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English tutors seem to like the word concise a lot. It’s a direction that requires you to say more with less, which can be frustrating, and like most things with English, there is no clear-cut way to go a...

Both plays are set in a time where women are essentially powerless to their male counterparts, yet each piece is arguably female-centric. In John Webster's 'The Duchess of Malfi', the Duchess is thrown in...

When analyzing poems, it's usually most frutiful to start with the basics and then move up from there. First of all, think: what message does the poet want to send? Is s/he being positive or negative? Is ...

Masculinity, a key theme in the 1947 domestic play, "A Streetcar Named Desire", by Tennesse Williams, is deeply rooted in the lives of all characters. Set during post-war New Orleans, gender rol...

In Regeneration, Pat Barker explores the horrific consequences of war upon the human psyche. This is primarily demonstrated in the character of Burns, a man unable even to eat due to his damaging ...