essay proposal presentation
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A2 COURSEWORK ESSAY PROPOSAL PRESENATION
Chosen texts for study
TEXT 1: (Core text)
A Streetcar Named Desire
Play by Tennesse Williams
Chosen texts for study
TEXT 2:
Lolita
Novel by Vladimir Nabokov
Chosen texts for study
TEXT 2:
Miss Julie
Play by August Strindberg
Desire
Destruction THEMES
Morality
Essay title
Using your knowledge of the contexts in which these texts were written and the reactions of
readers over time, compare the ways in which Tennessee Williams in ‘A Streetcar Named
Desire’, August Strindberg in ‘Miss Julie’ and Vladimir Nabokov in ‘Lolita’ present
transgressive behaviour of characters leading to their downfall.
Essay points
Point 1
Desire is the route cause of transgressive behaviour.
Point 2
Transgressive behaviour in the eyes of the main characters, leading to their blindness and subsequent collapse.
Point 3
Transgressive behaviour of men vs. Transgressive behaviour of women and their consequences
Accessing
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AO’s
Analysis of texts AO1
Analysis of texts AO4
Connections between texts
AO3
Using critical perspectives
AO3
Analysis of language
AO2
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