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Title: Richard III


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Richard III
  • Lesson 1

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Political intrigue
  • The language of politics
  • Betrayal
  • Duplicity
  • Treachery
  • Treason
  • Back-stabbing
  • Fear
  • Arrogance
  • Ignorance
  • Paranoia
  • Oblivion

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Band 5
  • Clear focus on the question and use of relevant
    quotations from both extracts. Clear
    understanding of how characters use language in
    both extracts.
  • Creates an argument with well-chosen reference to
    the text to justify comments.

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Band 6
  • Coherent analysis of the text in relation to the
    question.
  • Appreciation of the effects of features of
    language in both extracts.
  • Creates a well-developed argument with comments
    and precisely selected references to the text
    integrated appropriately.

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Both bands require
  • integrated quotations
  • ongoing links to both extracts
  • sentences that make a point, embed a quotation
    and explore implications relevant to the
    question in detail
  • creation of an argument a chain of linked
    points that respond to the question with a point
    of view that might be maintained or
    reconsidered if appropriate

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These 2 extracts show how power has corrupted the
character of Napoleon in Orwell's 'Animal Farm'.
  • Extract 1
  • Napoleon, with the dogs following him, now
    mounted on to the raised portion of the floor
    where Major had previously stood to deliver his
    speech. He announced that from now on the Sunday
    morning Meetings would come to an end. They were
    unnecessary, he said, and wasted time. In future
    all questions relating to the working of the farm
    would be settled by a special committee of pigs,
    presided over by himself. These would meet in
    private and afterwards communicate their
    decisions to others. The animals would still
    assemble on Sunday mornings to salute the flag,
    sing 'Beasts of England', and receive their
    orders for the week but there would be no more
    debates.

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Extract 2
  • After that it did not seem strange when next day
    the pigs who were supervising the work of the
    farm all carried whips in their trotters. It did
    not seem strange to learn that the pigs had
    bought themselves a wireless set, were arranging
    to install a telephone, and taken out
    subscriptions to John Bull, Tit-Bits, and the
    Daily Mirror. It did not seem strange when
    Napoleon was seen strolling in the farmhouse
    garden with a pipe in his mouth no, not even
    when the pigs took Mr Jones's clothes out of the
    wardrobes and put them on, Napoleon himself
    appearing in a black coat, rat-catcher breeches,
    and leather leggings, while his favourite sow
    appeared in the watered silk dress which Mrs
    Jones had been used to wear on Sundays.

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In these extracts, how does Napoleons behaviour
show us that he is abusing his role as leader?
Opening summary establishes agreement with the
point made in the question that Napoleon abuses
his role.
  • Napoleon abuses his power throughout the novel
    and often disguises his true intentions or works
    in secret while everyone else is busy. His
    behaviour in public is often formal and
    authoritative, although Orwell allows his readers
    to see the crimes he is committing by including
    subtle details.
  • In the first extract, Napoleon has the dogs
    following him as he mounts the raised stage.
    This is typical of him in that he appears ready
    to overpower challenge even though the likelihood
    of it is very slim. He is threatening his
    audience with the dogs and using this power to
    secure his position above them. In the second
    extract, Napoleon is again using props to set
    himself aside from the animals he has
    demonstrated to the pigs how to hold a whip, he
    is wearing the very threatening clothing of men,
    which ironically is made of animal skin, and was
    formerly used to exterminate rats. Napoleon is
    acting in a way that oppresses the other animals
    without having to say that much. It is ironic
    that in the first extract, the animals are still
    commanded to sing the song Beasts of England
    which contains the line Cruel whips no more
    shall crack, whilst in the second extract
    Napoleon and his pigs all carry whips.

Coherent analysis of abuse of power in relation
to question.
Uses words with meanings that are linked to those
in the title giving added coherence and showing
understanding of implications.
Argument developed with wide range of references
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Continued
  • The changes to life on Animal Farm that are
    announced in the first extract show us that
    Napoleon is removing all power from the other
    animals. Their right to discuss policy and
    contribute to their society through discussion
    and debates is to be removed. Napoleon has
    decided that participation in the running of
    things is unnecessary and wasted time. This
    shows us that Napoleon is abusing the strength he
    has over the animals, due to his dogs, to take
    away any opportunity that they might have to
    challenge him. In the second extract, Napoleon is
    using his position to separate himself from the
    animals by acting as humans did prior to the
    revolution. He and his fellow leaders have bought
    into the human world by purchasing a wireless
    set and reading the Daily Mirror. This
    behaviour is against the original rules of the
    farm, which state that whatever goes on two legs
    is an enemy, immediately alerting the reader to
    the fact that the pigs are no better than the
    original men who abused the animals. It makes the
    reader question if everyone who was allowed to
    have power would abuse it. Napoleon's behaviour
    shows how abuse of power and manipulation of
    others can take the form of threatening people
    with violence, wearing clothes that intimidate
    and making rules that take away any freedom to
    challenge an oppressive regime.

Appreciation of the effects of language through
well-chosen, relevant comments and quotations.
Argument is developed with move between extracts.
Argument developed into coherent analysis of
question and the characterisation of Napoleon.
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The reading skills that are assessed in the
Shakespeare Paper are
  • your ability to understand a question and select
    relevant material to suit your answer to it
  • your appreciation of how the language of the text
    informs your analysis of the question
  • your ability to construct an appropriate argument
    and develop your points in a coherent way
  • your understanding of character, theme, language
    or performance in relation to the extract

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Homework
  • Use the 2 extracts from the opening of the play
    to respond to the question
  • How do these scenes show us the difference
    between Richards public and private face?

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The Shakespeare Paper does not assess
  • your understanding of the whole play or all of
    the extracts
  • your version of what happens
  • quantity of quotations
  • your opinion of the play
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