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How should I approach an unseen poetry question in AQA English Literature GCSE?

For the first question: "In ‘Poem ABC’, how does the poet present XYZ?"The key word in this question is 'how' - this means you should focus on the methods the poet uses. Read the poem through and t...
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Answered by Miriam L. • English tutor
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Explore the symbol of hands in one or more of Charles Dickens's novels

Hands are symbolically loaded. Charles R. Forker asserts that Dickens ‘knew instinctively that next to voice and face an actor’s hands are his most useful possession - that in fiction as in the theatre, gest...
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Answered by Esther B. • English tutor
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'Methinks I see these things with parted eye, when everything seems double'. To what extent does Hermia's statement at the end of Act 4 capture Shakespeare's intentions in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'?

From the very beginning of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' Shakespeare plunges his audience into a 'rare visions' of the intoxicating 'purple wound' of love and the fragments of confusion that ensue from it. Sha...
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Answered by Esther B. • English tutor
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A cylinder has radius 2cm and height 9cm. A cone has radius r cm and height h cm. The ratio r : h is 1 : 4. The volume of the cone is equal to the volume of the cylinder. Work out the value of r.

Firstly, we will find the volume of the cylinder using the formula V_cylinder =π r 2 h . Inputting the numbers given in the question gives V_cylinder = 36π.Given that V_cylinder = V_cone, and using the formu...
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What would be the economic impacts of a decrease in the tax rate for all tax brackets? Use the idea of aggregate demand your answer.

Using the concept of aggregate demand as a formula of Consumption (C), Investment (I), Government Spending (G) and Net Exports (X-M), we have the formula of AD= C + I + G + (X-M). An decrease in taxes for al...
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Answered by Daniel S. • Economics tutor
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