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What is the meaning of the word 'significance' in essay questions?

The word 'significance' is used in many exam questions in both English Literature, and can often be a complicated and confusing concept. For example, an English Literature essay question on The Taming of the...
MJ
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Comment on the presentation of nature in Seamus Heaney’s 'Childhood Poems'

Heaney's Death of a Naturalist explores autobiographical vignettes through an anecdotal tone, as exemplified in Blackberry-Picking . Heaney employs a sophisticated retrospective narrative viewpoint to explor...
CO
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compare the ways in which the authors challenge perceptions of gender and power within a patriarchal society

‘When I discovered that I was being rewarded...for uplifting American morals, I confess I did despair.’ [1] Edith Wharton’s response to receiving the Pulitzer prize in 1921 certainly raises questions regardi...
TB
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How do I ensure that I get the top grades in English Literature A-Level, given the relatively subjective marking?

I found that there are a couple of things that helped. Every paragraph that you write must contain at least two quotes from the text. First, you must analyse these quotes linguistically and thematically. In ...
SV
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“Desire dazzles and destroys.” Compare the presentation of the destructive power of desire in one poetry and one drama text you have studied.

Both Milton, in ‘Paradise Lost’, and Webster, in ‘The Duchess of Malfi’, highlight the destructive nature of desire on those it effects. There are subtle differences in their presentation, with themes such a...
GS
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