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Comparative - Advice needed

  • 14-04-2011 9:20pm
    #1
    nommm
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    Just wondering how many topics you should discuss in your essay. I've just written a 4 1/2 page essay on Theme or Issue but I've only spoke about two topics in the essay. Would this be ok for the LC?


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  • #2
    implausible
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    Not too sure what you're asking. What topics have you written about?


  • #3
    nommm
    Registered Users Posts: 700 ✭✭✭nommm


    Like I've written about the influence of authority figures and how poverty has an impact on the characters but it's taken 4 and 1/2 pages. Should I write more or is that ok?


  • #4
    implausible
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    nommm wrote: »
    Like I've written about the influence of authority figures and how poverty has an impact on the characters but it's taken 4 and 1/2 pages. Should I write more or is that ok?

    These topics would be in a cultural context essay, not theme/issue. If that's what you meant, you'd be better off cutting some bits off those topics and adding in a third like gender roles, marriage or morality.


  • #5
    philip___
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    For the theme essay, you choose one theme. In my school we dealt with the them of escape, coming to about 6 A4 pages. For the cultural context we compared the three texts under 4 titles- Love, Obedience, Escape and Freedom.


  • #6
    ChloeElla
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    For theme & issue, we were always told to choose one theme.
    But for general vision & viewpoint / cultural context, two is plenty!


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  • #7
    screaming lobsters
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    not sure if this will help but have a look.

    http://leavingcertenglish.net/2011/04/20/comparative-essay-structure-2/

    I agree with the posts above - it sounds like you're mixing up theme or issue with cultural context.


  • #8
    J_E
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,734 ✭✭✭J_E


    Our three comparatives are Hamlet, Inside I'm Dancing, and The Kite Runner

    For our cultural context, we mainly focus on location, ethnic groups, religion, perception of the disabled, traditions, and the role of women.

    For our vision/viewpoint, we're mainly focused on how the author perceives things like conflict and how they're shown. Similar with theme and issue, conflict, what causes it, what ends it, types of conflict.


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