Top Notes VCE: On the Waterfront

Elia Kazan's On the Waterfront – Study Notes for VCE English

Top Notes VCE English Series has been created to assist VCE students of English in their understanding of texts set for the text response section of their paper. Top Notes are easy to read, providing analysis of issues and discussion of important ideas contained in the texts.

Particular care has been taken to ensure that students are able to examine each text in the context of the VCE. The notes should assist you to be able to clearly understand the texts set for study.

Each text includes:

• Plot summary
• Character analysis
• Setting
• Thematic concerns
• Language studies
• Essay questions and a modelled response
• Study practice questions
• Useful quotes

Contents

• Introduction
• The VCE Examination
• Studying a Film
• The Director
• Context
• Plot Outline
• Plot Summary
• Setting
• Character Analysis
• Themes
• Language and Film Techniques
• Model Essay
• Essay Response
• Other Essay Questions and Extension Activities
• Quotable Quotes From On the Waterfront
• Glossary of Film Terms