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How do I recognise the literary device ‘intertextuality’?

Intertextuality is a complex literary device because there is a constant interplay, both intentional and non-intentional, between texts across the various literary cannons of different cultures and langua...

Answered by Harriet B. English tutor
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How do I plan an essay under timed conditions and generate ideas quickly?

The first thing you want to do is really make sure you understand the question: this is something that is worth spending time on. Questions are often provocative for a reason: think about what tensions co...

Answered by Ania M. English tutor
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How should an exam or assessment essay be structured?

Most importantly, your essay should respond directly to the question so the use of question terms is important throughout especially in your introduction and conclusion. A good essay structure would open ...

Answered by Sian M. English tutor
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The Tempest conveys the miseries of colonial oppression. To what extent do you agree with this reading of the play?

In recent years, Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’ has regularly been read as a symbol of the colonial plight and as an anti-colonial proponent. In the postcolonial world context, scholars such as Cesaire suppo...

Answered by Amy H. English tutor
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Is Walter Scott a nostalgic author? What is the point of the past in his work?

Scott uses the past to stage the present changes in Scottish national identity in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, brought about originally by the Union of 1707. In The Hea...

Answered by Tutor82869 D. English tutor
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