AS LITERATURE - EQUUS HOMEWORK

AS LITERATURE
2000 WORD ESSAY
EQUUS - HOMEWORK

• For the class I share with Kay this must be handed in on Monday 14 October in class.
• For the class I share with Jerome this must be handed in on Wednesday 16 October in class.

TASK

Write three analytical paragraphs on the presentation of Alan Strang in the first 7 scenes of the play. And write three paragraphs on the presentation of Martin Dysart in the first scenes of the play.

Here are a few main points to help you write about Alan. He is presented as a child, with provocative and challenging behaviour and he is dominated by his parents that have conflicting ways of seeing their world.

Here are a few main points to help you write about Dysart. He is presented as professional, doubts the meaning and purpose of his job, is fascinated by the case of Alan Strang.

Below is a guide to help you structure your paragraphs

FEATURE	COMMENT
1 Make a point	Write one simple and straightforward point relevant to your overall topic
2 Expand on point	Write a more complex sentence that is more focussed, specific and detailed
Introduce quote	Introduce the quotation you are just about to use. One way to do this is by referring to the immediate context of the quote
3 Evidence	Quote no more than a word or phrase. Be very selective. Choose quotations that you can write a lot about.
4 General point	Show how the quotation addresses the point made at the opening of the paragraph
5 Literary points	Comment on a literary feature or features expressed through the quotation.
6 Effect on reader	Comment on the effect the poetic techniques used in the quotation have on you / us as readers of the poem.

  Here isthe example of a paragraph

AN EXAMPLE

Hughes describes nature as a powerful force.

In the poem The Horses Hughes sets the scene at dawn. A dramatic moment of transformation from darkness to light

An example of this power can be seen in the poem The Horses where he describes the sun rising.

‘Then the sun Orange, red, red erupted’

The dawn is presented as an act of apocalyptic violence that appears to affect the whole earth.

Hughes uses colours associated with the element of fire. Connotations of the colour ‘red’ include blood, danger and destruction. The noun is repeated to help give emphasis. The verb ‘erupted’ is associated with volcanoes, one of the most violent and destructive forces of nature on the planet.

We are drawn to the bright colours, they are dynamic and interesting. And this contrasts strongly with the ‘black’ and ‘grey’ earlier in the poem.