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What is the significance of Brighton as a place in Graham Greene's Brighton Rock?

Brighton Rock is the story of a struggle between good and evil. Brighton is the perfect setting for a story about good and evil, as it captures a working class vision of both heaven and hell on Earth. Bright...
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Explore the theme of good and evil in Shakespeare's 'Othello'

Perhaps the greatest evil of Iago is the way in which is he exploits his loyal reputation. Throughout the first two Acts of the play, Iago’s name is regularly preceded by the epithet ‘honest.’ Iago is truste...
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How would you interpret the meaning and message of this quote from J.B Priestley's 'An Inspector Calls'?

'GIRLS OF THAT CLASS' Breakdown of the sentence into its key lexical, semantic and grammatical elements: 'Girls': The use of the concrete noun 'girl' in place of the proper noun 'Eva' suggests a sense of dis...
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‘The Bennet family are an embarrassment to Elizabeth.’ How far do you agree with this view? (Taken from OCR 2017 paper)

In guiding my pupil's response to this question, I would first draw attention to the phrasing of the question - ' How far do you agree' as indicative of a well-rounded and considered response - this is not a...
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“Diverse perspectives within a text can be both enriching and confusing”. To what degree do you find this to be true in at least two of the works you have studied?

Diverse perspectives in the form of unique insights into characters and events can provide a reader with intricate information that can be used to better comprehend an ambiguous situation or add ambiguity to...
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