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It is critically accepted that the gothic genre began in 1760, with Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto. However, the hallmarks of gothic literature are by no means tied to this period. As far back a...

Popular in the 15^th and 16^th centuries, morality plays are a type of allegory in which the protagonist (most commonly an “everyman”) encounters personifications of various moral attr...

There are 3 ways to attack analysing a poem in an exam question. The first way to do so is to look at form. Is it regular? Or is it changing? How does the form relate to the content? Is there a constant r...

Tennessee Williams' 'A Streetcar Named Desire' is set in New Orleans in the 1940s during the Great Depression. The play demonstrates the great extent to which the protagonists will go in order to gratify ...

Students should demonstrate deep knowledge of the two or three works that they have chosen to compare. They should also respond to the question in a thoughtful manner, recognising the implications of the ...