gatsby & pre-1900

Question 1

AO3 of sonnet 116 (three)

Answer 1

movement of ideas in the renaissance, enlightenment emerging
hamlet ‘to be on not to be’ questioning existence & purpose
the language is incapacitated for the vast emotions attacked to it, being monosyllabic shows limitless meanings

Question 2

purpose of the stars in sonnet 116

Answer 2

promotes celestial knowledge emerging, which guides boats, glorified as a woman through courtly love

Question 3

SPECIFIC symbolism comparison in sonnet 116 & gatsby

Answer 3

green light vs stars
movement to materialism
& advocates women as shining, consumption of a new found energy

Question 4

main comparative point between she walks in beauty & gatsby

Answer 4

light vs dark + internal vs external
‘bright and tired’ ‘sad and lovely’
shows the dpeiction of facades and appearance v reality & real sides of women Daisy & Myrtle

Question 5

describe the form in she walks in beauty (2)

Answer 5

iambic tetrameter- alludes to religious songs & hymns
3 equal stanzas & ABAB regular rhyme scheme = harmonious delicacy

Question 6

what SPECIFIC language method is used in the scrutiny

Answer 6

mix of epistemic and deontic modal verbs
- trying to create a persuasive argument asserting male desire
‘must’ ‘should’ v ‘could’’s

Question 7

describe the meter in the scrutiny and its significance

Answer 7

mix of iambic tetrameter and trimeter
bouncy tone, aiming to mock religion and humour other men

Question 8

describe john donne’s religion

Answer 8

he was forced to convert to protestantism
- resentful in poetry and criticises religions view on infidelity and sex before marriage

Question 9

describe the symbol used in the flea
and it’s literary link

Answer 9

erotic blasphemous symbol (the flea)
links to ovid the roman poet who was banished for such ideas, however he is saying even greats are banished and religion should be relaxed
especially during renaissance and rebirth of these greek ideas

Question 10

what does wyatt use to glorify women (typicality)

Answer 10

courtly love

Question 11

method of weried mynde weried so sore

Answer 11

voiceless fricative
lost hope and breathlessness, power of women

Question 12

describe form of ae fond kiss (2)

Answer 12

trochaic meter - last of 4 unstressed=fading; song form=heightened emotional state
AABB rhyme scheme=separatism

Question 13

ao3 of ae fond kiss 2

Answer 13

first love died of typhoid
suffered from ‘blue devilism’

Question 14

AO4 of ae fond kiss

Answer 14

longing for the past
eg tense shifts
TGG - chapter 5 clock tilt

Question 15

how does ae fond kiss show attachment is lingering despite the pain it causes

Answer 15

‘peace. enjoyment, love and pleasure’
his attachment is lingering
antithesis love is painful yet fulfilling