Literarture Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

“The World’s Wife collection is an arena for formerly voiceless women who have been marginalised to tell their own story.” - For my A-Level English Literature poetry coursework, I chose to study Carol Ann Duffy's 'The World's Wife' and focused on two poems: 'Mrs Aesop' and 'The Kray Sisters' which I analysed through the lens of 'feminist writing.' - PLEASE NOTE: This document is to provide inspiration for your coursework and show what an A* model answer can look like, it is n...

This resource provides an extensive and detailed discussion of the contextual background surrounding Macbeth (AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 1 Section A). It is important to show an understanding of the context for assessment objective 3, and here you will find information on: Shakespeare, the Victorian era, witchcraft & contemporary beliefs, kingship & King James I, The Gunpowder Plot, fate/free will/destiny/fortune, politics and more. I hope that you find this resource useful.

This resource provides an extensive and detailed discussion of the contextual background surrounding Macbeth (AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 1 Section A). It is important to show an understanding of the context for assessment objective 3, and here you will find information on: Biblical references, life in the 1950s, world war II, the class system, the atomic age, Coral Island and Freud. I hope you find this resource useful.

This resource provides an extensive and detailed discussion of the contextual background surrounding Jekyll and Hyde. It is important to show an understanding of the context for assessment objective 3, and here you will find information on: the class system, contemporary anxieties, Robert Louis Stevenson, duality, Freud and the genres of gothic/horror/detective.

NYSTCE English CST (003) Literary 100% Correct Irony An unexpected twist or contrast between what happens and what was intended or expected to happen. Vernacluar Common language among people in the location where the story takes place. Parable A metaphor or simile drawn from nature or common life told in a simple story or riddle. It uses comparrisons to teach a morale and/or lesson. Melodrama A literary form in which events are exxegerated reality in order to create an extreme emotional respo...

GCSE AQA English literarture question paper NOV 2020

This is an exciting short story that entails a battle between soldiers and the monsters of this world. A very entertaining fiction.