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The simple definition of context is the background information surrounding a subject. When studying a literary text, context can apply to either historical context: what was taking place around the time a...

Firstly, distancing himself because of his mental composition the way he acts within society, oddball, physically creating distance from himself, friends, family. Entirely isolated in tho...

Unlike more linear subjects such as maths, there is no exact "right" or "wrong" answer in English literature. All answers are essay based and are subjective due to the nature of the su...

First thing is, try not to worry, it's only natural to panic about being able to quote your texts in a closed book exam but you have to remember that the examiners are not expecting you to be able to reci...

The eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg are really an advertisement for an eye doctor; they feature on a billboard that overlooks the valley of ashes, a desolate area through which the characters in the novel ...