Unit 3
What term describes the way a text is shaped by the time, place, culture and circumstances in which it is produced?
Context
What is intertextuality?
The relationship between one text and other texts. .
What is the name of the company where Mark and his colleagues work
Lumon Industries
In what historical setting is The Crucible set?
Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692
What is the largest ocean on Earth?
Pacific Ocean
What concept refers to the beliefs, attitudes and assumptions about the world that are communicated through a text?
Values and beliefs
How does context influence representation?
Historical, cultural, social and political contexts influence which ideas, identities and values are represented and how audiences interpret them.
What procedure separates an employee's work memories from their outside memories
Severance procedure
Who is accused of witchcraft after being discovered dancing in the forest?
Abigail Williams and the other girls are implicated, with Abigail becoming the key accuser.
What is the capital city of Canada?
Ottawa
What term describes the way a text encourages its audience to think, feel or respond in a particular way
Positioning
What term describes the way a text can reinforce or challenge dominant cultural assumptions and values?
Representation.
What visual technique is repeatedly used in the Lumon workplace to emphasise the employees' lack of freedom?
Framing/composition, particularly symmetrical, enclosed and restrictive shots.
Why is John Proctor initially reluctant to expose Abigail's affair with him
He fears the damage it will do to his reputation and marriage.
Which element has the chemical symbol Au?
Gold
What concept refers to the ways composers use language choices to construct particular representations of people, places, events or ideas?
Representation
What is ideology, and why is it important when analysing a text?
A system of beliefs and values; analysing ideology reveals the assumptions, power structures and values embedded in a text.
Why is Helly's refusal to accept the severance procedure significant to the show's dystopian representation?
It exposes the tension between corporate control and individual autonomy and demonstrates how Lumon's system denies workers meaningful agency.
How does Miller use the genre of tragedy to position Proctor?
Proctor's fatal flaw—his concern with reputation and guilt—contributes to his downfall, while his eventual moral choice gives his death tragic significance.
Which civilisation built Machu Picchu?
Inca
A composer deliberately draws on the conventions and expectations of a particular genre, but modifies them to challenge the audience's expectations. What concept allows you to analyse this relationship between convention and innovation?
Genre conventions / genre manipulation
How can power operate through language without being explicitly stated
Through discourse, representation, positioning, assumptions, silences and the privileging of particular perspectives or values.
How do the opening three episodes establish Severance as a dystopian text beyond simply depicting a futuristic workplace?
They construct a controlled society through surveillance, corporate ideology, restricted knowledge, loss of autonomy, manufactured identities and the normalisation of dehumanising systems.
How does The Crucible use the Salem witch trials as an allegory for McCarthyism?
Miller parallels the hysteria, accusation, fear and ideological persecution of Salem with the anti-communist investigations of 1950s America, exposing how fear can be manipulated to consolidate social and political power.
What is the only country that borders both the Atlantic and Indian Oceans?
South Africa