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Gothic literature differs from text to text, as pieces need only contain a few of the classic elements in order to be classed as Gothic. These elements include, but are not limited to: Heroes and heroines, o...

Free indirect discourse sounds a lot more complicated than it actually is - it refers to a style of third person narration that steals aspects of first person narration. Basically, the narrator is an omnipot...

Semi-colons should be used in order to join together two independent clauses together in order to show closely related ideas, for example: "My dad plays the ukulele and my brother plays the flute; I com...

Generally, context can be split up into different types such as biographical (anything about the author or poet's life which links to the text), historical (events at the time of the author's writing which m...

The theme of loneliness runs throughout the novel, with each character demonstrating loneliness to varying levels. John Steinbeck has illustrated loneliness through the relationships between the main charact...