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...

I Remember, I Remember

I remember, I remember, The house where I was born, The little window where the sun Came peeping in at morn; He never came a wink too soon, Nor brought too long a day, But now, I often wish the night Had borne my breath away! I remember, I remember, The roses, red and white, The vi'lets, and the lily-cups, Those flowers made of light! The lilacs where the robin built, And where my brother set The laburnum on his birthday,— The tree is living yet! I remember, I remember, Where I was used to swing, And thought...

The Old Familiar Faces

I have had playmates, I have had companions, In my days of childhood, in my joyful school-days, All, all are gone, the old familiar faces. I have been laughing, I have been carousing, Drinking late, sitting late, with my bosom cronies, All, all are gone, the old familiar faces. I loved a love once, fairest among women; Closed are her doors on me, I must not see her — All, all are gone, the old familiar faces. I have a friend, a kinder friend has no man; Like an ingrate, I left my friend abruptly; Left him,...

A Wish

Mine be a cot beside the hill, A bee-hive's hum shall sooth my ear; A willowy brook, that turns a mill, With many a fall shall linger near. The swallow, oft, beneath my thatch, Shall twitter from her clay-built nest; Oft shall the pilgrim lift the latch, And share my meal, a welcome guest. Around my ivy'd porch shall spring Each fragrant flower that drinks the dew; And Lucy, at her wheel, shall sing In russet gown and apron blue. The village-church, among the trees, Where first our marriage-vows were giv'n, With merry peals shall swell the...

Post Modernism

We no longer live in a predictable modern world with orderly and predictable structures such as the nuclear family but we are now postmodernism. Families are fragmented and individuals have more choice leading to greater diversity in family life. No one family dominates...

Is the Family in decline?

OBJ: Use the evidence that follows to provide an argument that answers the above question. Relationship status Singletons at 20. Married or cohabiting by 30. That is the trend colourfully depicted here. Again, using figures from the 2011 Census, the book reveals how many people marry and then migrate from inner to outer London. 12 data maps that sum up London What does the Rapoports say about family diversity? Unlike chester, Rhona...

Audience

OBJ: To understand how to attract and address an audience.Audience:All media texts are made with an audience in mind; a group of people who will receive it and make some sort of sense out of it. In general, but not always, the producers make some money out of their audience. It is therefore important to understand what happens when an audience views a media text.Using questionnaires, focus groups and comparisons to existing media texts, media producers will spend a great deal of time and money ascertaining  if there is anyone out there who...

The decline of Macbeth

OBJ: To explore the decline of Macbeth."The vividness, magnitude, and violence of the imagery in some of these passages are characteristic of Macbeth almost throughout; and their influence contributes to form its atmosphere...""There is thus something magnificently appropriate in the cry 'blow, wind! come, wrack!' with which Macbeth, turning from the sight of the moving wood Birnam, bursts from his castle. He was borne to his throne on a whirlwind, and the fate he goes to meet comes on the wings of storm"AC Bradley - Shakespearian Trag...

The decline of Lady Macbeth

OBJ: To explore Lady Macbeth's decline and death, To probe the language that shows Lady Macbeth's remorse in the sleepwalking scene. "It would be a perfect example of poetic justice in the manner of talion if the childlessness of Macbeth and the barrenness of his Lady were the punishment of their crimes against the sanctity of generation – If Macbeth could not become a father because he had robbed children of their father and a father of his children, and if Lady Macbeth suffered the unsexing she had demanded of the spirits of murder:...

Lone Parent Families

Obj: To understand the reasons for the increase in lone parent families. To understand the New Right & feminist views of lone parent families and evaluate these. The Reality:  In the UK, the percentage of single parent families has tripled since 1970s. Now in the UK, about 25% of families with dependant children are single parent families. 1 in 5 children in Europe live with a lone parent. In the past single parent families were usually...

Cohabitation

 Is the concept of marriage dead? Cohabitation could have been the number one reason for the drop in the marriage rates. People find civil partnerships as far more valuable compared to the religious ceremonial Marriage. Secularisation has decreased as people do not feel the need to marry. The average age for women to get married is 30, and for men it is 32. Identify one strength and one weakness of the data in helping us to understand...

Is Marriage Dead?

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Infant Joy

'I have no name  I am but two days old.' What shall I call thee? 'I happy am  Joy is my name.' Sweet joy befall thee! Pretty joy! Sweet joy but two days old, Sweet joy I call thee: Thou dost smile, I sing the while; Sweet joy befall thee! by William Blake...

Life during the industrial revoloution

What was life like in the industrial revolution? during the industrial revolution, It was the great age of science and it was becoming increasingly secular. There was a heavier reliance on machinery which meant less manual labour and loss of jobs. The introduction of factories in London meant that there was mass migration from the countrysides to the cities in order to get jobs. As a result of the migration, Many cities like London and Manchester became over populated and became riddled with disease. Social classes were dominant and there was...

William Blake

William Blake: William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English painter, poet and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age. His prophetic poetry has been said to form "what is in proportion to its merits the least read body of poetry in the English language". His visual artistry led one contemporary art...

Divorce Statistics

Divorce statistics are presented in 3 main ways: The total number of divorce petitions per year (the number of people applying for a divorce but not necessarily actually getting divorced.) The total number of decrees absolute granted per year (the number of divorces actually granted) The divorce rate (the number of divorces each year per thousand married people in the population.) Divorce statistics must be treated with considerable caution, and assessed against changing legal , financial and social circumstances, if misleading conclusions...

The Rising Divorce Rate

One of the most startling changes in the family in Britain in the last century has been the general and dramatic increase in the number of marriages ending in divorce, with similar trends found in many western industrialized countries. The number of divorce rates rose from 27,000 in 1961 to around 167,000 by 2005; during the 1960s the number doubled, and the doubled again in the 1970s. Britain has one of the highest divorce rates (number of divorces per 1,000 married people per year) in the European Union. About 40% of new marriages today are...

MacDuff

 What do we know about Macduff? - Paying attention to what Macbeth has been doing throughout the play - Emerging role: Shakespeare makes him more prominent. - his absence is ominous - Macbeth's 'alter-ego' provides an interesting mirror of what Macbeth could have been/ How he should have behaved. - shows us that the witches malice wouldn't have worked on him. - Shown to be perceptive - MacDove - harbinger of piece. All Shakespeare plays have five Acts: Exposition Rising action Climax Falling action Denouemen...

Tragedy

OBJ: To explore the idea of hamartia and to develop our ideas about Macbeth as a contemporary audience.  Aristotle's Definition of tragedy:  “A tragedy is the imitation of an action that is serious and also, as having magnitude, complete in itself; in appropriate and pleasurable language;... in a dramatic rather than narrative form; with incidents arousing pity and fear, wherewith to accomplish a catharsis of these emotions.” Characters in tragedy should have the following qualities: 'good' or 'fine.' Aristotle relates this quality...

The ghost of Banquo haunts Macbeth (Ian McKellen)

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