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English Literature
A Level

What justice is there in King Lear - natural or otherwise?

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Ciclical images, which would suggest things are coming full circle within the lives of the characters. From the top of my head, I remember the line: wide skirted plaines' to descri...

LJ
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What does the inset play (Act 3, Sc ii) in Shakespeare's Hamlet tell us about the theme of deception?

The play-within-a-play highlights the feeling of paranoia built up throughout Hamlet. In performance, it makes the audience highly aware of their perspective as witnesses to both truth and lies. The whole...

JB
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How can I support my answers in English Literature with evidence from the text?

In English Literature, to support a point you want to make about a novel or a poem, you need to provide evidence from the text that supports the claims or suggestions you are making about the text. You th...

PQ
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How should I structure my paragraphs when writing an essay in an exam?

To help yourself to write a clear and concise answer it can be helpful to follow the P.E.A/E.L structure when writing an essay in exams. P stands for the point you're making e.g. 'In Mary Shelly's Franken...

RW
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How is suspense generated within Henry James' novel 'The Turn of the Screw'?

There are multiple aspects of Henry James' writing that create suspense for the reader. The most obvious is the genre of the text itself: the gothic. Gothic literature came about in the eighteenth century...

AP
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