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Fitzgerald has described the 1920's as 'no more than a short outbreak of moral indignation.' In light of this statement, explore how Toni Morrison in 'Jazz' and F Scott Fitzgerald with 'The Great Gatsby' were inspired by the moral demise of a nation.

Within the novels Jazz by Toni Morrison and The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald, the flaws and moral traits of human nature are intrinsic to the message and prophetic teachings underlining both literary t...
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How is wildness portrayed in Emily Brontë's 'Wuthering Heights?'

'Wuthering Heights' is a novel concerned primarily with destruction. Love is the key theme; it transcends generations, forms a hatred between strangers and, essentially, love kills. The figure in which love ...
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Evaluate the idea that British Standard English is superior to other varieties of English used around the world

Fundamentally, this idea that British standard English as 'superior' is inherently flawed despite the quantity of theories, namely Kachru and Strevens, who imply that the root of English can be traced back t...
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How does Shakespeare explore the theme of gender in Macbeth?

Shakespeare challenges gender roles in Macbeth through the characters of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. Macbeth is seen to be ambitious and “o’erleap[ing]”, but Shakespeare develops the character of his wife in a...
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Compare and contrast the significance of meter in the following two poems: (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45318/break-break-break) (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/52333/the-voice-56d230b56eb7c)

Tennyson effectively manipulates meter in the stanza's first two lines- the weight of the triple stressed plosives rushing into an anapaestic foot before suddenly crashing to a halt in the two slower iambs a...
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