Theme or Issue – The Playboy of the Western World, Brooklyn, Foster for Leaving Cert English Comparative #625Lab

“A theme or issue can reveal a character’s strengths or weaknesses”. a) With reference to one text on your comparative course, discuss how a theme or issue revealed a character's…

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Literary Genre – I’m Not Scared, Foster, Big Maggie for Leaving Cert English #625Lab

Using one comparative text that you have studied explain how the author uses literary techniques to create a compelling story. There is a reason I tell people who aren't mad…

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Cultural Context – I’m Not Scared, Foster, The Plough and The Stars for Leaving Cert English

“The cultural context can have a significant influence on the behaviour of the central character/characters in a text. Compare the way in which the behaviour of the central characters in…

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General vision and viewpoint – Foster, I’m Not Scared and The Plough and The Stars #625Lab

“The general vision and viewpoint is shaped by the reader’s feeling of optimism or pessimism in reading the text.” This is a very good essay! #625Lab For me, the General Vision…

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Cultural Context – Juno, Foster, The Plough and The Stars for Leaving Cert English

“Understanding the cultural context of a text adds to our enjoyment of a good narrative.”  In the light of the above statement write an essay comparing the cultural contexts of…

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General Vision and Viewpoint: Big Maggie, Foster, I’m Not Scared for Leaving Cert English

“The general vision and viewpoint of a text can be determined by the success or failure of a central character in his/her efforts to achieve fulfilment” (70 marks)   #625Lab…

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Leaving Cert English Comparative – General Vision and Viewpoint – Foster and Juno

“The general vision and viewpoint is shaped by the reader's feeling of optimism and pessimism in reading the text” The author added a note with her essay:  "I mainly struggle…

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Leaving Cert English Comparative – General Vision and Viewpoint – Sample Essay: Foster, Juno and All My Sons

"Each text we read presents us with an outlook on life that may be bright or dark, or a combination of both brightness and darkness."In light of the above statement,…

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Comparative – General Vision and Viewpoint – Sample Essay: Foster, The King’s Speech and The Plough and the Stars #625Lab

“The general vision and viewpoint of a text can be determined by the success or failure of a central character in his/her efforts to achieve fulfilment.” In the light of the…

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