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Discuss the use of personification in the following quote from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream: ''Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind.''

By making 'love' the subject of the sentence, love itself is seen to do the action of 'looking'. This is an example of personification: a human quality is being given to a non-human thing; in this case, love...
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How is Friar Lawrence presented in Romeo and Juliet?

When starting to consider a character or theme a good starting point is to write down your first impressions you had of this person when consider the text as a whole. We may wish to readjust these when we co...
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When I have to analyse sentences what do I have to look for?

When you analyse sentences you need to look for two things. The first is what technical language we can use to describe the sentence, this may include explaining what type of sentence it is (compound, comple...
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How should I structure an A Level English Literature Essay?

Your essay should include an introduction, 3 main points (or possibly 4, although the tight timing of A level examinations means 3 may be better as you can go in to more detail) and conclusion. The introduct...
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Consider how Miller dramatically presents his view of “The American Dream”.

Point 1: Portrayal of the American Dream Willy's character emphasises the idea that through hard work and being well-liked, a man can achieve anything. He says that this is 'the wonder of this country, that ...
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