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How does Wilde use language and imagery to set the scene in the first two paragraphs of Chapter One of 'The Picture of Dorian Gray?'

The setting Wilde describes is a decadent paradise, formed of a mixture of the beauty of nature and the beauty of man-made objects, the relative merits of which he will interrogate throughout The Pict...

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Answered by Callum L. English tutor
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'Until they think warm days will never cease': Discuss the ways in which Keats presents the passage of time in 'To Autumn'

AS and A Level question papers often encourage students closely to study the language, imagery, and verse form of the text in question. In helping my tutee answer this, I would ensure that these technique...

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Answered by Seamus L. English tutor
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Explore the purposes of the frame narrative technique in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

One purpose of the frame narrative, or 'story within a story', employed by Mary Shelley in Frankenstein is to mirror the examination of the dark internalised consciousness. The outer layer of the frame na...

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Answered by Emmott L. English tutor
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How does Shakespeare use language to present Romeo during this scene?

Answer should include :

  • Well-structued, articulate expression

  • Evidence - quotes from text, accompanied by detailed analysis

  • Strong contextual understan...

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Answered by Ester T. English tutor
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How does Wole Soyinka express the disposition of Africans in his poem 'Telephone Conversation'?

Wole Soyinka, in his poem 'Telephone Conversation' highlights an encounter between a white landowner and black client to effectively portray the evident and institutionalised discrimination facing the Afr...

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Answered by Devora K. English tutor
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