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A critical analysis is a description of what you, the reader, understand from the text. This shouldn't be from context you have researched or analysis of hypothesis posed by secondary critics, rather i...

The key to Shakespeare's work is understanding them. Grasping their meaning and understanding the language. Once you have that, you can begin to analyse any Shakespearean text. The meaning behind the t...

It's important to identify the general themes in the texts you are studying. Once you've pulled out the themes, then begin to look for quotes that back up that theme, relate to the theme. Don't rehears...

1) We first meet all the characters there, apart from Lennie and George. Crooks is barred from the bunkhouse. What is the significance of this?

2) The bunkhouse is isolated...

- Main themes of the play 

- Motifs (i.e. symbol that is repeated throughout the work) 

- Stage directions (i.e. pay attention to the character's actions as well as their wo...