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How is Tess described during the 'Maiden' phase and what image of her does Hardy render through his use of language?

During this phase of the book the antagonist Alec sexually assaults Tess. Hardy never explicitly states that the protagonist is raped, yet instead, uses symbolic colours and descriptive language to suggest t...
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“Othello does not kill Desdemona in jealousy, but in a conviction forced upon him by the almost superhuman art of Iago.” - Samuel Coleridge. In the light of this view, discuss the extent to which Othello is responsible for Desdemona's death.

Look in Othello at the themes of jealousy, manhood, and appearance vs reality. Othello demands that Iago provide "ocular proof" of Desdemona's infidelity. But Iago instead sets up evidence through ...
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English Literature, AS Level: 'In crime writing there are always victims.' Explore the significance of the way a victim is presented in a crime text you have studied.

Atonement is an unusual crime writing text insofar as the perpetrator of the major crime (namely Briony who wrongly accuses Robbie of rape) is also one of the text's key victims. Briony is the narrator of th...
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“Finances greater decide a woman’s fate than patriarchy.” Discuss this idea in relation to Jane in Jane Eyre.

Being released by Brontë in 1847 and set a few years earlier, the economic impact of the industrial revolution permeates all aspects of society in Jane Eyre. Many women of the time period, like Jane herself,...
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"Experience of the world does not make us any wiser" In light of this view, consider ways in which writers present the effects of experience on characters

The audience is made thoroughly aware of Nora’s inexperience of the world- through her derision at the central mechanisms of society: “Then the law must be very stupid”, and her inability to hold a “serious ...
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