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Commentary on Hamlet Act 1 Scene 5 Lines 1-41

What is immediately clear from this extract is Hamlet and his father have, or at least had in the latter’s living years, a close relationship. This is seen by how both characters’ speech contributes to th...

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How do I do close analysis?

The perfect place to start is by picking a small section of the text that you want to look at that you find particularly interesting, be it a paragraph of a novel or a couple of lines of a poem. Then you ...

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In 'A Streetcar Named Desire', what is the effect of Williams' use of plastic theatre?

Plastic theatre utilises props, sound, stage direction, and costume to present poetic truths through symbolism. It is not intended to be realistic, but symbolic. In A Streetcar Named Desire, one...

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‘A novel that paints a despairing view of humanity.’ How far do you agree with this view of ‘Mrs Dalloway’?

A reason one would think that ‘Mrs Dalloway’ presents a despairing view of humanity could be due to the free indirect discourse. By writing the novel as such, Woolf allows the text (and in turn, ...

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How do I tell what is a symbol?

Literature is brilliant to write about because it is so subjective. There usually isn't a correct answer. Of course, you have to know the basic definition of a symbol, but other than that, most anything c...

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