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How should I structure an essay comparing two texts?

There are two different ways to approach the structure of an essay that compares two texts. One is an integrated approach, and normally reaches the higher bands in mark schemes as a more sophisticated approa...
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Compare and contrast the ways in which love is presented in The Great Gatsby and The Whitsun Weddings

In The Great Gatsby, love is presented as an unattainable ideal which the eponymous character fruitlessly chases in his pursuit of Daisy. He romanticises his past with her without realising that the past is ...
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Explore how Kazuo Ishiguro presents the relationship between Stevens and his father in 'The Remains of the Day'

The relationship between the protagonist of The Remains of the Day, Stevens, and his father, is presented as complex and distant by Kazuo Ishiguro in a variety of different ways. Formal and sparse dialogue i...
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'Women in Jane Austen's novel 'Emma' are consistently undermined by their male superiors.' Discuss.

First, in the introduction, I would suggest that you would have to define the key terms. So for example, which female characters are you going to discuss? You cannot discuss them all to great detail, so pick...
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With reference to 'The Lake Isle of Innisfree', explain how Yeats uses language, structure and poetic technique to convey meaning.

The Lake Isle of Innisfree is one of Yeats’ earliest poems, written while he was living in London. The author later admitted that the Isle of Innisfree was inspired by an island of the same name in County Sl...
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