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What is the role of Alfieri in Arthur Miller's 'A View from the Bridge'?

Alfieri is the narrator, and the form of this narration is modelled on the chorus in a Greek tragedy. In Greek tragedy, the chorus was a group of performers who commented on the thoughts and actions of the p...
JM
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Starting with this extract, how does Bronte present Jane as a strong female character?

Throughout this extract, Bronte uses a series of techniques to present Jane as a strong female character, including a list of rhetorical questions, strong verb choices and exclamations. Bronte also presents ...
AR
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To what extent are the three nineteenth century texts you've studied concerned with class and social stagnation?

I would argue that, based on my own reading of Emily Bronte’s ‘Wuthering Heights’, Jane Austen’s ‘Emma’ and ‘Selected Poems’ by Tennsyon, that nineteenth century texts are primarily concerned with class and ...
JH
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Comparing the themes of ‘death’ in ‘The Man He Killed’ (Thomas Hardy) and ‘Anthem for Doomed Youth’ (Wilfred Owen).

Another way in which the theme of death is shown is through the structure of these two poems. There are differences in the way the poems are structured. Hardy’s ‘The Man He Killed’ is written in quatrains, w...
JH
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How do I find points of comparison between different kinds of literature?

Sometimes in the exam you will be given what seem like completely different texts, and asked to compare the two. Don't panic. Let's take as an example that you are comparing the representation of love in an ...
MF
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