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What do you want to say about the journey? You could discuss the ways that journeys can have unexpected outcomes or that journeys are not always positive experiences, but I honestly think you will have more to write/talk about if you choose texts which reveal the individual's reactions to the...

Sorry, just thought of a few more. Picture books can work quite well as long as you analyse them thoroughly (2-3 openings in depth), especially if you are artistic/creative. Suggestions include "The Rabbits",(Tan/Marsden) "Home and Away" (Ottley) and "Memorial", which all look at the idea of the...

I know the focus is on distinctively visual, so that any texts with especially effective visuals can be used, but the most successful ones are often those that you can link to either the techniques and/or the main ideas in the prescribed text. For this reason, texts which have connections to...

My first thoughts on reading your topic would be to disagree with the statement given to you. I believe that pride is Lear's flaw in the tragedy. He believes he has power and strength at the beginning of the play-"Come not between the dragon and its wrath" but it is only when he learns humility...

This is quite an unusual topic, I think, but an interesting one. Some speeches that I can think of are ones which try to inspire those who are going into battle. Some of these include Winston Churchill's speech following the fall of France in 1940 which ends "this was their finest hour"...

Also, the Board of Studies publishes a booklet each year on the previous year's questions with band 6 responses. They do cost money (about $30 I think) but can be purchased from the Board and book stores like Dymock's. There are samples from both papers-AOS and Modules.

I think through knowing Rita-her fresh approach to life and learning and willingness to take risks-and his own experiences at the university and with Julia-he's learnt that he needs to face up to the reality of who he is-that he has a drinking problem and that he's not going to be a world class...

My other "tip" would be to look at the wording of that last question. It's easy to misread it under exam conditions. Sometimes you are asked to COMPARE an idea running through the texts, at other times to DISCUSS a concept. This makes the response a bit different...

Well, in both texts I think we can see that war brutalises and dehumanises not only the victims, but those in charge/power as well. It is all a matter of survival. There are many examples of endurance and resilience in "Shoe-Horn"-the fact that a choir was formed and that Sheila and Bridie kept...

Because Hamlet is disillusioned with life-death of father, mother remarrying, corruption at court, he finds it difficult to ACT in a positive way. His soliloquies and his conversations with Gertrude and Horatio early in the play reveal his lethargy and cynicism. The ghost of his father, however...

Too late for this assessment, I guess, but I assume your teacher expects you to look at some of the "pain" in Yeats' poetry, such as growing old and worry about losing creativity and love which is unrequieted (unreturned.) He, and other poets, write about these subjects trying to find a way of...

"Journeys" used to be the Area of Study before Belonging, so there are lots of suggestions on the net or in past study guides. It's not the text so much, as what you do with it. if you like films,there are plenty like "The Motorcycle Diaries", "Rabbit Proof Fence", "Back to the Future" and...

Basically Frank's life has not turned out as he wanted or expected. His marriage failed, he did not gain success as a poet and he is fighting with Julia, the woman he lives with.(He describes his own poetry near the end of the play as "worthless, talentless shit.") In his 50's now, his chance to...

You don't have to reference all of the stories. As above says, select the ones that are the best for the question. I know it's tempting to just focus on a couple, but the ones you pick might not suit the question for that module. Cheers

Ideas and the ways in which different contexts impact on these ideas and the values associated with them are definitely the most important parts for this Module BUT some discussion of techniques lets the marker know that you can see more than just the story line, and that you understand that the...

Yeah, it's hard isn't it? I think the best thing to do is to use the words of the question given but then develop it, so that you are adding your personal idea. In the question you've given you might say, for example-"It is true that individuals do not have complete control over whether or not...