Top answers


Starting with this speech, explain how far you think Shakespeare presents Lady Macbeth as a powerful women.

Shakespeare uses imperatives to suggest Lady Macbeth is powerful. "Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell" the imperative "come" is persuasive and as a result may s...
AG
23462 Views

How should I learn quotations for a closed book exam?

There are two great ways to memorise quotations. The first is using spider diagrams. Make a different spider diagram for each theme that the piece of work covers, and then colour-code the quotes you want to ...
NV
5346 Views

How do I answer a question on an unseen nineteenth-century prose passage?

The key to doing well in unseen prose analysis is practice and context. Research of societal and literary context in a specific time period and collecting simple facts help to add evidence to your analysis, ...
CR
6629 Views

[Act 1 Scene 5 lines 1-16] Using this speech, explain how far you think Shakespeare presents Lady Macbeth as a powerful woman

Lady Macbeth's soliloquy at the beginning of Act I Scene V is a turning point for the character, in which she asks to be transformed from being a powerful woman to that of a powerful anti-woman. She requests...
HK
47594 Views

I'm not quite sure how I can talk about context in relation to A Christmas Carol.

It is imporant to analyse context as it is the third Assesment Objective for the exam. With 'A Christmas Carol' we can look at context in terms of Dickens' purpose in writing this story at the specific time ...
RT
5497 Views