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When the audience is first introduced to Shelia, it is clear she is out of control of her life and her marriage. She attempts to warn Gerald in a humorous manner not to become a "purple faced old man...

The speaker, presumably Stevenson herself, suggests the importance of nature as a place of home. In the second stanza, the speaker describes the Wrekin as the “homely shape” of a “shell”, suggesting a pro...

Although the unseen poetry section of an exam can seem intimidating, in my experience I've found it useful to begin by annotating the poem, and then using these annotations to structure your commentary. T...

One of the most important things to remember when writing a comparative essay seems very obvious but it is that you must Compare the texts very closely. The examiner is most interested in seeing ...

[Question sourced from OCR past paper, June 2017, as a relevant example of A Level English Literature questions.]In F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel, 'The Great Gatsby', and Edith Wharton's 1920 serial no...