At the start of the play, what legal notice is served to Johnny 'Rooster' Byron?
Cambridge OCR A Level · English Language and Literature (EMC) - H474
Jez Butterworth: Jerusalem:练习题
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The play's title, Jerusalem, is a direct reference to the poem by William Blake. How does Butterworth use this title to explore the play's themes?
Analyze the ending of the play where Rooster beats his drum. Which interpretation best aligns with the stylistic foregrounding of ritual in the text?
What is the primary inciting incident that threatens Johnny Byron’s lifestyle at the start of the play?
How does Butterworth use the character of the Professor to enhance the stylistic depth of the play?
Identify and briefly explain the intertextual significance of the play's title, Jerusalem, in relation to English national identity.
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In terms of lexis and semantics, how does the youth dialect of characters like Lee and Pea contrast with Johnny's idiolect?
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Discuss how Butterworth uses pattern-breaking in Johnny’s final monologue to signal the transition from the mundane to the supernatural.
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In Act 1 of Jerusalem, Johnny 'Rooster' Byron tells a long, fantastical story about meeting a giant.
(a) Identify the linguistic features of Rooster's storytelling style in this sequence.
(b) Explain how Butterworth uses this monologue to establish Rooster’s status as a 'lord of misrule' within the play’s social hierarchy.
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Analyze the dramatic function of the 'Troy Whitworth' character.
(a) Contrast Troy’s lexical choices and aggressive tone with Rooster’s more expansive, narrative-driven speech.
(b) How does their confrontation in Act 3 symbolize the clash between modern authority/violence and ancient, individualist myth?
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