 14

cielle

Original post by waveysk

Do you know what the lord of the flies question was?

yeah, there was one about Ralph's leadership and one about "how does Golding present human nature"

Reply 15

username2907600

Original post by cielle

i had my mock for paper 2 yesterday. in my section b the question was "compare the effects of war in bayonet charge and one other poem"... idk if it's the same for everyone