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More practice questions this time for powerplay

· “The personality of the individual and their position in society are the two most important factors in determining the strength and nature of their power”
Discuss how the representations of power in the text you have studied support this view. Base your answer on your prescribed text and other related texts of your own choosing

· 2004 HSC - Your are the keynote speaker at a conference for young writers and directors
The title of your presentation is; Visions and Versions of Powerplay
In your presentation explore how and for what purpose composers create their particular visions and versions
Refer to your prescribed text and at least TWO other related texts

· Imagine you are a journalist. You have been asked to contribute an article to an educational supplement for HSC students about the ways text represent Powerplay
Your headline is Real Power is Not Obvious
In your article, refer to prescribed text and other related texts
· You have created an exhibition of texts entitled ‘Explorations of Power’
The exhibition includes your prescribed text and other related texts
Write your speech for the opening night of the exhibition. In your speech, explain how the exhibition represents the interplay b/w people and power

· How do your prescribed text and other related texts of your own choosing, explore the drive for and processes of power?

· How has your understanding of events, personalities or situations been shaped by their representations in the texts you have studied

· ‘The way power is exercised can affect the nature of relationships’
How is this represented in your prescribed texts and other material?

· ‘The individual is helpless against the larger powers in society’
Discuss this statement in relation to your understanding of the prescribed text and other material. How does these texts represent the relationship b/w the power of the individual and larger powers?

· What do you understand by the word ‘Powerplay’? How does it apply to the texts you have studied?

· ‘That powerplay involved the motives of the less powerful challenging those of the powerful’
A student panel of three has been asked to discuss this proposition. Write the transcript of this discussion
 

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