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How important is the narrative role of Nick in F Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby?

Nick’s participation in The Great Gatsby is mostly that of a spectator and occasional prompter in revealing information to the reader. In this sense, he is of no importance to the plot or to the ...

Answered by Sasha B. English tutor
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"The Unseen Prose Exam is really time pressured, how do I approach this exam to make the most out of my time?"

First things first: write your assessment objectives in really big letters at the top of the page. This will help you to remember to include them in your essay because when you're under pressure, it's eas...

Answered by Jessica S. English tutor
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How do I go about learning quotations, from multiple long texts and poems, which I can then use in my exams?

This is one of the biggest niggles about closed text exams, because you feel like the exam becomes a memory test rather than a test of your ability to answer the question about literature. However, if you...

Answered by Harriet A. English tutor
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In what ways does Shelly's Frankenstein benefit from having Walton as a narrator?

  Frankenstein’s structure is that of a frame narrative, which is used to emphasise the Doppelganger effect and the gothic convention of 'The Other' both familiar and unfamiliar to our human condition. Th...

Answered by Molly G. English tutor
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The Kite Runner. "Assef is solely a tyrant without any moral convictions by the end of the novel." How do you respond to this view?

Possible content: Some will agree and focus on:

• Assef's rape of Hassan at a young age and encouragement/coercion of his friends to be complicit in the act

• The behaviour and language of A...

Answered by Kate O. English tutor
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