Analyse how ideas were used to comment on the nature of society in the written text(s). Note: “Ideas” may refer to character, theme, or setting.
Intro
Guilt is unique for each and every individual. Agatha Christie’s “And then there were none,” is a murder mystery set on an isolated island, where participants were invited onto the island as guests to attend a party. Although, in the end of it all, no one left the island. Agatha Christie highlights three key ideas, realising ones guilt, justifying ones guilt and punishment of guilt to comment on the nature of society. These three ideas are developed through the use of three internal conflicts between characters, Vera, Armstong and Wargrave
I want to talk about the three key ideas of guilt but they are shown through conflicts within a character. Does the introduction set up the question properly?Would it be appropriate to write it in this fashion?
eg
p1) The idea of realisation of guilt is is used to comment on the nature of society.
This can be seen through the internal conflict between Vera and herself when she says… quote.
Sorry if its a bit confusing question, just want to know am I on the right track?
The question is set up in the intro but the “nature of society” bit is non-specific. You may be better to make a comment, both in your intro and the topic sentence of your first para that is a little more specific - “The realization of guilt is used to comment on how society is…(what)?”
The conflicts bit is fine - it seems like those conflicts will help form your supporting evidence for how the ideas are developed by the author.
The way the question is phrased suggests you could do either - if you do the same one all the way through, you would want to develop it in different ways/make different comments about it in each para so it does not become repetitive
Analyse how ideas were used to comment on the nature of society in the written text(s). Note: “Ideas” may refer to character, theme, or setting.
This intro is a two-part question. The first is the nature of society and the second part is a character, theme, or setting.
Title (underlined)
Director/Author
Plot summary
Argument (which covers BOTH parts of the question) - Key words from the question
Transition/plan into your paragraph
(I would recommend not saying ‘Firstly I will be talking about…’ I have an example of this at the bottom text.)
^^ I’d recommend this sort of formula for your intro, you can switch them around, but the title, author, and plot summary should probably be at the start.
Using your intro:
Agatha Christie’s book ‘And then there were none’ is about [insert plot summary] it explores the [nature of guilt in society], we see this in three main characters of the book, Vera [her internal conflict], Armstrong [their internal conflict], and Wargrave [their internal conflict].
Here’s an example from one of my practice essays using this formula:
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Question: Analyse how your understanding of a main character was influenced by the setting.
In the film ‘The Dressmaker,’
directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse,
We follow Tilly Dunnage in the 1950s of rural outback Australia, who is trying to rediscover her haunting past by returning to her childhood hometown, ‘Dungatar.’
In this film, there are a number of important settings where we can understand Tilly Dunnage more deeply. The town of Dungatar helps us understand the beginnings of Tilly’s character, and how she was seen as an outcast.
The schoolyard shows us Tilly’s traumatic past. And Molly’s house shows the audience how Tilly finally has clarity and becomes self-confident and powerful in herself.
