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La vita è bella
Extract 3
Part A HSC-style task:
In your answer you will be assessed on how well you:
- respond critically to the prescribed text
- analyse how meaning is conveyed
- demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the prescribed text and theprescribed issues
Answer the following questions in English.
- How is the colour red used in this extract?
- Comment on the classroom setting in the opening scene of this extract.
- Explain how the Director shows us that Guido’s attitude to life is different to everyone else’s in the scene in the Opera House.
- Why do you think the Director has included a Carnevale-type scene at this point in the film?
- What use does Guido make of Schopenhauer‘s theory in this extract?
- Identify and discuss the most relevant issues evident in this extract.
Part B HSC-style task
In your answer you will be assessed on how well you:
- demonstrate an understanding of the prescribed text
- write in Italian for a specific purpose.
Imagine you are a parent of one of the students at the school in the opening scene of this extract. Write a letter of complaint to the principal regarding the events of the day in the school as recounted to you by your child. Write approximately 200 words in Italian.
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