Comparative Analysis of Death and Gender Stereotypes in Prose
Writing a comparative essay on
Prose
Question the question
Compare the ways in which the writers
of your two chosen texts convey the
threat or presence of death.
In your answer you must consider the following:
• the writers’ methods
• links between the texts
• the relevance of contextual factors.
Brainstorm your ideas for both texts
Compare the ways in which the writers of your two chosen texts convey the threat or
presence of death.
Develop your line of argument
Question:
•
How is the impact of gender stereotypes on the
individual explores in the two texts
Argument:
•
In the Woman Who Walked into doors adherence
to gender stereotypes impacts neagtively on
female, but positively on males; in Regeneration,
on the other hand,
deviation from stereotypes
imapacts negatively on males but positively on
females.
Compare the ways in which the writers of your two chosen texts convey the threat or
presence of death.
Now write your own:
Essay structure
•
Intro
•
Comparative point: Text A and B
•
Comparative point: Text A and B
•
Comparative point: Text A and B
•
Conclusion
Read the essay you have been given
Underline:
•
the comparative topic sentence
•
the discourse marker that signals the comparison
•
the summative conclusion about what they have in
common
Match the AOs to these points
• ways writers introduce the threat or presence of death: the ‘spiteful’ nature of 124
in Beloved;
• writers’ use of structure, the ways which Morrison reveals Sethe’s story in Beloved
and the effect of this
• roles of the narrators or characters in the chosen novels in conveying
bravado, fear, etc: Jonathan Harker’s attitudes to the warnings from the innkeeper’s
wife
• comparisons of the writers’ uses of settings: Count Dracula’s castle and its
surroundings,
• attitudes towards death and the supernatural at the time each text was written:
e.g. Victorian values in Dracula
• how attitudes of the time may be criticised:
• comparisons of the ways modern readers might react to the values implied in each
text, e.g. attitudes to slavery in Beloved or to women in Dracula.
AO1 Articulate informed, personal and creative responses to literary texts, using associated
concepts and terminology, and coherent, accurate written expression
AO2 Analyse ways in which meanings are shaped in literary texts (language, structure, form)
AO3 Demonstrate understanding of the significance and influence of the contexts in which
literary texts are written and received
AO4 Explore connections across literary texts
Plan ¾ comparative sentences
Explore the presentation of death and gender stereotypes in literary texts, analyzing how authors convey these themes in unique ways. Consider contextual factors and the impact of gender roles on characters' experiences with mortality.
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Question the question Compare the ways in which the writers of your two chosen texts convey the threat or presence of death. In your answer you must consider the following: the writers methods links between the texts the relevance of contextual factors.
Brainstorm your ideas for both texts Compare the ways in which the writers of your two chosen texts convey the threat or presence of death.
Develop your line of argument Question: How is the impact of gender stereotypes on the individual explores in the two texts Argument: In the Woman Who Walked into doors adherence to gender stereotypes impacts neagtively on female, but positively on males; in Regeneration, on the other hand, deviation from stereotypes imapacts negatively on males but positively on females. Compare the ways in which the writers of your two chosen texts convey the threat or presence of death.
Essay structure Intro Comparative point: Text A and B Comparative point: Text A and B Comparative point: Text A and B Conclusion
Read the essay you have been given Underline: the comparative topic sentence the discourse marker that signals the comparison the summative conclusion about what they have in common
Match the AOs to these points AO1 Articulate informed, personal and creative responses to literary texts, using associated concepts and terminology, and coherent, accurate written expression AO2 Analyse ways in which meanings are shaped in literary texts (language, structure, form) AO3 Demonstrate understanding of the significance and influence of the contexts in which literary texts are written and received AO4 Explore connections across literary texts ways writers introduce the threat or presence of death: the spiteful nature of 124 in Beloved; writers use of structure, the ways which Morrison reveals Sethe s story in Beloved and the effect of this roles of the narrators or characters in the chosen novels in conveying bravado, fear, etc: Jonathan Harker sattitudes to the warnings from the innkeeper s wife comparisons of the writers uses of settings: Count Dracula s castle and its surroundings, attitudes towards death and the supernatural at the time each text was written: e.g. Victorian values in Dracula how attitudes of the time may be criticised: comparisons of the ways modern readers might react to the values implied in each text, e.g. attitudes to slavery in Beloved or to women in Dracula.
