Functionalism & New right policy

Functionalism & New right policy: Functionalist thinking has influenced new right political thinking which is strictly conservative, anti-feminist & stresses the importance of the Nuclear family & the dangers of family diversity. Fletcher (1966) highlights how the family is 'helped out' by the state so that it can perform it's functions more effectively. New right politics have taken this a step further & argue that families should be self-reliant & require minimum 'outside'/ 'state' help. The nuclear family is ideally set...

The setting Off

OBJ: To demonstrate our understanding of AO2 through responses to unseen poems. Example of a 5 mark AO1 question: 1) Poets often deploy auditory devices for effect. Comment on the use and effect of sound devices in the poem (The Send Off) Firstly, the poet has injected a euphonic sound in the opening which conveys a feeling of excitement and great expectation of those going to war. Also, the poem ends with cacophonous sounds ('silent') which is juxtaposed with the implicit triumph of "great bells". The effect is to convey an anti-climatic...

Postmodernism

Giddens Family now involves greater choice and equality due to: contraception allows for intimacy rather than reproduction as a reason for the relationship. changing role and opportunities for women Families now define their relationships themselves - It is individual and works for them. He calls this 'Pure relationships' based on love and happiness and not tradition or sense of duty. Relationships become a part of 'self discovery' However more choice leads to greater instability. Beck We live in a 'risk society'. Tradition is less influential...

A wish - Analysis

OBJ: To explore how the poet use language and form to create meaning and ideas. Analysis of 'A Wish' by Samuel Rogers: IT is a form of pastoral poetry and it has a naturalistic theme. The poem includes a regular rhyming scheme, the effect of this is that it gives a child like feel, it prolongs and expands the happiness felt. The rhyming couplets are a metaphor for the parental roles which are complementary of each other. 'The Swallow oft beneath my thatch'  The swallow is symbolism of love and care/ affection towards a loved one. The 'thatch'...

The Wife A-Lost

SINCE I noo mwore do zee your feäce, Up steärs or down below, I'll zit me in the lwonesome pleäce, Where flat-bough'd beech do grow; Below the beeches' bough, my love, Where you did never come, An' I don't look to meet ye now, As I do look at hwome. Since you noo mwore be at my zide, In walks in zummer het, I'll goo alwone where mist do ride, Droo trees a-drippèn wet; Below the raïn-wet bough, my love, Where you did never come, An' I don't grieve to miss ye now, As I do grieve at hwome. Since now bezide my dinner-bwoard Your vaïce do never sound, I'll...