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English Literature
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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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“The Elizabethan man feared powerful and rebellious women.” Discuss this statement in reference to the presentation of Katherina Minola in ‘The Taming of the Shrew.’

The patriarchal society of Elizabethan times meant there was a certain expectation for women to be submissive and conform. In The Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare creates the opposite to this ide...

Answered by Annabelle S. English Literature tutor
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