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English Literature
A Level

‘All duties seem Holy to Hamlet’: J.W. Von Goethe. Consider how far you agree that Hamlet’s motivations for avenging his father are out of personal affection?

One could argue that Hamlet’s motivations for avenging his father come out of the pure love he feels for him. He laments on his ‘poor father's body’ after the funeral reminiscing on ‘so excel...

VW
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‘Much of American Literature explores tension between social classes.’

Tension between social classes is a prevalent issue explored by authors such as Fitzgerald in The Great Gatsby and Steinbeck in The Grapes of Wrath. Whilst Steinbeck’s polemic on 1940s America highlights ...

MG
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How should the form of a poem influence my reading?

This question comes up a lot with students who will tell you that they don't "get" poetry, and don't like to read it on their own time. The answer is that poets didn't choose to write their thou...

AM
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To what extent is Marlowe's Doctor Faustus a character who gets what he deserves?

In keeping with the structure of the traditional Aristotelian tragedy, throughout ‘Doctor Faustus’, Marlowe presents the eponymous protagonist as a character afflicted by a fatal flaw (hamartia), facilita...

SA
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What should you consider and examine when writing an analysis of an unseen poem?

Imagine you were presented with this sonnet by Seamus Heaney as an unseen poem in your exam:
When all the others were away at MassI was all hers as we peeled potatoes.They brok...

FP
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