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The use of critics in your essays is one of the biggest step-ups from GCSE to A-Level, and is often what fazes students the most. In terms of actually finding criticism, you should make use of yo...

One very simple way to structure essays at A-Level and GCSE is to follow the same pattern so that you don't get confused, or end up waffling. I always start with an introduction, pick out three or four ma...

The difference between the A* and lower grades in A-Level English - and the following is true for both the exam and coursework - is the ability to do two things:

1. an analysis of techniques...

In Othello, there are many characters and relationships used to explore the flaws of contemporary society. Tragedy as a form was popular in Jacobean times, with plays that explore a hero falling ...

Here as an example of how to make a sentence sound more confident:

“I think this quote from Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’ is important because it shows us what virginity meant in Renaissance Engl...