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6. Comparative analysis
(i) Are there any similarities or differences between this literary work and other
texts you have read or cultural narratives you are familiar with?
(ii) How does this story compare to your own cultural background or experiences,
and what insights can be gained from these comparisons?

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Revision

1. Analyse the development in any characters throughout the acts, in two selected
plays. How do their interactions with other characters and the unfolding events
shape their personalities and decisions? Discuss the significance of their
transformation from innocence to experience and the impact it has on the
overall theme of the play.

2. Using four poems of your choice, explore how the speaker’s introspective
monologue reveal his inner conflicts, anxieties and desires.
3. Discuss the techniques the poets employ in any four poems to convey the
persona’s personality and how their character reflects broader themes of
alienation and disillusionment in modern society.

4. Using two novels you have read, examine how the theme of racial injustice is
depicted through the characters.

5. Explore the theme of gender roles and societal expectations as portrayed
through the two plays of your choice. How do the characters’ subservience to
self-discovery illuminate the limitations imposed on women in 19 -century
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society?
6. Use any prose fiction of your choice to examine how characters conform to or
challenge traditional gender norms, and explore the author’s commentary on
gender dynamics within the societal context of the narrative.

7. Analyse specific scenes or characters in any play of your choice to illustrate
the playwright’s exploration of gender identity, power dynamics, and social
expectations within the context of the play.

8. Explore how a poet of any poem of your choice challenges conventional
notions of masculinity and femininity.
9. Read any novel, play and poem and do a comparative analysis of how the
writer of each work approach the theme of gender, and what similarities or
differences do you observe in their respective representations.

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