Exam Practice ~ Faith Anwuri by Faith Anwuri https://padlet.com/faith_301002/fqkh3nseh8a8 en-us 2018-10-22 11:27:33 UTC 2026-03-20 19:49:31 UTC hello@padlet.com Starting with this speech, how does Shakespeare present Portia's feelings about the roles of men and women? faith_301002 https://padlet.com/faith_301002/fqkh3nseh8a8/wish/295385094 In the extract Shakespeare presents Portia as a woman who is bitter about the roles of men and women and the hierarchy that society has created for her, but also as a woman who is willing to break them through her actions and words. Shakespeare uses Portia in the play as a character that goes against social expectations perhaps to show his views that women were intelligent beyond what society and men expected of them and so uses Portia as one of the main protagonists which gives her a place of power to emphasise this. During Elizabethan times, women belonged to their fathers (or their brothers if their father died), and then to their husbands, however Portia is presented as a someone who is hostile to this ridiculous notion that she is owned by her Father and shows this hostility through the harsh realization that in life it's expected for her wants to be dismissed as women were expected to 'hath no tongue.' Her resentment to the thought that 'the will of a living daughter' can be 'curbed by the will of a dead father' is shown. Her Father’s shadow falls across his daughter's choice in marriage, the 'will of a dead father' seeks to dominate the 'will' of his daughter. The pun on 'will' highlights the conflict between the Father's will is, at least primarily, his last will and testament, the daughter's will; her own desire or volition. The order of syntax puts Portia in front of her Father, highlighting Portia's desire to be powerful and be able to make her own choices. Also the use of juxtaposition of 'living' and 'dead' represents the divide between Portia and her Father, but could also foreshadow a battle won as Portia ends up with a man that she loves. The determiner 'a' implies that Portia does not take possession of her Father due to him having taken such an important choice away from her. In addition the adjective 'dead' rather than passed highlights the harsh reality of the broken relationship. This is further emphasized through the verb 'curbed' as it means to restrain or to keep in check, giving a reason as to why Portia is so against her Father, and also implies how she feels trapped due to society's expectations for her to be beautiful, quiet and submissive.

Wonderful language analysis. You should make WP clear from the start e.g. Shakespeare uses Portia character to suggest....
Can you embed one word quotes from the rest of the play?
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Shakespeare portrays a deeply connected friendship between Antonio and Bassanio to contrast the money and power orientated relationship of Portia and Bassanio. Why??? What is the WP??? Remember it is always more than just about the characters Bassanio describes Portia’s hair as ‘sunny locks which hang on her temples like a golden fleece’. The adjective ‘sunny’ suggests that Bassanio may be blinded by her beauty. Dazzle and blinded - same thing This naivety and immediate infatuation reflects more feminine traits, he seems adoring rather than showing more stereotypical masculine traits of (of the time) possessiveness. By describing her face as a ‘temple’ which is a building devoted to worship of a god or gods, Shakespeare potentially emasculates Bassanio to the audience as it shows his weakness of idolising Portia. WP thus through this gender subversion Shakespeare is perhaps suggesting that the typical 'masculine / feminine' traits are simply a social construct; a very modern notion highlighting just how radical some of Shakespeare'work can be seen to be. Bassanio makes reference to the story of Jason and the Golden Fleece. He glorifies Portia as a mythical prize and compares himself and the suitors as brave adventurers journeying the world to try and fetch her. Shakespeare could be suggesting that Portia and Bassanio’s relationship is worldly compared to Antonio and Bassanio’s friendship.  Instead--Shakespeare here follows social norms through the objectification of Portia and so highlighting that despite Bassanio's attempt to break free of society's imposed gender norms some ideas remain deep rooted and almost impossible to change.

In addition Shakespeare contrasts Bassanio and Portia’s relationship with Antonio and Bassanio’s to break down society’s beliefs that a healthy loving relationship can only be between a man and a woman again a radical idea for the time. Antonio vows his “purse, (his) person (his) extremest means lie all unlocked to (Bassanio’s) occasions” The noun ‘purse’ is stereotypically generally accepted as an object for women, this may imply that Antonio is gender fluid as he promises his possessions to Bassanio as a bride would do on her wedding day. [unfishished]]]> 2019-03-29 10:19:57 UTC https://padlet.com/faith_301002/fqkh3nseh8a8/wish/346478034 Neutral Tones and When We Two parted practice faith_301002 https://padlet.com/faith_301002/fqkh3nseh8a8/wish/348654365 Both poets use human features that are associated with the feeling of loving someone and then withdraw all happy attributes to leave the reader simply feeling cold due to the lack of connection the two speakers feel towards their partners. The speaker in When We Two Parted describes his lover showing a stony exterior towards him them during the ending stages of the relationship and states that “pale grew thy cheek and cold.” The adjective “pale” and the verb “grew” juxtapose each other. “Pale” has connotations with death and suggests colour and life being absent. While the verb “grew” suggests life and nurturing, this juxtaposition 😍could also show the conflict internally within the speaker as he battles whether to be ashamed of this past love or to mourn her as of she were a passed loved one. Cheeks also usually show emotion, or feeling. When feeling great love or excitement they can flush, however removing the colour from this part of the body which can reveal feelings about a person, Byron suggests that all feelings left this relationship. The “cold” of her cheeks could also replicate the cold in their relationship that crept in as time went on. Perhaps this “cold” killed the fire and passion within this relationship and left a feeling of dullness or Byron could be implying that the speaker is frozen is his longing and incapable of moving on, but is also hardened due to the sorrowful end of their affair. 😍Byron subverts tropes of love poetry and while the reader would expect his lovers cheeks to be flushed, instead there is a solemn rigidity reflected in her exterior. Byron thus creates an exaggerated sense of loss for his reader and the reader is shocked by his darker use of language.

This melancholic description is also reflected in Hardy’s Neutral Tones, he shows the disintegration of the relationship as he flips what should be a happy image on his head, creating a dejected atmosphere. The speaker describes his lover’s smile as “the deadest thing, alive enough to have strength to die.” Whereas smiles usually relate to happiness, joy and positivity, here it is clearly false. Therefore Hardy introduces it only immediately to kill it off. Instead of a living thing fighting for survival, this smile does the opposite - a contradiction in keeping with the tone of the poem and highlighting the hopelessness of the speaker’s situation. The uncomfortable atmosphere of the oxymoron emphasises to the reader the poet’s inner turmoil and creates a sense of incompatibility of the lovers😍. He seems here to be resentful of the woman; the smile being the “deadest thing” implies deception. Perhaps the woman is pretending to be happy in the relationship as the smile is lacking any genuine happiness.
Lovely work
Weave is a line about WP

]]> 2019-04-04 17:50:03 UTC https://padlet.com/faith_301002/fqkh3nseh8a8/wish/348654365 Eva Smith practice faith_301002 https://padlet.com/faith_301002/fqkh3nseh8a8/wish/348660937 The Inspector uses blunt language so that the Birling's can face the harsh reality of their actions and feel regret for using their "power" and influence to "punish" Eva Smith. One of the cases where he does this is when he highlights to Mrs Birling that "the position" that Eva Smith is now in "is that she lies with a burnt-out inside on a slab." By turning the words of Mrs Birling against her, the Inspector creates a reverse in authority and power and so strips her of competence, this shows that the backwards views of the upper class are not strong and can be easily picked apart. Priestley may be suggesting to the audience that people are not to be treated inferior due to materialistic differences and any belief in this is absurd. Additionally, by describing Eva as lying down, Priestley creates an image of frailty and abandonment so instills the idea of Eva needing protection rather than being pushed away.😍The Inspector further creates shock describing Eva as having her insides "burnt-out" Priestley not only emphasises the gruesome fate that she was left to, but also the corrosive and toxic effects that the upper class can have on those who they deem as being subservient. 😍This shows the darker truths that the Birling's have hidden, now laid out for all to see and may potentially cause the audience to reflect on their actions too. A "slab" is typically described as being a large flat piece of concrete or wood, this cold description shows the warmth of a life lost from the world, and having a part of Eva left to this slab paints her as a martyr lost to the cause. Through Eva Priestley explains that changing the damaging ideologies of the ruling class is a necessity in order to prevent the 'fire, blood and anguish' that will follow a purely Capitalist society; a pertinent message for us even today. ]]> 2019-04-04 18:01:22 UTC https://padlet.com/faith_301002/fqkh3nseh8a8/wish/348660937 Utterson practice faith_301002 https://padlet.com/faith_301002/fqkh3nseh8a8/wish/349921619 Mr Utterson is presented as a respectable, wealthy man in Victorian London. Stevenson uses Utterson to highlight the pressure that Victorian society put on gentlemen, forcing them to conceal their pleasures and play as puppets in society’s hands. Exp  In the beginning of the novel, Utterson is described as being a “man of rugged countenance, that was never lighted by a smile.” The adjective “rugged” means to be attractively strong, Stevenson, focusing on Mr Utterson’s physical appearance highlights Victorian society’s beliefs in physiognomy, which is a practice of assessing a person's character or personality from their outer appearance. Stevenson plays into these beliefs so that the reader can feel a false sense of security when faced with a man who would have been deemed as respectable, which he later dissolves with the darkness and danger that Hyde brings to the novel. 😍“Rugged” in relation to a surface could mean for something to be uneven, Stevenson may be implying that Mr Utterson could have concealed faults while living in this perfect Victorian image, showing that not everything was as it seemed and that society has trapped it’s people in a broken state that they may not be able to overcome if changes are not implemented. Finally, “rugged countenance” could alternatively show a harsh exterior, much like society was a harsh reality for those who lived in it and so the only way to survive was by suppressing emotions. The adverb “never” gives a sense of hopelessness, by having no smile on a character that should so easily be happy due to his place in the patriarchal system set in place, Stevenson thus criticizes society and may be suggesting that it has spread its toxicity even to those who may be deemed as untouchable.😍😍😍 The root word of “lighted” is light, so to “never” have light means to be condemned to darkness, this darkness could be a metaphor of the secrecy and suppression in this culture as hidden deeds were a way of life, further emphasising the mistakes that society continuously falls into Exp 

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