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How do I integrate context into my analysis to get extra marks?

The first step in using context in your exam essays is research. Search for statistics and facts relating to the author or the time period and geographical place the book was set and/or written in. Once you ...
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How can I use context in an essay about King Lear?

It might be helpful here to look at a question from an A level paper: 'Despite the cruel treatment Gloucester suffers, his moral awakening is uplifting and enduring.' To what extent do you agree with this vi...
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'Othello is more about the absurdity of jealousy than its destructive power.' To what extent do you agree with this view?

Explore and explain key phrases in the question (i.e. the absurd versus the destructive regarding jealousy)Apply these themes to relevant aspects of the play (nobility, hubris, stoicism, emotion, etc)Use the...
HH
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How should I structure a comparative essay on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Margaret Attwood's The Handmaid's Tale?

There are a variety of approaches to structuring a strong comparative essay between two novels. However, while some people suggest writing about one novel and then the other, I would strongly advise comparin...
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Do you agree that Shakespeare's Sonnet 116 'defines and redefines its subject in each quatrain and this subject becomes increasingly concrete, attractive and vulnerable’.

Given the length of the quotation, I would like to separate my answer into two parts. Firstly, the issue of defining and redefining the sonnet's subject, and secondly how compatible the terms 'concrete, attr...
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