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There are a number of steps that you should take in preparation for your English Literature exam. First of all, you should reread your set texts thoroughly cover-to-cover. Examiners can tell the differenc...

First of all, it's good to remember that the term narrative means "story" and that you are looking for ways that the poet uses language to describe what is happening. More than that, though, a n...

Cordelia's death highlights the injustice and brutality of the world in which the play is set. Her death ends Lear's last hope of happiness, and exposes fully the foolishness of his efforts to force his d...

Knowledge is a subject which often arouses much controversy, as much today as in the Jacobean era. Biblically, knowledge was often associated with overreachers, primarily Eve who commits original sin. Dur...

I would suggest that the student looks at 3 areas, form, structure and language. In terms of form, is it a poem, and if so, does it follow a particular rhyme and rhythm? Is it an extract from the novel, a...