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English Literature
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Structuring an essay based on a passage from Shakespeare: e.g. Hamlet; 'The younger generation are just as corrupt as the older generation- critically discuss'

First two things to analyse here are what the question is asking you to do: here, the question is asking us to 'critically discuss' the theme of corruption using a comparison of the older and younger gene...

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How is language used in Satan's approach to Eden in 'Paradise Lost'?

Milton's poetic style is famously teeming with long and winding sentences which spill over enjambed lines and often only deploy the main verb at the end. It means that, as readers, we're always struggling...

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Compare and contrast the presentation of identity as a site of conflict in Things Fall Apart, The Ballad of Peckham Rye and North

In Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, Seamus Heaney’s North, and Muriel Spark’s The Ballad of Peckham Rye, identity is presented as a site of brutal conflict and violence, sundering the tense surface of t...

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Explore Hardy's presentation of Alec's desire in Tess of the D'Urbervilles

ardy broadly presents desire as a negative, disruptive force within the novel. This disruption emerges firstly from Alec's desire for Tess, which leads to her being raped in the section Maiden no More, as...

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How can I include critical material in my examination essays?

Examiners want to see you properly engaging with any secondary material you use - it's important not to just drop it in and ignore it. Read a couple of secondary articles on your set texts and make sure t...

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