‘because freedom from external distractions such as friends, family and security laid him open to discovering what it means to live in a relationship with god’
kierkegaard- peter vardy, published by triumph, 1996
Explore how the theme of isolation is presented in ‘To the Lighthouse’ and the poetry of Tony Harrison
types of isolation- geographical, emotional, isolation in death, positive or negative, isolation as helping you grow, education as cause of isolation
ao1- 5, terminology and concepts
ao2- 15, language structure form
ao3i- 5, links in texts, partner texts
ao3ii- 5, critical interpretations
ao4- 10, context
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Introduction
ao1
ao3ii
ao4
thesis statement
T1- societal isolation
ao1- literary concepts and terminology
-harrison
-woolf
ao2- language form and structure
-harrison
-woolf
ao3i- partner text
-harrison
-woolf
ao3ii- critical interpretations
-harrison
-woolf
ao4- context
-harrison
-woolf
t2- geographical isolation
ao1- literary concepts and terminology
-harrison
-woolf
ao2- language form and structure
-harrison
-woolf
ao3i- partner text
-harrison
-woolf
ao3ii- critical interpretations
-harrison
-woolf
ao4- context
-harrison
-woolf
t3- death as final isolation
ao1- literary concepts and terminology
-harrison
-woolf
ao2- language form and structure
-harrison
-woolf
ao3i- partner text
-harrison
-woolf
ao3ii- critical interpretations
-harrison
-woolf
ao4- context
-harrison
-woolf
t4- intelligence as isolation
ao1- literary concepts and terminology
-harrison
-woolf
ao2- language form and structure
-harrison
-woolf
tansley isolated because education is allhe can think about-supportthis, mr ramsay isolated in his intelligence?
ao3i- partner text
-harrison
-woolf
ao3ii- critical interpretations
-harrison
-woolf
ao4- context
-harrison
-woolf
woolf herself isolated because her mind worked differently, find a quote about how intelligence and depression are linked, act of writing itself is isolating,
t5- positive or negative
ao1- literary concepts and terminology
-harrison
-woolf
ao2- language form and structure
-harrison
-woolf
ao3i- partner text
-harrison
-woolf
ao3ii- critical interpretations
-harrison
-woolf
ao4- context
-harrison
-woolf
t6- emotional isolation
ao1- literary concepts and terminology
-harrison
-woolf
ao2- language form and structure
-harrison
-woolf
ao3i- partner text
-harrison
-woolf
ao3ii- critical interpretations
-harrison
-woolf
ao4- context
-harrison
-woolf
Conclusion
final illuminating thought
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In the texts chosen, isolation is not just a theme, but rather a technique used to comment on the contexts of both the novel and the social and political climate the author wrote in.
issues
Societal and cultural isolation (in this essay defined as an individual’s perception of oneself existing outside the rules, verbalised or otherwise, of the society and cultural environment in which they exist) is dominant throughout the works chosen, caused by issues of gender, class and race. In the case of gender roles
class
gender
race
woolf
harrison
male
female
links between sexes
mr ramsay
bankes
charles tansley
james
lily
mrs ramsay
minta
prue