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How is the theme of fate addressed in Shakespeare's 'Romeo & Juliet'?

One of the most noticeable ways in which the play addresses fate is through the usage of stars as a metaphor to embody its characteristics. Romeo & Juliet opens with a narrated prologue, during which ...

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What is the function of the variety of narrative perspectives in Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein'?

The variety of narrative perspectives in 'Frankenstein' are used by Shelley to relativise the interpretation of any particular narrator, and so to provoke the reader to think harder about the characters a...

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What is the role of Alfieri in Arthur Miller's 'A View from the Bridge'?

Alfieri is the narrator, and the form of this narration is modelled on the chorus in a Greek tragedy. In Greek tragedy, the chorus was a group of performers who commented on the thoughts and actions of th...

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Starting with this extract, how does Bronte present Jane as a strong female character?

Throughout this extract, Bronte uses a series of techniques to present Jane as a strong female character, including a list of rhetorical questions, strong verb choices and exclamations. Bronte also presen...

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To what extent are the three nineteenth century texts you've studied concerned with class and social stagnation?

I would argue that, based on my own reading of Emily Bronte’s ‘Wuthering Heights’, Jane Austen’s ‘Emma’ and ‘Selected Poems’ by Tennsyon, that nineteenth century texts are primarily concerned with class a...

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