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What defines a novel?

Although the novel is a particularly difficult thing to define when it comes to forms of literature, it is possible to outline the key facets that come together in the making of a novel. To put it briefly, t...
WP
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Using integrated linguistic and literary approaches, explore the imagery used in Shakespeare's Sonnet 130.

POINT; Shakespeare contrasts his love with the conventional beauty of a woman of the Elizabethan era, through contrasting her appearance to the beauty of nature. EVIDENCE; This can be evidenced through the d...
CE
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To what extent could it be argued that the aesthetic representation of the women in Keats’ ‘Lamia’ and Swift’s ‘The Lady’s Dressing Room’ is used in order to vilify them?

One way in which both poems could be seen as similarly vilifying the characters of Celia and Lamia is through the depiction of their physical appearances as devices of deception by means of concealing their ...
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‘In the literature of love, the more a husband tries to demonstrate power and control, the more he appears powerless and foolish.’ In the light of this view, discuss how Shakespeare presents Petruchio in this extract and elsewhere in the play.

Whilst this question is quite extract specific, you want to approach it in a broad way, using a method you can replicate for any extract/text. First, break down the question. Concerted with presentation of l...
DC
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Using Act 1 Scene 2 of the Tempest, explore how Shakespeare uses language to characterise the relationship between Prospero and Caliban.

In their initial discussion of the character, Prospero admits to his daughter Miranda – and to an extent, to the audience - that Caliban “serves in offices that profit us” and therefore he and Miranda “canno...
OB
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