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'Using the speech in Act 1 Scene 7, explain how far you think Shakespeare presents Macbeth as an upstanding member of society'

Macbeth’s soliloquy in Act 1 Scene 7 consists entirely of an internal battle that Macbeth is having with himself based on the plan to murder Duncan. He is beginning to contemplate whether the advantages of k...
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'Hamlet is a hero incapable of taking action.' Using you knowledge of the play as a whole, show how far you agree with this view of Hamlet.

It can be argued that Hamlet’s failure to take action is exemplified through his avowed intention to "put an antic disposition on" as a disguise for his real feelings and intentions. The hypocrisy ...
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In what ways and to what ends does Thomas Hardy present the idea of fate in Tess of the d'Urbervilles?

In Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy asks the reader to question whether or not Tess has any control over what happens in her life. At the beginning of the novel, Tess is punished for the death of Prin...
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What is the effect of the refrain in Tennyson's 'The Lady of Shalott'?

First of all, a refrain is a repeated line in a poem, usually at the end. To identify the effect of the refrain in this poem, we must identify the refrain: 'the Lady of Shalott'. There are two effects of thi...
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Put an apostrophe into each of the words below to create contractions correctly: 1) cant 2) Id 3) dont 4) whos 5) theyre

can't (can not)2) I'd (I would)3) don't (do not)4) who's (who is)5) they're (they are)
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