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How do I carry out close analysis of a text?

Close analysis can be a difficult task but it is this difficulty that makes it equally rewarding. It allows the reader to zoom into sections of the text and reveal, through analysis, how the chosen writer...

TD
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In Of Mice and Men, how does Steinbeck make the way Crooks is treated so disturbing?

Steinbeck makes the way Crooks is treated so disturbing through showing his interaction with Lennie and his desire to join Lennie and George's venture on their own farm in the future. Crooks initially ref...

SQ
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How to analyses an unseen prose text?

First, you need to relax and stay calm which might seem difficult in an exam situation but remember when the author this piece it is unlikely they wrote it for student sitting in an exam hall. Then simply...

KW
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How would I answer a passage question?

Passage questions appear really tricky from the outset, because you don't know what section of your text you might have to read and what may come up. Luckily, however, these questions actually give you a ...

TD
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How do I comment on Williams use of staging in an essay on A Streetcar Named Desire?

Firstly, I would advise a student to remember that Streetcar is a play, not a novel therefore the audience won’t see Williams’ highly detailed stage directions. As Streetcar is a play it is essential to b...

AS
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