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FIRST ENCOUNTER : Poems don’t reveal themselves all at once. In general, they yield their pleasures on repeated readings. ‘Live’ with a poem for some time; go back to it; let it settle in your mind. You cann...

In Macbeth (1606), Shakespeare’s representation of gender both adheres to contemporary notions of gender roles and subverts them. Lady Macbeth and Macbeth’s actions are uncharacteristic in that often, Lady M...

How to answer them: Reading through the text twiceHighlighting key words or phrasesIdentifying devices that have been employed, and gaining what their effect is Looking at the overall message of the textAnal...

It's important to allow yourself time to plan before you start writing. If you plan well, you'll find you can write the actual essay itself much faster and it will be clearer (less waffle!). If I have an hou...

Steinbeck makes the way Crooks is treated so disturbing through showing his interaction with Lennie and his desire to join Lennie and George's venture on their own farm in the future. Crooks initially refuse...