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How is war presented in Thomas Hardy's poetry?

Thomas Hardys's poetry spans a number of decades, themes and phases, and so his attitudes and presentations of themes like war often vary considerably across these time periods. In this answer I will examine...
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GCSE To Kill A Mockingbird Question - Who are the mockingbird figures in the novel and what is their significance to the novel as a whole?

This is an example of how to structure a question in an exam. INTRODUCTION:Time constraint in an exam means that you will need to write an essay that signposts exactly what your essay is about - you will sta...
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How is the theme of violence portrayed in Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'?

Despite being on of Shakespeare's comedies, A Midsummer Night's Dream ( AMND ) is a play set in the fallout of the Athenian-Amazonian war, and the farces that drive the comedic plots constantly threaten to t...
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Describe and explain the structure of Carol Ann Duffy's "War Photographer".

The poem has a consistent structure; it is divided into four stanzas, each with six lines. This uniformity in structure brings out a sense of stagnancy, or an inability to progress towards something new, sim...
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Name a couple of literary techniques that are used in the poem 'Valentine,' by Carol Ann Duffy?

In Carol Ann Duffy's poem 'Valentine,' she regularly uses metaphor to demonstrate the ways in which an onion can represent the romance of a relationship. In the second line of the first stanza, she describes...
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