Hamlet and Streetcar - Critical Reading

Hello YR12s

Don't forget, you can access critical reading on 'Hamlet' and 'Streetcar' in the dropbox folders below. There is a new article in there on surveillance in film adaptations of 'Hamlet' (thanks Sawida!)

Hamlet - https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4z4wn4k1zk8hx5p/AAA52yfppoh8Rbv_zT5AWzR7a?dl=0

Streetcar - https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ujaifz0ob755xg8/AACH8ccUal60_a2OyFJKau6Za?dl=0

Mrs Stroud

Model Responses

Hello YR13,

As promised, the model responses are now back on DropBox

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3z9kwtmbl2u2kq4/AADysQ-TsC6befzcq59SPUnTa?dl=0

Mrs Stroud

'Hamlet' - Podcase from the University of Oxford

https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/hamlet

Lesson Resources

'A Streetcar Named Desire'
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/jqsb8vpewaxo9sw/AAATBpFecmjUxo5i28DS27OUa?dl=0

'Hamlet'
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/pi5wsh6l9cgc7f2/AACVdjCPQZUlsoCK8cW_oCi6a?dl=0

Prose
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/cs5y9h45fwe1ch2/AADiZYC3LeWcYIyTsx_witiRa?dl=0

Asceticism and 'Dorian Gray'

Hello YR12s,

As promised, here are the links to the articles from the British Library that I have been using in our lessons this week. I hope you find them useful - you should take the time to explore the related articles down the right hand side too!

Mrs Stroud

https://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/gothic-fiction-in-the-victorian-fin-de-siecle

https://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/dracula

https://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/the-picture-of-dorian-gray-art-ethics-and-the-artist

Tennessee Williams - Guardian Article on Personal Letters

https://amp.theguardian.com/culture/2018/mar/30/tennessee-williams-lacked-confidence-letters-to-friends-reveal

Free Online Seminars - 'Hamlet'

http://peripeteia.webs.com

Hamlet starring Sherlock's Andrew Scott to air on BBC2 this Easter

Hamlet starring Sherlock's Andrew Scott to air on BBC2 this Easter

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-03-22/hamlet-andrew-scott-bbc2-easter-air-date-confirmed/

Happy viewing!

Mrs Stroud

Model Responses

Hello,

Below is the Dropbox link to model responses from the Summer. The examiner's marks and comments are in the 'commentaries' document.

Candidate 1 - A*
Candidate 2 - A
Candidate 3 - A
Candidate 4 - C
Candidate 5 - C

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/8hlt7o9g94wg5or/AAAo7oSUQftzFmr3W6etqnksa?dl=0

Enjoy!

Mrs Stroud

The Manipulative Nature of Claudius

http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/amp/150/the-manipulative-nature-of-claudius-in-shakespeares-hamlet

Thanks Lara!

Surveillance in Elizabethan England (useful also for a discussion of Polonius)

Hello Sixth Formers

I found a couple of brief online articles outlining the extent of Elizabeth I's spy network and some of the conspiracy theories around the death of Christopher Marlowe which I thought you might like to see.

I've also attached the portrait of Elizabeth I was talking about. It's called the Rainbow Portrait and it was made around the time of Elizabeth's high popularity just after the Spanish Armada when she was in her sixties. It portrays Elizabeth as a young woman, the ideal "Gloriana", in a dress covered with eyes and ears, representing her spy network and that she sees and hears everything that happens in her kingdom. She also wears an embroidered snake on her arm, the symbol of wisdom and cunning, and pearls at her neck, a symbol of virginity. In her hand she holds a rainbow, the symbol of peace and next to it in Latin it says "there is no rainbow without the sun", the "sun" being a metaphor for Elizabeth herself in it's traditional symbolic relationship with monarchy (sometimes even God, though that is a more medieval interpretation).

Have a good weekend,

Ms Bryce

Elizabeth's spies:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/tudors/spying_01.shtml

The death of Christopher Marlowe: http://mentalfloss.com/article/80556/mysterious-death-christopher-marlowe

Drop Box - Critical Reading

Hello YR12s and YR13s,

I am really impressed by all the academic articles that you are sourcing and sending me. I have created Drop Box folders to store them all in, which you are able to access via the links below.

I will keep updating as you send me articles, and do my best to add all the ones I have already posted to the blog. I will also add the ones we've read in class or for homework.

'Hamlet'
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4z4wn4k1zk8hx5p/AAA52yfppoh8Rbv_zT5AWzR7a?dl=0

'A Streetcar Named Desire'
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ujaifz0ob755xg8/AACH8ccUal60_a2OyFJKau6Za?dl=0

'Frankenstein'
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/sv7ii29j8mulqh2/AADgE-mmzBCNTOc3G0BnElKla?dl=0

'The Handmaid's Tale'
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/lrzkqpn5ifvfm5s/AADCTvqmLrQjnTNMHNQqMTX5a?dl=0

'The Romantics'
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/vonx3fkg5l4eqij/AAAFOr0u3w-vhcqqIsKkJDXHa?dl=0

Happy reading!

Mrs Stroud

Politicising Madness - 'Hamlet'

Hello,

Below is the link to an interesting article about how we construct the idea of madness and how it is used in literature to create character. Thank you Iona for finding it!

https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.co.uk/&httpsredir=1&article=2041&context=lajm

Mrs Stroud

Blanche's Breakdown and The French Revolution

Hello!

Below is a link to an interesting article that considers Blanche and Stanley's relationship and her resulting destruction.

http://www.cyberpat.com/shirlsite/essays/street.html

There is also an interesting article here on the impact of the French Revolution in Britain.

https://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/the-impact-of-the-french-revolution-in-britain

Thank you Lauren for forwarding what you are reading.

Enjoy!

Mrs Stroud

Poems of the Decade

Hello YR12s,

As promised, here is a list of the poems you are studying from the Poems of the Decade anthology:

Mrs Stroud

Talks on Frankenstein

Hello YR13s,

Molly and Lauren have sourced two very exciting talks on Frankenstein in context. Have a look below - you should go if you can!

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/frankenstein-and-its-legacy-tickets-40140782160?_eboga=208225779.1515264026

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mary-shelley-and-the-birth-of-frankenstein-tickets-41335093377?utm-medium=discovery&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-source=strongmail&utm-term=listing

Mrs Stroud

Some useful links

Hello Sixth Formers,

Below are two links you might find useful.

The Handmaid's Tale - Guardian Article (thank you Lauren!)
https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/26/the-handmaids-tale-year-trump-misogyny-metoo

'Hamlet' - Podcast
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09jqtfs

Enjoy!

Mrs Stroud