English Language - Macbeth and IC
In which method should i memorise quotes- by theme or character?
Furthermore, the past paper questions for the exam include questions that are not one of the themes or character. For example,
1) “ Do you think Eva Smith is an important character in An Inspector Calls”,
2) “ How does Priestley present the differences between two characters in An Inspector Calls” (Do i need to memorise character differences?)
3) “Starting with this speech, explain how far you think Shakespeare presents the witches and supernatural events to influence Macbeth’s decisions” ( There is barely any quotes for the witches and i do not understand what the question means by, ‘how far’).
I struggle to find 3 valid points to answer these questions.
Also for Macbeth can Banquo, Macduffs, Malcom, Duncan, Donaldbain/Fleance show up? Or it is mainly Macbeth, LM and witches?
Thank you.
Furthermore, the past paper questions for the exam include questions that are not one of the themes or character. For example,
1) “ Do you think Eva Smith is an important character in An Inspector Calls”,
2) “ How does Priestley present the differences between two characters in An Inspector Calls” (Do i need to memorise character differences?)
3) “Starting with this speech, explain how far you think Shakespeare presents the witches and supernatural events to influence Macbeth’s decisions” ( There is barely any quotes for the witches and i do not understand what the question means by, ‘how far’).
I struggle to find 3 valid points to answer these questions.
Also for Macbeth can Banquo, Macduffs, Malcom, Duncan, Donaldbain/Fleance show up? Or it is mainly Macbeth, LM and witches?
Thank you.
Original post by uzzi121609
In which method should i memorise quotes- by theme or character?
Furthermore, the past paper questions for the exam include questions that are not one of the themes or character. For example,
1) “ Do you think Eva Smith is an important character in An Inspector Calls”,
2) “ How does Priestley present the differences between two characters in An Inspector Calls” (Do i need to memorise character differences?)
3) “Starting with this speech, explain how far you think Shakespeare presents the witches and supernatural events to influence Macbeth’s decisions” ( There is barely any quotes for the witches and i do not understand what the question means by, ‘how far’).
I struggle to find 3 valid points to answer these questions.
Also for Macbeth can Banquo, Macduffs, Malcom, Duncan, Donaldbain/Fleance show up? Or it is mainly Macbeth, LM and witches?
Thank you.
Furthermore, the past paper questions for the exam include questions that are not one of the themes or character. For example,
1) “ Do you think Eva Smith is an important character in An Inspector Calls”,
2) “ How does Priestley present the differences between two characters in An Inspector Calls” (Do i need to memorise character differences?)
3) “Starting with this speech, explain how far you think Shakespeare presents the witches and supernatural events to influence Macbeth’s decisions” ( There is barely any quotes for the witches and i do not understand what the question means by, ‘how far’).
I struggle to find 3 valid points to answer these questions.
Also for Macbeth can Banquo, Macduffs, Malcom, Duncan, Donaldbain/Fleance show up? Or it is mainly Macbeth, LM and witches?
Thank you.
Hey! I was four marks off a 9 on my literature exam, so I hope this can help 😅. While I didn't study Macbeth or An Inspector Calls this year, I did do them back in Year 9.
Personally, I focused more on revising themes rather than characters, since you can often link quotes to both types of questions. For example, with character questions, you can discuss how different characters portray the same theme in various ways. It’s still helpful to have specific quotes for each character, but as long as you know who says the quote and can connect it to a theme, focusing on themes is more efficient.
When answering questions, I’d recommend basing your points on how characters represent different themes and how these relate to the historical context. For Shakespeare, in particular, it's important to discuss the playwright's techniques and how the plot develops.
Feel free to ask me any questions—hope this helps!
Original post by uzzi121609
In which method should i memorise quotes- by theme or character?
Furthermore, the past paper questions for the exam include questions that are not one of the themes or character. For example,
1) “ Do you think Eva Smith is an important character in An Inspector Calls”,
2) “ How does Priestley present the differences between two characters in An Inspector Calls” (Do i need to memorise character differences?)
3) “Starting with this speech, explain how far you think Shakespeare presents the witches and supernatural events to influence Macbeth’s decisions” ( There is barely any quotes for the witches and i do not understand what the question means by, ‘how far’).
I struggle to find 3 valid points to answer these questions.
Also for Macbeth can Banquo, Macduffs, Malcom, Duncan, Donaldbain/Fleance show up? Or it is mainly Macbeth, LM and witches?
Thank you.
Furthermore, the past paper questions for the exam include questions that are not one of the themes or character. For example,
1) “ Do you think Eva Smith is an important character in An Inspector Calls”,
2) “ How does Priestley present the differences between two characters in An Inspector Calls” (Do i need to memorise character differences?)
3) “Starting with this speech, explain how far you think Shakespeare presents the witches and supernatural events to influence Macbeth’s decisions” ( There is barely any quotes for the witches and i do not understand what the question means by, ‘how far’).
I struggle to find 3 valid points to answer these questions.
Also for Macbeth can Banquo, Macduffs, Malcom, Duncan, Donaldbain/Fleance show up? Or it is mainly Macbeth, LM and witches?
Thank you.
I did inspector calls and I did quotations by characters for that because I did OCR where you look at a moment rather than individual quotations.
For my Shakespeare text I did Romeo and Juliet and for that I did quotations mostly by theme but I made sure I had at least 2 per character anyways.
This worked very well for me and I ended up with 9s in both my English GCSEs!
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