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Many components of the opening scene in King Lear introduce themes and issues that become apparent throughout the main plot of King Lear. One such component is the stress on the importance of language wit...

The comparative poetry aspect of the A level English Literature Edexcel exam can be quite tricky and in fact, if we look at the grade boundaries by unit we can see that the poetry paper has the lowest gra...

Firstly, it is imperative that the book is read more than once. You cannot begin to study a novel in depth having read it only once. In my advice, I would read the novel once first as a reader, not an Eng...

It is of course important to remain thorough throughout an essay in order to secure at least a B. However, to be perceptive is to look at the text/play as a whole during an analysis rather than just thoro...

Within this extract, the emptiness of modern life is characterised as life without purpose or meaning; namely a spiritual emptiness resulting from being engulfed by the pressures of societal suburban expe...