ib english literature 2015 paper 2

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Time Zone 2:

1. How do characters represent a class/ gender/ group of people in

society?a. Salesman:

i. Conicting gender roles

1. Role of womena. The good woman (Linda

i. The ideal wife1. !uts up with e"erything

a. #illy$s suicide attempts%. #illy$s ways of

educating the %oysii. Loo&s after #illy$s emotional needs

%efore hersiii. 'he stri"es to always &eep #illy

happy and satised

1. )en are more important (hisneeds are more important than

hers superior. *t$s the wife$s

+o% to please him and ma&e

him happy%. The %ad woman (The #oman

i. Represents #illy$s guiltii. ,ot afraid to tal& down to #illyiii. Considers her feelings %efore #illy$s

1. This ma&es her a prostitute

and the author portrays her in

a negati"e way to show howwomen li&e her were not

accepted %y society They

were supposed to %e

su%missi"e and inferior-. Role of men (#illy

a. The merican reami. 0wning a house car land family

(material goods *t$s the man$s

duty to get these things thus #illy

feels li&e a failure %ecause he wasn$t

a%le to pro"ide his familyii. 2elie"es the merican ream is to %e

well3li&ed 4 educates 2i5 to thin& li&e

this tooiii. His delusions and determination to

achie"e the merican dream dri"e

pre"ent him from %eing happy and

ac&nowledging his family$s lo"e%. 2i5

i. c&nowledges his failure and

manages to confront themii. Loo&s at the en+oyment of the

merican ream (tra"elling en+oying


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life as opposed to #illy who is

materialistic and wants moneyc. 2ernard

i. Li"es a happy and successful life

%ecause he doesn$t li"e to please

anyoneii. 2ernard ends up %eing a lawyer e"en

though he was not well li&ed %y

othersshows how appearances

don$t matter%. Streetcar:

i. 2lanche u%ois1. Representati"e of the falling upperclass

a. Her downfall reects the ruin and

deterioration of the upperclass as well as

the old "aluesi. 2lanche wal&s through the 6common$

po&er game in a "ery sophisticated

elegant way. 'he tells the men

7!lease don$t get up. *$m only passing

through.8 and lea"es as they

continue playing po&er.ii. 2lanche 4 'tella 4 'tanley

1. Represent female and male conicting roles in

societya. 2lanche

i. 7*$"e always depended on the

&indness of strangers8

1. 'he relies on men to %e a%le tosur"i"e in society

-. There is no e"idence that she

actually lo"es )itch. *t$s more

a%out what )itch can do for

her than who )itch really is.ii. 'hows how women$s purpose is to

ha"e good appearances and to

please men1. 'he always tries to get men$s

appro"al and she$s always

wishing for compliments a%outher appearance.

a. 'he &eeps trying to get

the men$s attentions

while they are playing

po&er %y undressing

%ehind the curtain and

using the light to show

her shadow%. 'tella and 'tanley

i. Their lo"e is mainly %ased o5 their

physical relationship.


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1. 'hows women$s reliance on

men. 9"en though 'tella is

aware of the possi%ility of

'tanley ha"ing raped 2lanche

'tella still stays with him

%ecause she needs his supportfor raising the %a%y

-. 'ignicant arri"als and departures of characters

:. Conict

a. Salesman;i. #illy 4 2i5

%. Streetcar:i. 2lanche 4 'tanley

Time Zone 1:

1. ramatic features and how they are used to portray relationship

dynamics.

-. Tragic heroes

a. Salesman:i. #illy Loman

ib english literature 2015 paper 2

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