Leaving Certificate Ordinary Level – Excellence in English Language and Literature
1. What is your impression of the husband in this poem? Support your answer with reference to the poem.
(10) 2. Were you surprised by the judge’s verdict? Explain your answer with reference to the poem. (10)
3. Imagine you are the wife in this poem. Write the diary entry you would make on your fi rst night in jail. In your diary entry, you should refl ect on your feelings about the infl uence of television on family life, your relationship with your husband, and the judge’s verdict and sentence. (20)
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4. Write the text of a talk you would deliver to your class in which you argue that the poem ‘Wife Who Smashed Television Gets Jail’ is as relevant today as when it was written in the 1970s.
