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THE QUESTION Write a critical commentary on the following passage relating it to the portrayal of Joe and Kate Keller’s competing desires A C T T H R E E ( 8 2 - 8 4 ) 2 0 1 4 P R E L I M Q U E S T I O N 3 B W H Y D I D W E S E T T H I S I N 2 0 1 4 ? W H A T D O T H E S T A R S T E L L Y O U , M R . L I M ?

QUESTION ANALYSIS CONCERNS BE PREPARED FOR ‘FOREIGN WORDS’. TRANSLATE INTO FAMILIAR CONCERNS. SELF-DECEPTION, TRUTH, GUILT, MORALITY, RESPONSIBILITY, FAMILY UNITY / CONFLICT CHARACTER RELATIONSHIPS PREDICTABLE BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO PRESENT ‘HERE AND ELSEWHERE’ MOTHER-ANN, THE KELLERS, CHRIS-KELLER, MOTHER-KELLER, CHRIS-GEORGE? CHARACTERS LOOK OUT FOR MINOR CHARACTERS. SAFE BETS ON THE KELLERS. JOE KELLER, CHRIS KELLER, JIM BAYLISS, SUE BAYLISS, GEORGE DEEVER I T ’ S N E V E R T O O E A R LY T O G I V E P R E L I M A N D ‘A’ L E V E L H I N T S

QUESTION ANALYSIS JOE A ND K ATE ’ S C O M P E T I N G D E S I R E S O V E R C H R I S ’ S R E T U R N concerns FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS - JOE-KATE CONFLICT effects 2 FAMILIAL LOYALTY - KATE’S PROTECTION APPREHENSIVE - JOE’S DEVOTION DESPONDENT DISMAY SHOCK ANGER effects DESPERATION TENSION CONFRONTATION AGGRESSION CONSOLATION GRIEF

CLOSE ANALYSIS OF THE PASSAGE F R O M U N I T Y T O D I S U N IT Y W A T C H T H E S C E N E C L O S E L Y A N A L Y S E L I N E S 2 4 - 3 5 F O R E F F E C T S A N D I N T E N T I O N S TONE/EFFECTS INTENTIONS ACCUSATORY APPEAL ASSERTIVE PLACATE UNEASE REFUSE TENSION REBUKE DISCORD OPPOSE

CLOSE ANALYSIS OF JOE’S DIALOGUE J O E I S O N T H E D E F E N S I V E ( C O U N T E R - A T T A C K ) R E P E L L I N G K A T E ’ S ‘ S O L U T I O N ’ T O T H E C O N F L I C T EXCLAMATORY SENTENCES SHOCK AND FURY AT KATE RHETORICAL QUESTIONS + ‘YOU’ DEFIANT, PETULANT TOWARDS KATE MIXING OF MONEY AND FAMILY ACCUSATORY, BLAMES KATE

CLOSE ANALYSIS OF KATE’S DIALOGUE KATE C O N T I N U E S T O I N S I S T O N H E R I N T E N D E D P L A N W H I L E R E F U T I N G J O E ’ S R E A S O N S O F F A M I L Y A N D M O N E Y I N P A I R S I D E N T I F Y W O R D P A T T E R N S A N D S E N T E N C E P A T T E R N S METHOD - HOW DOES KATE ‘INSIST’? EFFECT - OF KATE ‘INSISTING’? METHOD - HOW DOES SHE ‘REFUTE’? EFFECT - OF KATE ‘REFUTING’?

‘LINKS’ AT THE MID YEAR EXAM HASTY LINK TO THE ENDING YOU END THE PARA ON A CONCERN “K AT E AND J OE ARGUE OVE R TH E POTATOE S. T H E FAM ILY COLL AP SE S AT TH E E ND WHE N “ Y E T, CLOS E R I N S PE CTI ON OF TH E I R J O E K ILLS HIM S ELF. HOLY F RE NCH F RIE S!” RE L ATIONSHIP S SUGGE STS THAT THE FAM I LY ’ S UN I T Y M AY N OT H OL D .” L I NK TO A ‘ NEAR ER ’ EPISO DE MAR KED BY T E N S I ON ( E. G . H O P E L E SS F URY AT T HE END O F ACT O NE, P4 2 -4 3 ) ADD A LI N K TO LATER, W H ERE TH E FA M I LY I S CLE ARLY DI VI DE D LET ME ANALYSE ELSEWHERE “ O K T HER E I S B EST I AL IMAGE RY AT THE E ND OF T HE P L AY, ‘ CO S T HEY ’RE SUP E R A NGRY ” CLO SELY ANALYS E TH E PASS AGE O NLY. YO U CAN JUS T S TATE TH E EF F ECT S EL SEW H ERE W I TH OUT EX PL AINING IN DETAI L.

UNDERSTANDING LINKS TO ELSEWHERE LINKS SHOW CONTINUITY OR CHANGE O F C H A R A C T E R S , R E L AT I O N S H I P S , E F F E C T S A N D C O N C E R N S ( E . G . J O E C O N T I N U E S T O D E M A N D T H AT C H R I S B E L O Y A L T O T H E FA M I LY ) LINKS SHOW PURPOSE OF THE PASSAGE I T ’ S S A F E T O S A Y T H AT Y O U C A N M A K E A ‘ L I N K ’ A F T E R W R I T I N G A B O U T T H E C O N C E R N ( E . G . K AT E ’ S L O Y A LT I E S C H A N G E … ) SPECIFIC VS GENERAL LINKS A I M T O D E S C R I B E T H E E F F E C T S O R C O N C E R N S I N A S P E C I F I C S C E N E ( E . G . K AT E ’ S E N T R A N C E ) O R I N G E N E R A L ( E . G . A C T O N E I S L I G H T - H E A R T E D ) TIM E L I N E EARLIER - JUST BEFORE - THE PASSAGE - JUST AFTER - LATER

IDENTIFYING POSSIBLE LINKS TO ELSEWHERE B A S E D O N D R A M A T I C S T R U C T U R E J U S T B E F O R E - J U S T A F T E R - T H E E N D I N G Scene Pages Characters and Idea 3.1 79-81 Mother-Jim: ‘Chris is a good son…’ 3.1 81-84 Mother-Keller: ‘If… you’re willing to pay’ 3.1 84-86 Mother-Ann: Larry’s letter 3.2 86-91 Chris-Mother-Keller: catastrophe

IDENTIFYING POSSIBLE LINKS TO ELSEWHERE B A S E D O N C H A R A C T E R R E L AT I O N S P I C K A S T A R T , A M I D D L E A N D A N E N D Scene Pages Characters and Idea 1.3 21-24 Mother-Keller: ‘I want you to stop…’ 1.6 42-43 Mother-Keller: ‘Be smart…’ 2.5 74-75 Mother-Keller: ‘ smashes him across…’ 3.1 81-84 Mother-Keller: ‘What happened to my family?’

IDENTIFYING POSSIBLE LINKS TO ELSEWHERE B A S E D O N C O M P E T I N G D E S I R E S S H O W T H E I R R E G A R D A N D D I S R E G A R D F O R C H R I S Scene Pages Characters and Idea 2.5 74-75 Chris-Mother: ‘Chris… now I say no!’ 2.5 75-78 Chris-Keller: ‘For me! Where do you live…’ 3.1 81-84 Mother-Keller: ‘something bigger than the family’ 3.1 86-88 Chris-Keller: ‘to him they were all my sons’

LINK TO ELSEWHERE (CONCERN) T H E P A S S A G E CA R R IE S FO RWA RD T H E S I M M E R I N G T E N S I O N S F R O M T H E E N D O F A C T T W O ( 7 5 ) T H E E S T R A N G E M E N T B E T W E E N T H E M I S A R ES U LT OF C H R I S ‘ S T O R M I N G ’ E X I T F R O M T H E FA M I LY S H O W C O N T I N U I T Y F R O M E A R L I E R I N T H E Joe-Kate relationship

LINK TO ELSEWHERE (CONCERN) T H E A B S O L U T E N E S S O F J O E ’ S T O N E H E R E I N T H E P A S S A G E S H IF T S TO M U T E D D E S P A I R W H E N H E D I S C O V E R S L A R R Y ’ S D E AT H AT T H E E N D O F T H E P L A Y. T H E C O N T E N T S O F T H E L E T T E R M O V E H I M T O F I N A L LY R E C O G N I S E T H A T ‘ S O M E T H I N G I S B I G G E R T H A N T H E FA M I LY ’ T O B O T H L A R R Y A N D C H R I S . S H O W C H A N G E I N A L AT E R S C E N E F O R J O E ’ S Familial Loyalty

THINKING FRAMEWORK I D E N T I F Y A N E F F E C T O R C O N C E R N F R O M T H E P A S S A G E ( E . G . A R G U M E N T B E T W E E N J O E A N D K AT E … ) L I N K W O R D ( E . G . I S A C U L M I N AT I O N O F… ) E F F E C T O R C O N C E R N F R O M E A R L I E R O R L AT E R ( E . G . T H E T E N S I O N S O V E R J O E ’ S M I S D E E D S I N A C T O N E )

INTERACTIVE SEGMENT S H O W C H A N G E F R O M E A R L I E R Joe-Kate relationship 2T01, 2T03, 2T05, 2T07, 2T11, 2T23, 2T27, 2T33 LINK THE PASSAGE TO THE GIVEN SCENE. CONSIDER THE CHANGE(S) IN EFFECTS AND INTENTIONS. S H O W C O N T I N U I T Y F R O M E A R L I E R Familial Loyalty 2T02, 2T04, 2T06, 2T08, 2T20, 2T28, 2T32, 2T34 IDENTIFY AN EARLIER INSTANCE OF JOE’S FAMILIAL LOYALTY. LINK THE PASSAGE TO SHOW CONTINUITY.

F R O M T H E P A S S A G E J O E A N D K AT E ’ S C O N F L I C T I N G I N T E R E S T S H E R E , W H E R E N E I T H E R I S W I L L I N G T O G I V E I N , L I N K W O R D A R E A N E S C A L AT I O N F R O M F R O M E A R L I E R T H E S O F T E R , M O R E P A S S I V E D I S A G R E E M E N T S E E N AT T H E E N D O F A C T O N E C O N T R I B U T E D B Y A G U S T I N X U E S H O W C H A N G E F R O M E A R L I E R Joe-Kate relationship

F R O M T H E P A S S A G E J O E ’ S B E L I E F I N T H E U N C O N D I T I O N A L L O Y A LT Y B E T W E E N FAT H E R A N D S O N ( ‘ B E C A U S E I ’ M H I S FAT H E R … ’ ) L I N K W O R D H A S R E M A I N E D U N W A V E R I N G S I N C E F R O M E A R L I E R H I S C A L L F O R A N N T O F O R G I V E H E R FAT H E R ( ‘A FAT H E R I S … ’ ) I N A C T T W O ( 5 4 ) . S H O W C O N T I N U I T Y F R O M E A R L I E R Familial Loyalty

LINK TO ELSEWHERE (STRUCTURE) K A T E ’ S A N X I E T Y O V E R C H R I S ’ S R E T U R N I N T H E P A S S A G E S U R FAC E S F R O M H E R P R E V I O U S C O N V E R S A T I O N W I T H J I M K A T E ’ S P R O P O S I T I O N T O J O E D E V E L O P S F R O M H E R E A R L I E R A P P R E H E N S I O N S H O W C O N T I N U I T Y I N D R A M AT I C E F F E C T S F R O M J U S T before the passage

LINK TO ELSEWHERE (STRUCTURE) T H E R E V E L AT I O N O F T H E L E T T E R W I L L B R I N G E V E N G RE ATE R D E V A S T A T I O N T O K A T E A N D J O E ’ S H O P E S F O R T H E F A M I L Y T H E I R S H A R E D D E S P E R A T I O N A T T H E E N D O F T H E P A S S A G E H INT S T H E I N E V I TA B L E T R A G E D Y S H O W C H A N G E I N D R A M AT I C E F F E C T S J U S T after the passage