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English Literature
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Compare and contrast the two main characters of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Robinson Crusoe

The two characters Huck Finn and Robinson Crusoe are interesting to compare to one another in that their identities are each very largely shaped by their beliefs. The only difference that can be obviously...

Answered by Brodie M. English Literature tutor
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What context is relevant when considering the theme of gender in 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles' By Thomas Hardy?

 Considering the novel was set and published in the late victorian era (1870's), we can consider an ideology of the time called 'seperate spheres' in reference to gender roles. Separate spheres is the ide...

Answered by Eveny D. English Literature tutor
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Examine the view that Blanche’s attitude to sex and sexuality creates conflict in ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’.

Tennessee Williams’ 1947 play ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ presents the character Blanche DuBois as an aging southern belle whose confused attitude to sexuality creates inner conflict within herself. Willia...

Answered by Millie H. English Literature tutor
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To what extent does Othello conform to the classical idea of tragedy?

Othello is probably the closest Shakespeare came to writing a tragedy which conforms to the Aristotelian interpretation of the form. Multiple tropes of classical tragedy may be found in the play....

Answered by Joshua T. English Literature tutor
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Why does P.B. Shelley claim that poets are "the unacknowledged legislators of the World" in the 'Defence of Poetry'?

In his Defence of Poetry P.B. Shelley claims that poetry 'is connate with the origin of man' and man 'is an instrument over which a series of external and internal impressions are driven'. Shelly...

Answered by Francesco M. English Literature tutor
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