1. “In many ways Blanche can be seen as a victim”
In the light of this comment, explore Williams’ dramatic presentation of Blanche. In your answer you must consider relevant contextual factors.
Underline what you consider to be the key concepts and then analyse what you think are the main implications of the question. Create a mindmap of your ideas.
What is a victim?
In what ways can one be victimised?
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2. Turn the question into two statements Now ask your own questions:
In many ways Blanche is not a victim
In many ways Blanche is a victim
Now ask your own questions:
What actions were involved?
What were the results?
Who was responsible?
What were their motives and intentions?
What were the effects on others?
To what extent?
“In many ways Blanche can be seen as a victim”
In the light of this comment, explore Williams’ dramatic presentation of Blanche. In your answer you must consider relevant contextual factors.

3. Create a mindmap for the question
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Create a mindmap for the question
Create a plan (at least four points with quotes attached)
“In many ways Blanche can be seen as a victim”
In the light of this comment, explore Williams’ dramatic presentation of Blanche. In your answer you must consider relevant contextual factors.

4. Writing an Academic Essay Working with Topic Sentences

5. Explore Marlowe’s presentation of Faustus as a character who gets what he deserves. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors. The idea that Faustus is a ‘man who gets what he deserves’ is a simplistic reading of a far more complicated play. The morality of Marlowe’s ‘Dr Faustus’ is complex because although he does suggest at times that Faustus is the evil character that he is expected to be, he also presents him as sympathetic character and a victim. He is manipulated by the evils around him, and is a victim of his society. Therefore, Marlowe is not writing a play simply about a ‘man who gets what he deserves’, he is delving into human nature and what it means to be evil.
Discuss how this is effective as an intro
“In many ways Blanche can be seen as a victim”
In the light of this comment, explore Williams’ dramatic presentation of Blanche. In your answer you must consider relevant contextual factors.

6. “In many ways Blanche can be seen as a victim”
Discuss how this is effective as an intro
“In many ways Blanche can be seen as a victim”
In the light of this comment, explore Williams’ dramatic presentation of Blanche. In your answer you must consider relevant contextual factors.

7. An initial reading of Dr Faustus would be that it is a simple morality play that conforms to the traditions of this genre. Another argument that could be used to support the notion that Faustus ‘gets what he deserves’ is that he is presented as a fool who ignores the clear warnings against his sinful deviance. Although it is likely that an Elizabethan audience would not have been able to see past the simple moral messages because of their highly religious society, a modern audience can take a more considered approach to Marlowe’s presentation of Faustus. Marlowe makes Faustus a complex character by highlighting his role as a victim and not a simple, evil character as he would be if Marlowe had intend the play to be about a ‘man who gets what he deserves’. On a more subtle level, Marlowe implies that Faustus does not ‘get what he deserves’ because he is not the one who orchestrates his downfall. It is very clear that Marlowe did not intend his play to simply be about a ‘man who gets what he deserves’.
Discuss how each topic sentence presents the argument clearly
Explore Marlowe’s presentation of Faustus as a character who gets what he deserves. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

8. Topic sentences “In many ways Blanche can be seen as a victim”
Elicit one topic sentence from a student (preferably a bad one!) and model how it needs to answer the question
“In many ways Blanche can be seen as a victim”
In the light of this comment, explore Williams’ dramatic presentation of Blanche. In your answer you must consider relevant contextual factors.

9. Topic sentences
In your groups, decide on four topic sentences to use in your essay. Write them on a sheet of A3
“In many ways Blanche can be seen as a victim”
In the light of this comment, explore Williams’ dramatic presentation of Blanche. In your answer you must consider relevant contextual factors.