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__** INTRODUCTION **__ Elizabeth Barrett Browning's "Sonnets from the Portuguese" (1849) and F Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby (1926) are texts that express the values of the composer, however are shaped and influenced by the composers context at that time. Both texts explore the nature of love relationships.Brownings sonnets, written in the context of Victorian era, expresses her reflections about an idealised love which was influenced by her personal experience. In __The Great Gatsby,__ written in the prominent age after WW1- the 'Jazz Age', an idealised love is also explored through Jay Gatsby's obsession to "recreate the past" with Daisy Buchanan.However it is influenced by a projection rather than a real person, and, unlike Brownings, authentic love is diminished by the corruption of the American Dream.


 * Works for me. You could consider inserting some references to Victorian and Jazz Age contexts. But, equally, you could leave that for the body paragraphs. So move on to 1st body paragraph: (a) types of love (b) EBB context - personal AND social (c) 1 or 2 sonnets focusing on 'authentic' love (you will have explained what that entails)**
 * Then next body paragraph will be same authentic love attributes in TGG**

__**AUTHENTIC LOVE IN BROWNING**__
Different composer represent love in different ways since love can take many forms. Authentic love revolves around the physical, emotional and spiritual connections [**connection]**, trust and mutual acceptance. Even in her 30's, Brownings life was heavily influenced by her controlling and restrictive father and the fact that she had become an invalid. These factors led her to think that a loving relationship was extremely unlikely. Even though much change was occurring during the Victorian Age, as a result from industrialization, one aspect that wasn't affected was the attitude towards women. Women had few legal rights and wereconsidered on a lower status than men. Also marriage was seen as a career move rather than the expression of love.** Browning's sonnets includes the expression of authentic love and its ability to transform her. therefore challenged **** some Victorian values towards women, courtship and loving relationships. **


 * Browning’s **display of an unrestrained form of idealised love is reflected in - you coud leave out this bit **Sonnet 1, whereby she expresses the transforming nature of love and the hope that it brings with it.** In the first quatrain, Browning’s classical allusion to Theocritus reveals how distanced she feels as a "gift of mortals" has escaped from her. The alliteration in “sweet, sad years, the melancholy years” emphasizes her dull life before he met Robert Browning. The enjambment and caesura at the beginning of the sestet- “had flung/ a shadow across me” indicates that she believes "Death" which is represented in a sinister"mystic Shape"awaits her in the future. However the transforming effect of love is represented in the end of the sonnet where “the silver answer rang, Not Death But Love”

Sonnet XIII which appears to have been at a time when Robert asked her to profess their love reveals the power of love to make demands. The use of an extended metaphor of the “torch” shows that she is unable to articulate her feelings, even towards Robert. Browning’s reluctances to proclaim their love in “words are rough, between our faces”, emphasised through alliteration, may have been influenced by her Methodist father who wished never to see his children married. However the final lines of the sestet “Rendering the garment of my life” shows the power of love to make demands and call forth. The metaphor shows the strength of ‘The love I bare thee’ to change permanently to change the outer appearance of her life.

While the sonnets reveal a genuine love between two people, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, written 70 years later, explores very different types of love. The novel, which is filtered through the personal context of the author, shows how true love was not possible in the context of the Jazz Age and the disillusion of an idealised love. During his life Fitzgerald’s suffered from constant battle for money to maintain his expensive celebrity lifestyle in New York. As a result his wife, Zelda, whom he had a difficult relation, rejected him because he was unable to support her. His early life can draw out parallels to the life of Jay Gatsby. The 1920s was a decade of great prosperity materialism. Weakening of religion, a period of prohibition and traditional values disappearing prompted Fitzgerald to coin the term “Jazz Age” to signify that anything was possible.

In the novel Gatsby’s has an //“extraordinary gift for hope”//, based on a remembered idealised past, to re-incarnate the past with Daisy. Fitzgerald portrays idealised love in a destructive and harsh way. Gatsby believes that he will finally win Daisy over after showing her that he has created a prosperous life for himself through corruption. Even in the midst of Gatsby’s corrupt world there lies a hope in his love for Daisy which is symbolised by the green light at the end of the wharf. //“...he stretched out his arms toward the dark water ... nothing except a single green light, minute and far away”,// even though he doesn’t have Daisy yet, this green light provides reassurance and hope that he is close to having her in the future.

Please feel free to edit, i dont really know where to go on from here or wat to talk about -___-__

__**Nice work so far!!! . After this probably talk about how love in Gatsby is different to EBB in the same paragraph which u're writing right now. Say something about how he's not in love with Daisy, but instead what she represents. and then in the next paragraph, talk about the spiritual dimensions and the authors' perspectives. like EBB had a deep and meaningful relationship blah blah blah... And Fitzgerald's perspective was that such love was impossible in the context of the post war period and he conveyed that thru Tom and Daisy's relationship. Hope this helps. Btw, this is all according to the scaffold that Mr.Warren gave us and that's how I'm going to do it..i think.. This is Malhar btw. :D**__

Conflicting perspectives are how beliefs and viewpoints about a particular event, personality or situation clash. By using a variety of appropriate techniques according to the textual form to convey conflicting perspectives, the composer is able to shape the response of the audience. Shakespeare’s __Julius Caesar__ and Range’s __Death of a President (2006)__ are two examples of texts which explore the concept of conflicting perspectives about the assassination of an influential political leader. **the marker will probably not know anything at all about the film. You need to include enough relevant context**
 * CONFLICTING PERSPECTIVES**


 * a contextual sentence about the overall concerns of the play would be good** Shakespeare applies dramatic techniques to convey the conflicting perspectives through the characters Brutus and Antony. **Brutus needs more lead-in - about his position and motives. Demonstrate you know the play thoroughly - add some context to these quotes** Brutus who has “...no personal cause to spurn at him” is uncertain about the power of Caesar. From the manipulation of Cassius, Brutus believes that Caesar is an “ambitious” man who will put Rome’s future at stake, thus, his motive to kill Caesar. Brutus’ perspective is expressed through the speech his gives to the plebeians shortly after the assassination of Caesar. He initiates his speech utilising modesty as a key concept to persuade his audience regarding the justification of Caesar’s assassination. He highlights his reputation speaking in a balanced and antithetical manner: “I honour him; but, as he was ambitious, I slew him.” This juxtaposition also conveys his perspective to the audience by believing his actions were correct. Brutus speaks in prose rather than in verse, in efforts to make his speech seem plain and to keep himself on the level of the plebeians. The pleading tone of “believe me” and commanding tone of “be silent” create a set of arguments to justify Brutus’ action and successfully winning over the crowd.

Just as Shakespeare has created conflicting perspectives on Caesar, Range also presents opposing viewpoints towards Bush. **context needed: the marker will not have seen the film** Strong opposition is represented in the film through the protestors and also the assassin. The scene that consists of a number of overhead and long shots of Bush’s motorcade to the Sheraton Hotel demonstrates a sense of convincing realism. This is conveyed through archival footage of police fighting with protestors along with digetic sound of protestors screaming and chanting “Chicago hates bush!” During these displays of hate, a voiceover of Sam McCarthy, a **fictional** former White House correspondent further emphasises the “real hate” by explaining the protestors held Bush “personally responsible”. An interview of Molini, who is the leader of the protestors, claiming that Bush was “responsible for 100000 deaths... would be candidate for death penalty” foreshadows the final revelation that the shooter was an ex-soldier. Therefore it was not political conflict but revenge that motivated the assassin. **this is too big a jump for anyone not familiar with the film** This is conveyed through the voice over of Casey Claybon, son of Aloysius Claybon, explaining the back story that lead to the shooting. Also the use of non digetic sound such as sombre music, snapshots of the suicide and the cross cut interviews of Casey creates the authenticity of the scene.


 * you need linking sentences as you move from one part of your argument to the next. You need a sentence of context-intro for Antony** From the outset, Antony is characterised as a faithful friend who is “so well beloved of Caesar”. His perspective on the murder is one of outrage and determination for revenge.**evidence?** Just like Brutus, Shakespeare has also cleverly included persuasion in Antony’s eulogy for Caesar. Antony uses the body of Caesar as a dramatic device to illustrate a grotesque image, triggering a cognitive response in the audience. Speaking in verse, unlike Brutus, Antony sympathises about Caesar in order to convince the audience to perceive his conflicting perspective. He mentions the good that Caesar has brought and that “When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept”. However Antony’s main **device** trick of persuasion is the extreme irony and repetition of “Brutus says he was ambitious, /And Brutus is an honourable man.” This adds to new levels of sarcasm at each repetition and subtly hinting the opposite. Also the use of rhetorical questions, "Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?" and "Was this ambition?" is an inference to Brutus’ questionable motives, which strikes fear and destabilises the audience’s opinion. **draft version is about 630 words. The basic content is solid enough but you need context for the film and more overview and linking sentences to explain the development of your argument Mr W**