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A short introduction, either situating an extract, summarising the effect of a certain theme or character, or the function of a source. It can be useful to close the introduction with a short sentence statin...

Throughout Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre, the protagonist is constantly described using bird imagery, which invokes the concept of freedom. The story follows Jane’s journey and her various struggles to be fre...

‘Love’s philosophy’ by Shelley and ‘When we two parted’ by Lord Byron both explore desperation for romantic love through nature. Whilst they both embrace nature, both poets use this semantic field differentl...

Similes and metaphors add flavour to creative writing. The characters, settings etc. are unfamiliar to the reader, so similes provide familiar imagery to convey the themes of the narrative in a more accessib...

Lady Macbeth's speech contains a variety of techniques used to elucidate her descent into madness. We can see this when she states: "out, damn spot, out!". Shakespeare's utilisation of repetition h...