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The moral wasteland of 1920s America is presented by Fitzgerald in The Great Gatsby through social and moral decay within society. This destruction is masked by the façade of opulence in East Egg...

Harrison’s use of imagery and tone in ‘Working’ paints a painful portrayal of the physical damage inflicted on 14-year old Patience Kershaw by the social injustices of industrial systems. Primarily, he de...

Although A-level English can seem a lot harder, it really does build off of what you already know and can already do, so don't panic! Whereas in GCSE examiners are looking for your perceptive thoughts bas...

Although authorial intention can illuminate a reading of a certain text, it is in many ways irrelevant. The author will have been impacted by things in his/her lifetime that they may not have been aware o...

Start by reading it multiple times, because the meaning of a passage or a poem can be tricky to grasp on a first reading, no matter how much you know about literature. The excerpt you're looking at will h...