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How do you choose quotations, and how do you use them in a paragraph?

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A01 is a crucial part of the marking scheme so it is important that you come to grips with it effectively. It looks at your ability to critically use textual referen...

Answered by Sophie D. • English Literature tutor

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“God was the omniscient author, but he died: now no one knows the plot…” (Ronald Sukenick) (1969). Explore how Robert Lowell's Skunk Hour supports or challenges this view of post-war American literature.

In his 1969 essay The Death of the Novel, Brooklyn writer Ronald Sukenick declared God to be dead, and that “now n...

Answered by Alex C. • English Literature tutor

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Through a detailed study of Hamlet and comparative reference to The Revenger’s Tragedy, discuss the ways tragedies do or do not reassure audiences that good can triumph over evil.

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Tragedy as a genre is unique in its ability to create a sensation for its audiences that is paradoxicall...

Answered by Clara B. • English Literature tutor

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How do I include analysis of language, structure and form in my essays?

The key with these three is to make sure you’re not treating them as separate categories and devoting entire paragraphs to each one. Instead, use the three to complement each other, and your analysis will...

Answered by Jack P. • English Literature tutor

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How can we define 'literature' - what differentiates the Yellow Pages from James Joyce's Ulysses as 'literary' texts?

Answers may include the question of literary or poetic language definining what makes a text 'literary'. For instance, in Ulysses, the metaphor “I was a Flower of the mountain" identifies it as poeti...

Answered by Martha W. • English Literature tutor

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