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How do I approach a comparative question?

When you're asked to compare two or more different texts in an exam question the focus is crucially on the comparison. Throughout the essay, whatever topic or theme you are exploring, you must constantly be ...
EL
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How to choose texts for A-Level coursework?

I know choosing texts for your coursework can be daunting, as for many students this will be your first time picking a text rather than responding to one pre-set by your teachers. The easiest way to go about...
CJ
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Discuss the contention that 'Marlowe's Doctor Faustus is faithful to the conventions of Greek Tragedy'

IntroKey word drop - Christopher Marlowe, play, Renaissance, performance datesOutline context and its significance - Renaissance was a period of rediscovering and revitalising classical ideas - tug of war be...
MS
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What is "Point-Evidence-Explanation (PEE)"?

"Point-Evidence-Explanation" is the basic structure that all good essay answers should follow. First you have the POINT, the argument that you want to make about a particular book, character, passa...
VS
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"Love lies sourly at the heart of the play". How far and in what ways do you agree with this view of 'Hamlet'?

Hamlet himself is the victim to his love for his father as it his love and sense of duty that drives the whole play, because his grief and subsequent revenge are the catalysts of the tragic events of the pla...
PA
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