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Discuss the impacts of censorship in Harold Pinter's typescript of 'The Birthday Party'.

Not only did 2018 celebrate The Birthday Party’s 60’th anniversary, it celebrated 50 years since the Theatres Act 1968 came into force,[1] which, Natasha Tripney claims, was successful in ‘abolishing state c...
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'Shakespeare presents Lady Macbeth as manipulative and in control of Macbeth's actions'. Using the extract above, discuss the extent to which you agree with this statement.

MACBETH We will proceed no further in this business.He hath honoured me of late, and I have broughtGolden opinions from all sorts of people,Which would be worn now in their newest gloss,Not cast aside so soo...
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‘Frailty thy name is woman'-to what extent does Shakespeare reinforce ideas about female identity in the portrayal of Ophelia and Gertrude?

There are distinct moments in the play where Hamlets mother, Gertrude, appears especially frail as Hamlet suggests she is in his first soliloquy. This side to her seems especially apparent in Act 3 scene 4 w...
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Discuss Cleopatra’s presentation in Act 1 Scene 3

Cleopatra’s desire for Anthony acts to undermine her portrayal of commanding through her obsession with him that seems to govern her irrational actions. Her opening line: ‘where is he?’ portrays her to be ob...
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Explore one way in which 'power' is presented in the poem Ozymandias.

As a Romantic poet, Percy Bysshe Shelley was pre-occupied with the power of nature over men. We see a clear example of this in the poem 'Ozymandias'. Shelley's representation of a man so powerful that he is ...
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