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Englisch Abitur 2020 Zusammenfassung: Richard III, Short Stories form Australia
and New Zealand
William Shakespeare: Richard III
1. Richard’s detested life:
2. Accepting Richard’s proposal (Anne)
2.1. Anne’s view of Richard
2.2. An unlikely wooing scene
3. Act 1, Scene 3: Margret’s curses
3.1. Richard and Margaret: verbal duell (Act 1, Scene 3)
3.2.
4. Relations: (Act 1,1; Act 1,2)
4.1. Richard’s plan(s)
5. Character development Richard
6. Richard’s character Profile
7. Politics and ethics
8. Themes
8.1. Appearance and Reality
8.2. The Pursuit of Power - Politics and Ethics
8.3. Gender and Power
8.4. Sin and Salvation/Cold-bloodedness and Conscience
9. Richard’s path to the crown
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Short Stories form Australia and New Zealand
Patricia Grace: A Way of Talking
1. Characters:
2. “Rose is different“
2.1. Rose and her family - main differences
3. Rose’s reception at the Frazers’ house
3.1. Social circumstances of the Frazer family:
4. Why is Rose hurt about Mrs Frazer’s remark? What does the remark show about Mrs
Frazer’s general attitude towards Maoris?
5. The narrator’s vs. Rose’s reaction as to Mrs Frazer’s remark
6. What does the event teach the I-narrator about her sister, about herself and her
family?
Frank Sargeson: The Making of a New Zealander (1939)
1. What sort of person is the narrator? What is his job and what is his attitude towards
it?
2. What kind of language does the narrator use?
3. How do the two Dallies try to build up a new existence? How successful are they?
4. The conversation between the narrator and Nick
5. What does Nick mean when he says “it’ all wrong?“ Why does he refer to himself as a
Communist?
6. How does Nick feel about being a New Zealander? What does the narrator think
about it?
7. Try to explain the title of the story and discuss what “being a New Zealander“ means
in the context of the story.
8. Do you think that a close relationship has been established between the narrator and
Nick?
9. In what way is Nich’s lack of identity typical for the first generation of immigrants in
any country?
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1. William Shakespeare: Richard III
I, i
I, ii
I, iii
I, iii
I, iv
II, iv
III, i
1 Appearance & Reality
2 The Pursuit of Power - Politics & Ethics
3 Gender & Power
4 Sin & Salvation/Cold-bloodedness & Conscience
Englisch Abitur 2020 Zusammenfassung: Richard III, Short Stories form Australia
and New Zealand
William Shakespeare: Richard III
1. Richard’s detested life:
2. Accepting Richard’s proposal (Anne)
2.1. Anne’s view of Richard
2.2. An unlikely wooing scene
3. Act 1, Scene 3: Margret’s curses
3.1. Richard and Margaret: verbal duell (Act 1, Scene 3)
3.2.
4. Relations: (Act 1,1; Act 1,2)
4.1. Richard’s plan(s)
5. Character development Richard
6. Richard’s character Profile
7. Politics and ethics
8. Themes
8.1. Appearance and Reality
8.2. The Pursuit of Power - Politics and Ethics
8.3. Gender and Power
8.4. Sin and Salvation/Cold-bloodedness and Conscience
9. Richard’s path to the crown
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Short Stories form Australia and New Zealand
Patricia Grace: A Way of Talking
1. Characters:
2. “Rose is different“
2.1. Rose and her family - main differences
3. Rose’s reception at the Frazers’ house
3.1. Social circumstances of the Frazer family:
4. Why is Rose hurt about Mrs Frazer’s remark? What does the remark show about Mrs
Frazer’s general attitude towards Maoris?
5. The narrator’s vs. Rose’s reaction as to Mrs Frazer’s remark
6. What does the event teach the I-narrator about her sister, about herself and her
family?
Frank Sargeson: The Making of a New Zealander (1939)
1. What sort of person is the narrator? What is his job and what is his attitude towards
it?
2. What kind of language does the narrator use?
3. How do the two Dallies try to build up a new existence? How successful are they?
4. The conversation between the narrator and Nick
5. What does Nick mean when he says “it’ all wrong?“ Why does he refer to himself as a
Communist?
6. How does Nick feel about being a New Zealander? What does the narrator think
about it?
7. Try to explain the title of the story and discuss what “being a New Zealander“ means
in the context of the story.
8. Do you think that a close relationship has been established between the narrator and
Nick?
9. In what way is Nich’s lack of identity typical for the first generation of immigrants in
any country?
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1. William Shakespeare: Richard III
I, i
I, ii
I, iii
I, iii
I, iv
II, iv
III, i
1 Appearance & Reality
2 The Pursuit of Power - Politics & Ethics
3 Gender & Power
4 Sin & Salvation/Cold-bloodedness & Conscience
