Divorced Beheaded

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Tirsdag den 29. maj 2012 kl. 9 .00 -14.00

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Answer either A or B
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Write an essay (900-1200 words) in which you analyse and interpret Robin Black's short story"... Divorced, Beheaded, Survived". Part of your essay must focus on the structure and the use of symbols in the short story.

Text Page "... Divorced, Beheaded, Survived", a short story by Robin Black, 2010 . . . . . . . . . . 2

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Write an essay (900- 1200 words) in which you analyse and comment on Russell Brand's commentary " Big Brother isn't watching you". Part of your essay must focus on the style and on the writer's attitude to the 2011 UK riots.

Text Page "Big Brother isn't watching you", a commentary by Russell Brand from The Guardian website, 2011 ............. .. ............................ . 7

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A
Robin Black

... Divorced, Beheaded, Survived
Without question, Anne Boleyn' was the plum role. Day after day, dusk really, in the time between school and dinner, in the small, untended yard behind my childhood home, there were fights over who would get to play her. Even the boys loved everything about being the Lady Anne. The telltale pillow under your shirt, long before the elaborate royal marriage. "Henry dear, I have wonderful news!" [... ] My older brother, Terry, was undoubtedly the most convincing. Once, he stole a dress from our mother's closet - a red-and-white Diane von Furstenberg 2 wraparound so he could use the beltlike part to hold the couch-pillow baby, the future Queen Elizabeth, in place. "Oh, Hal," he cooed to JeffMandelbaum from next door. "You don't need that old Spanish cow of a wife of yours! With her sour little daughter. You just wait! I'll give you that son you want and deserve. Right here, my sire." With a pat to his lumpy middle.
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