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Pathetic fallacy is when the weather is concurrent with the mood of a story, event or moment.eg: As they stood gathered around the grave, a steady drizzle invaded every part of their clothes.eg: She jumped f...

E.M Forster published one of his more successful novels, ‘A Room with a View’ in 1908, after having written ‘Where Angels Fear to tread’ and ‘The Longest Journey’. One of the key themes within his novel is t...

In 'The Merchant of Venice', Shylock is positioned by Shakespeare as villainous through most of the play; other characters refer to him as "Jew-dog" or simply as "the Jew", relying on ant...

Before starting anything read the poem through twice. The first time read it just to understand meaning and get a grasp of what the author might be trying to say. The second time read the poem and highlight ...

Both are examples of figurative language, and compare one thing to another. However, whilst a simile states that X is like Y, a metaphor states that X is Y.eg. 'The sun was like a golden coin in the sky' vs ...