The session contained feedback to the last Section B question relating to symbolism. It is essential that students attempt these essays and then feedback any problem areas discovered when attempting to construct the response. After discussing the symbolism question, the class considered the Section B question:
WRITE ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF CLIMAXES AND/OR ANTICLIMAXES IN THE NARRATIVES OF THE THREE WRITERS YOU HAVE STUDIED.
Class discussion considered possible content.
HOMEWORK: I didn't realise when I was delivering the Friday session that our next lesson [Tuesday] will not be happening due to Vertical Tutor Progress Meetings! Therefore, I would like students to attempt the 'SIGNIFICANCE OF CLIMAX/ANTI-CLIMAX' essay.
Climaxes and/or anti-climaxes need to be clearly identified in relation to the over-arching story.
Possible content:
- identification of the climax/anti-climax
- where the climax/anti-climax occurs structurally in the text and why this positioning is significant
- the meanings that arise from the cimax/anti-climax
- how this moment shapes the rest of the story
WE discussed the moment in Chapter Five when Nick leaves the house and returns to find Daisy and Gatsby bathed in light. We also discussed the moment in Chapter Seven in the Plaza when Fitzgerald suggests that Tom will receive some moral justice only for Fitzgerald to rob the reader of this justice and then offer the climax of Myrtle's death. You could even refer to Gatsby's murder or the end of the opening chapter. Why are these moments significant? How do they allow Fitzgerald to shape meaning? WHY ARE THEY SO SIGNIFICANT WITHIN THE NARRATIVE?
We also discussed the idea that TROTAM's conclusion is an anti-climax and the real climax occurs when the Albatross falls from the Mariner's neck. Is the ending of this epic poem an anti-climax? Is character and symbolism more important in this poem in allowing Coleridge to shape meaning?
AUDEN/THE ROAD....You decide.
Good Luck.
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