I need 3 related texts for "As you like it". I have an exam in 3 days and haven't really given it much thought due to having other assignments and such (stupid of me I know). I was #2 in English last year though and I'm in the top 5 at the moment and I want to be pushing for #1/2 so I'm willing to spend a lot of time on it...but 2 days of study isn't much.
I've got a few texts in mind, the only problem is that I prefer texts that have the same concepts as my related text and I don't think I have that...The concepts/themes within As you like it being - Belonging in terms of love, friendship/loyalty, nature. Not belonging within your family. (I really only skim read the "No Fear Shakespeare interpretation so I'm sure there are a lot of concepts I missed, if you could help me out it would be appreciated [FONT="][/FONT]).
My potential related texts being:
Related Text 1: (Novel)
Novel: Wuthering Heights - I did it last year for Journeys and I'm sure I can relate it to belonging. I've read it before, analysed it before so I can definitely do it within the 2 day time-frame. Similar concepts/themes of love and not belonging within your family, I could probably stretch it and add in belonging to nature and friendship too...
No other alternatives in mind, I could read a new book if anyone has a really good related text.
Related Text 2: (Movie)
Movie: American History X - One of my favourite movies, relates to belonging a lot but doesn't really have the same concepts/themes as "As you like it"...Belonging to a group, conforming to fit in, not belonging / hatred towards particular groups/races. I'm sure there are other concepts too but as I said, it isn't too similar to "As you like it" so I'm sceptical. Furthermore, I've heard it's slightly over-used? (Question: Is it better to use a text the examiner has most likely seen and will understand rather than something completely under-ground that they've never seen before?)
Movie: Brick - Once again, one of (if not my favourite) movie. It relates to belonging but has dissimilar concepts/themes; the concepts being belonging in terms of love, social groups, not belonging/exclusion, isolation from society, conformity, acceptance. The film relates to belonging really well (better than American History X) but I'm sceptical whether or not I want to use it because:
- It's too "underground", the marker won't know it.
- The themes aren't that relevant to "As you like it".
Once again no other alternatives in mind, I could watch a new movie pretty easily if anyone has a really good related text.
Related Text 3: (Another form of text, E.G poem/website/documentary)
Completely stuck on this, have no clue what-so-ever...I will probably just do a poem though...Need ideas
