Past Band 6 English Students (1 Viewer)

[richz]

hello,

you guys who got a band 6 in eng adv, do any of you think that actually watching the different productions of king lear had helped, or did you just read notes about different productions

 

[Eagles]

Yes, and yes.

By watching, you can comment on the directors interpretation and how he's shown that interpretation in the film.

Also makes it easier to remember.

 

[richz]

ok kool thnx

 

[Tuna]

How about if we buy study guides will they help?

 

[Eagles]

Study guides will help if you're really really REALLY stuck..

Their points are no where near complete. mostly stating the 'WHAT' with not much explaination.

 

[richz]

my advice is not to use study guides like wat eagles said only use them when you are stuck. Teachers will know if you have just regurgitated all the informtaion from a study guide and they will mark you down

 

[richz]

DOes anyone else have advice on watching the films, if they really benefitted?

 

[gordo]

only if u are having trouble remembering the storyline or something

 

[lislabella]

i found that so many people use study guides that you are better off without them, so you will have original ideas and interpretations.
however, if they help you to understand the basic gist of the text/language then i guess thats different.

the best book in the world if your having trouble - and still want an original interpretation of Lear that isn't aout of a study guide, is the sparknotes version of the text. it has a plain english "interpretation" on one page and the same shakesperian text on the other. I've found it really helpful cause you can still come up with ideas about the text and how its written etc... but you have the plain english for when you need to do assessments or don't quite understand it.

 

[katie_tully]

Use one or two different interpretations, and then relate them to your own. So long as you're not just regurgitating what you've been taught, and as long as you give your own insight, you'll get great marks.