You need to re-read A Streetcar Named Desire and Spies over the holiday.You need to add to the notes you've made on the plots, structure, main characters,
relationships and main themes.
You must do the following pieces of homework. All four pieces should be handed in by Wednesday 15 April.
The production style question should be done in 50 minutes and the essay style questions done in 40 minutes.
Here are the first 2 questions. I'll add Streetcar questions later. The Spies questions will take you 90 minutes to do. Sit yourself down in a quiet room without any distractions. Make sure you you can work quietly for the whole period of the question or questions you are going to do. Write your answer in one sitting. Hand write your answer carefully. Always leave a wide margin when you write.
Spies Questions
Production style question
Imagine Stephen has returned after Stephen and Keith have discovered the box with the packet of cigarettes inside, at the end of chapter five. And imagine Stephen decides to write a letter to the local chief police inspector informing him of his suspicions about Mrs Hayward. Write Stephen's letter to the local chief police inspector.
Give careful consideration to the language choices, form and style in order to give a sense of Stephen's voice and the situation he is in.
Essay style question
How is Barbara Berill presented in the novel? And what is her significance in the novel?
In your answer you should consider:
Frayn's language choices and narrative perspective
Note:
'language choices' refers to use of grammar, syntax, register and lexis. As well as consider writing style such as descriptive, reflective, dialogue and action writing. In Spies 'narrative perspective' refers specifically to the narrator's point of view - that of the young Stephen Wheatly with his innocence, ignorance, strong sense of loyalty, wanting to do the right thing, sense of duty and misunderstanding of the adult world.
