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How to Analyse King Henry IV Part 1 for HSC English

莎士比亚为HSC Advanced Englist的模块B分析如何分析亨利四世国王第1部分完全失去了?

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亨利四世国王第1部分是什么?
亨利四世国王第1部分的背景
Key Ideas in King Henry IV Part 1
Using Critical Quotes in Module B
How to Analyse King Henry IV Part 1 in 4 Steps

What is亨利四世国王第1部分关于?

亨利四世国王第1部分starts with the King, Henry IV ( AKA Bolingbroke) planning a运动。He is interrupted by the news that his cousin, Edmund Mortimer, was captured by Welshmen and a thousand of his people were killed.

The king refuses to ransom Mortimer, which makes Mortimer’s brother in Law, Hotspur (AKA Henry Percy or Harry) furious. He feels it is a betrayal of his family’s loyalty to the king when they helped King Henry seize the throne. Hotspur therefore spends the remainder of the play plotting to usurp King Henry.

同时,亨利国王的儿子哈尔(又名哈里王子或哈里·蒙茅斯)浪费了他的日子,浪费了他的日子,在小酒馆里喝了一群平民,包括一个非常重要的角色,称为Falstaff。

在小酒馆中,哈尔发表了一个重要的演讲,讲述了他的不负责任的生活方式如何使他撤销这种生活方式并成为父亲期望他成为的王子时,使他看起来更加光荣。

“And like bright metal on a sullen ground,
My reformation, glittering o’er my fault,
Shall show more goodly and attract more eyes
比没有箔纸的那东西。
I’ll so offend, to make offence a skill;
赎回的时间是男人至少我会的。”

– Hal

After being disciplined by his father, Hal finally decides it is time to reject his hedonistic life and become a hero.

He drafts his friends from the tavern as soldiers, and goes to battle against Hotspur’s army, who is attempting to usurp the King. Falstaff gives a speech about the meaningless of honour, and how it is not a thing worth dying for.

The play culminates with the epic battle of Shrewsbury. Hal heroically saves his fathers life and kills Hotspur, restoring his honour and becoming the prince he promised to become.

上下文亨利四世国王第1部分

The story of King Henry IV plays a significant role in the civil wars that led up to theWars of the Rosesbetween 1455 and 1485. The Wars of the Roses were a series of wars where the house of Lancaster and the House of York fought for the throne (sounding strangely familiar, GOT fans?) through a series of bloody civil wars. The wars lasted between 1455 and 1485, leaving Shakespeare’s England with scars of a violent past.

For this reason, there was a significant fear of usurpation during the Elizabethan era. Many people have considered Shakespeare’s plays to be ‘Tudor propaganda’, arguing that King Henry IV is critiqued by Shakespeare for usurping King Richard II and creating civil unrest. The deposition scene of Richard II was even censored in Elizabethan England.

同时,莎士比亚对主观的人类体验感兴趣,创造了道德上模棱两可的角色。这些想法受到文艺复兴时期的人文主义影响。他还受到马基雅维利(Machiavelli)的思想的影响,马基雅维利(Machiavelli)认为统治不是由普罗维登斯(Providence)决定的,而是欺骗,策划和操纵。最终,要解释文本取决于您。该游戏是宣传的船只,还是莎士比亚实际上是通过复杂的角色来挑战主导叙事?

Key Ideas in亨利四世国王第1部分

这是一些存在的想法亨利四世国王第1部分

  • Honour
  • meta-theatre
  • The use of language
  • Legitimacy of the King
  • 外观
  • Warfare

It is important in your study of Module B that you say something about these ideas, to show yourpersonal, rich, interpretation of the text.If you need a recap of what Module B is all about, make sure you check out this articlehere!

For example, rather than talking about the theme of “the use of language”, talk about how “Shakespeare shows that language can be used to manipulate others and is a powerful tool for gaining power.”

Using Critical Quotes in Module B

文学批评家对亨利四世国王第1部分的意义进行了争论。模块B的重要部分是showing your personal interpretation of the text.One great way to do this is to position your argument against other critics who have thought about the text in the past.

在模块B散文中使用评论家引号有两种关键方法。

使用报价来备份您的论点

This is useful for a couple of reasons. Firstly, it shows your marker that your interpretation is not insane, and published academics have come to the same conclusion. Secondly, it shows that you have researched your text thoroughly, and you are engaging with a critical conversation about the play.

使用与您的论点对比的报价

It is important to use critical quotes in this way because it shows that you have a personal interpretation of the text which is different to the interpretation others have made.Band 6 Advanced Module B essays will demonstrate nuance in their disagreement with critic quote and may not disagree with every part of it.This shows that perspective is unique, and they have thought critically for themselves.

最佳的高级模块B essays将使用关键报价来支持他们的论点,并将其对比。还要记住,强有力的反应将使用直接引用和释义批判观点的混合。

Where to Find Critical Quotes

There is a bit of confusion surrounding what a critical quote is. You can’t just quote any smart-sounding-person on the internet! You can only use critical quotes from peer-reviewed journals and books.

JSTOR是找到关键报价的最好的地方之一。JSTOR是一个数据库,您可以在其中搜索同行评审的期刊和书籍。您将需要库访问使用JSTOR。与您的学校图书馆员联系以查看您的学校是否可以访问,如果无法访问,您可以申请州图书馆卡here,,,,which will give you access.

Another great free source of critical essays, journal articles and books is Google Scholar. Note that some articles on google scholar cost money, but other articles can be downloaded as a PDF.

To find the critical quote below, we did a search for “Honour King Henry IV Part 1″ in JSTOR and in The University of Sydney Library Database. It is a good idea to add the theme you are looking for into your search!

批判性观点亨利四世国王第1部分

当您寻找关键报价时,您不想使用任何旧报价。寻找与您的论点相关的报价很重要。由于我们写的段落是关于荣誉的观点,因此我们发现的报价涉及这个主题:

MH Wikander认为,他在演讲中的诡计,纵容性质意味着“我们可能会因对Hal策略的描述而感到自己陷入了不足,因为它暗示了欺诈的元素。”

This provides one perspective on how audiences might respond to Hal’s actions throughout the play.

You will notice how we have used both paraphrase and quotation in the example above. This is a crucial skill as it shows that you have understood the article. It also shows a capacity to elegantly integrate a quotation into a sentence.

How to Analyse亨利四世国王第1部分in 4 Steps

In this section, we are going to analyse the theme of honour in King Henry IV. We will focus specifically on how Shakespeare presents the audience with radically different views on honour. This makes the audience question the authenticity of honour, and whether honour is merely performative.

Step 1: Choose your example

For this paragraph, rather than give three examples of honour, we are going to make each of our points build on each other by providing multiple perspectives on honour in the text.

That’s why we’ve chosen the quote below:

“A son who is the theme of honour’s tongue;

Amongst a grove, the very straightest plant;”

- 亨利四世国王

Step 2: Identify techniques

当您尝试在示例中找到一种技术时,这并不是要找到最奇特的技术,也不只是为此而进行任何旧技术!

It’s about identifying a technique which will enable you to say something about your idea that’s interesting and can contribute to your argument and analysis. You can even point out multiple techniques in a quote, so long as they each further your argument!

对于上述报价,我们已经确定了这些技术personificationand隐喻

步骤3:进行分析

There are two things to ask yourself when you are writing analysis

  1. 我是否显示了我的技术的效果并将其与这个想法联系起来?
  2. 我是否以某种方式提出了论点?

Good analysis involves using a technique to say something in addition to what the quote says.

Bad analysis is using a technique to restate what happened in the quote.

Bad analysis sounds something like this: “Therefore [technique] shows [your idea]”, without going into any real depth.

For the example above we have given the following analysis:

这出戏始于亨利的渴望“A son who is the theme of honour’s tongue” just as Hotspur is, personifying honour and making Hotspur its paragon. He uses a second metaphor, showing the rigidity of this honour, stating, “Amongst a grove, the very straightest plant.”

您会注意到,在分析中,我们已经将此引用分为两个部分。这是一种无需重复自己的技术深入分析这些技术的有效方法。在上面的分析中,我们已经展示了两种技术的效果,以证明戏剧中的一种荣誉观点。

现在,让我们通过将其放入下面的发球表中来组织分析!

What’s a TEE table?

发球表中的T恤代表技术,示例和效果。它们是您可以用来分析文本的绝佳工具。

All you have to do is include your pieces of evidence under ‘example’ then identify the technique in the ‘technique’ column and carry out your analysis.

If you’re analysing a few themes, it’s a good idea to have a separate TEE table per theme. For example, for亨利四世国王第1部分you may want to keep all your pieces of evidence that relate to honour in one table.

For more info on what a TEE table is and how to use one to boost your analysis of an HSC text, check out this articlehere!

步骤4:链接到问题

最后,重要的是要确定我们不建议完全记住这样的论文段落来参加您的考试。您的分析,示例和想法将始终根据论文问题改变。

但是,制定这样的段落计划是有帮助的,您可以使用这些计划来回答论文问题,如果想法合适。

你写你的分析之后,它是有用的to include the key words of the question to show that your essay is coherent! Although, remember not to be too repetitive. If you have already answered the question in your topic sentence, any link back to your topic sentence will be by default answering the question!

另外,您可以下载我们的分析示例和第6个典范段亨利四世国王第1部分以下!

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Brooklyn Arnothas a Bachelor of Arts majoring in English Literature with Honours at the University of Sydney. She scored an HD average and has even received the Dean’s award for excellence! Brooklyn teaches our English classes at Art of Smart and has over 5 years of experience supporting Year 11 and 12 students throughout their HSC. She’s also a new Syllabus expert and studied 4U English in high school.

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