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How does Shakespeare's use of pathetic fallacy in King Lear highlight Lear's emotion?

Pathetic Fallacy is the attribution of human emotions to inanimate objects e.g trees, the wind, a beach. Shakespeare frequently uses this technique in his drama to mirror Lear's madness and to connect mul...

Answered by Eva G. English tutor
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Gothic writing warns of the dangers of aspiring beyond our limitations. How far does your reading of gothic texts support this view?

The gothic tradition in literature was an attempt to warn, in a sensational and often controversial way, about the social and personal consequences of going against accepted beliefs of the time. In Ma...

Answered by Megan S. English tutor
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How the notion of tragic is presented in Shakespeare's play Antony and Cleopatra?

Taking into consideration a good corpus of plays from Antiquity to the blossoming period of Renaissance drama in France and England, several constant features can be perceived which define the notion of t...

Answered by Martha K. English tutor
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Compare the presentation of women in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and A View from the Bridge by Arthur Miller.

In both The Great Gatsby and A View from the Bridge, women are physical manifestations of male fantasy. Daisy Buchanan represents The American Dream, 'gleaming like silver' with a voice 'full of money,' w...

Answered by Phoebe K. English tutor
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How does Seamus Heaney present 'childhood optimism' in the Poem 'Blackberry Picking'?

Seamus Heaney uses the extended metaphor of blackberry picking in order to depict the wilting of childhood optimism. He considers the initial excitement of picking the first blackberries to be joyous and ...

Answered by Joseph S. English tutor
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