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Explore the presentation of nature in Thomas Hardy's "The Return of the Native"

The first things that needs to be done if we are to read The Return of the Native for unconscious matter is to divorce ourselves from the anthropocentrism implicit in many existing readings of th...

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"Better a witty fool than a foolish wit." Discuss the function of inversion and hierarchy in William Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night'.

Ilyria is a festive setting in Twelfth Night, one of 'misrule' and subversion that inverts traditional models of Shakespearean hierarchy. This is perhaps best demonstrated by the figures of Malvolio and F...

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Discuss the ways Ciaran Carson's poem 'Belfast Confetti' uses form and structure to convey meaning.

Firstly, Carson's use of stanzas is striking and unusual. Instead of using conventional stanza structures, the stanzas in 'Belfast Confetti' are overstretched and long, and there are only two in the whole...

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How do I approach an unseen American literature essay question?

  1. Read the passage and highlight it - looking for key literary techniques 2) Try and place the text on the historical and literary movement timeline (use the date given as rough guidance, the author's...
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Explore the ways in which the individual's relationship with God is presented in 'Redemption' by George Herbert and 'Batter my heart' by John Donne.

While both poems support the more loving and compassionate God of the New Testament, Donne's portrayal of the individual's relationship with God retains a violence that is conspicuously absent in Herbert'...

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