English paper 2

Power-surge

What is everyone covering?

for me its:

Macbeth:
Witches, Macbeth a study of evil and LMB and Macbeths relationship.

Comparitive:
Just Cultural Context (fairly worried about just doing one though!!)

Poetry:
Longley, Walcott and Bishop

english4490

Power-surge wrote: »

What is everyone covering?

for me its:

Macbeth:
Witches, Macbeth a study of evil and LMB and Macbeths relationship.

Comparitive:
Just Cultural Context (fairly worried about just doing one though!!)

Poetry:
Longley, Walcott and Bishop

same as me basically! i would much rather do the cultural context than the theme for my comparative!

Gloom

Macbeth

1. Good/Evil
2. Appearance/Reality
3. Enduring popularity
4. Macbeth

Comparative

1. Theme/Issue
2. Cultural Context

Poetry

1. Keats
2. Walcott
3. Bishop

Gavin "shels"

http://www.rte.ie/tv/ttv/ttv/leavingcert/Jim%20Lusbys%20Tips%20on%20English%20Paper%202.doc

timmywex

Just learning aloada macbeth quote

Theme/issue and general vision/viewpoint on comparitive

Bishop/longley and montague on poetry

Dante

Macbeth
1. Evil
2. Witches
3. Banquo
4. Macbeth & Lady Macbeth's relationship

Poetry
1. Keats
2. Bishop
3. Longley

Comparative
1. Theme of Communication
2. General Vision & Viewpoint

Extrasupervery

Ah ****, the comparative exists.

haloauto

Macbeth
Role of Banquo
Role of Witches
Relationship between Macbeth & Lady Macbeth
Appearance vs Reality
Kingship

Comparative
Cultural Context, Theme, Vision& Viewpoint in that order.

Poetry
Walcott
Bishop
Rich (less so)

Ive prepared answers all before so just need to recap and learn some quotes now.

Des23

Poetry

Wallcott, Keats, Longley (I'll probably look over Bishop just in case)

Comparative

Theme of 'Quests'
Cultural Context

Macbeth

Banquo
Appearance vs. Reality / Deception / Dissumulation
Evil
Relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth
Pity etc
I plan to just study the play in general aswell because there is a lot of scope for questions

Swizz

Gavin shels wrote: »

http://www.rte.ie/tv/ttv/ttv/leavingcert/Jim%20Lusbys%20Tips%20on%20English%20Paper%202.doc

Is that for this year?

I havent started but am gonna do

Macbeth:
Good vs Evil

Comparitive:
Cultural Context
General Vision and Viewpoint

Poetry:
Longley
Bishop
Maybe Montague or someone else

Gavin "shels"

Swizz wrote: »

Is that for this year?

Yup.

They have a few other subjects aswell http://www.rte.ie/tv/ttv/ttv/leavingcert/leavingcert_archive.html

QueenOfLeon

Gavin shels wrote: »

http://www.rte.ie/tv/ttv/ttv/leavingcert/Jim%20Lusbys%20Tips%20on%20English%20Paper%202.doc

Thanks for those At the start of the year i scorned at all this prediction business..."Ah, sure ill just learn EVERYTHING..."

But now i like them :rolleyes:

bythewoods

Oh, I've cut this down. Riiiight down.

Macbeth-
Banquo,
Macbeth/ Lady Macbeth
Kingship.

Comparative-
Cultural Context.

Poetry-
Bishop
Longley.

And yes, I am aiming for an A1
I'm curious as to whether or not it can be done tbh- still not even entirely sure of the storyline in Macbeth & haven't actually READ one of my Comparative texts properly. Well, I read like.. one of the short stories..
Be graaaaaaaaaand.

leesmom

why are so many people doing kingship? the question in 2007 or 2004 about power its use and abuse was essentially a kingship question if you read the marking scheme, my teacher gave us an essay on it but dont think in going to do it(could be crying on june 3rd or 4th or whatever day paper 2 is on tho!:mad:)
concentrating on keats,bishop,rich and longley(even though i hate his depressing poetry!!)
then cultural context key moments and vision and viewpoint key moments.

Swizz

Everyone seems to be doing Longley and Bishop

I'm doing one and only one poet: Keats. Big risk? Nah.

meathawk

if i stick with montague, bishop and longely i should be safe enough ....right?right ???

Piste

Macbeth
Kingship
Evil
Ambition
Lady Macbeth/Macbeth
Banquo

Poetry
Walcott
Bishop
Longley

Comparative
Theme and Issue
Cultural Context

jefreywithonef

Macbeth:
Kingship; Evil; Imagery of Destruction; Appearance Vs. Reality / Deception; Influence of L Macbeth and Witches on Macbeth. Must get round to doing essays on Banquo, ambition and on the relationship between LMacbeth and Macbeth.

Comparative
General Vision & Viewpoint (gonna do cultural context and look over theme of father son relationship too).

Poetry
Keats and Bishop. Possibly some last gasp studying on Rich as well.

Nihilist21

Macbeth
Everything basically, obviously will look over some key essays but I know this pretty well.

Poetry
Keats
Bishop
Rich

Comparative
Theme/Issue
Cultural Context (hoping for this one)

antomorro-sei

Poetry
Longley
Rich
Bishop

Comparative
General Vision + Viewpoint

Macbeth
Emmm... Quotes
Good -v- Evil
And, I'll probably look over the character questions etc...

Power-surge

I'd say the whole country is studying Longley! Hes an easy poet to study. Has anyone covered all of english yet? I have loads to do still

happydayz182

Anyone else only doing bishop?

ImJohn

Would it be a big risk just studying Walcott? He hasn't come up in a few years and is pretty much due.

haloauto

They have to put a female poet on the exam paper don't they? Therefore it'll be either Bishop or Rich or Both. Rich was on the paper last year and is also on the course next year......

xOxSinéadxOx

what should I learn? I haven't started yet. I'm thinking walcott and longley for the poetry. haven't a clue what to do for macbeth though

Chanandler Bong

Gavin shels wrote: »

http://www.rte.ie/tv/ttv/ttv/leavingcert/Jim%20Lusbys%20Tips%20on%20English%20Paper%202.doc

ha jim lusby what a hero, have him for paper 1

haloauto

haloauto wrote: »

They have to put a female poet on the exam paper don't they? Therefore it'll be either Bishop or Rich or Both. Rich was on the paper last year and is also on the course next year......

Have? No, they don't. That's been the pattern so far - but there's nothing to say that the pattern has to continue (i.e. it's not on the syllabus that a female poet has to come up). But it's highly unlikely, at least in my opinion, that one won't come up.

herisson

timmywex wrote: »

Just learning aloada macbeth quote

Theme/issue and general vision/viewpoint on comparitive

Bishop/longley and montague on poetry

me too but i might look over rich and look over some character and theme questions on the macbeth
im screwed for it though

ordinary_girl

I've learned off about 10 Macbeth quotes with no particular theme (I'll just waffle on the day.) I've got General Vision and Viewpoint and Theme or Issue sorted aswell. The poets I've got prepared so far are:

Keats (my favourite)
Montague
Mahon
Longley

I'm refusing to prepare Elizabeth Bishop, purely because I can't stand her poetry.

Fringe

-JammyDodger- wrote: »

Have? No, they don't. That's been the pattern so far - but there's nothing to say that the pattern has to continue (i.e. it's not on the syllabus that a female poet has to come up). But it's highly unlikely, at least in my opinion, that one won't come up.

Yeah but thanks to the PC world, if they don't we can give out about sexism.

I'm doing Longley, Bishop and Walcott. Haven't fully finished my Bishop essay yet though. They're so likely that there really isn't any need to bother. I've also got a cultural context done and maybe if I can bend my cultural context a bit, I"ve got a theme/issue. For Macbeth, I always just wing it. I've got kingship/power, good and evil prepared. Might prepare some characters.