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Why is narrative perspective important?

Author’s use narrative perspective as a means of controlling the release of information to the reader. There are several different types of narrative perspective such as first person, second person, and t...

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Explore the significance of aspects of dramatic tragedy in the following passage and in relation to the play as a whole.

Introduction Shakespeare creates dramatic tragedy in the passage through Lear’s fatal decision to ‘divide in three our kingdom’. The irony of Lear’s action is heavy and the passage...

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With close reference to the language and imagery in this extract, examine Shakespeare's presentation of Goneril at this point in the play.

At the beginning of the extract, Goneril is presented to be frustrated and outraged. In particular, this can be seen by the repetition of the phrase 'a hundred knights'. Overall, the phrase appears three ...

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Explore the ways in which Shakespeare presents the theme of control in King Lear

The subversion and loss of control serves to be an important meta-narrative in the Shakespearean tragedy of King Lear. Firstly, Shakespeare explores the loss of control through a lens of gender, as the p...

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Compare the ways in which personal trauma and mental illness are portrayed in ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ and the poems of Sylvia Plath.

In ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’, Tennessee Williams portrays mental illness and personal trauma as something to be masked and concealed. Before Stanley rapes Blanche, she reveals to Mitch; “Yes, yes, magic!...

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