Arrival of the Bee Box - Sylvia Plath
THEMES Freedom and repression Self-expression Being oneself Control
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Morning Song - Sylvia Plath
‘Morning Song’ evokes a number of moods. There seems to be a placid acceptance in stanza 1 (‘fat gold watch’, the midwife’s matter-of-fact action, the ‘bald cry [taking] its place among the ...
Hamlet Sample Answer
What in your view is the importance of the characters Gertrude and Ophelia? The women of William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” appear to be frail, passive figures used as pawns and dying premature...
English Essay on Privacy: Ideas/Structure
Introduction We are living in a world where the value of privacy is at its last threads. We live in this modern age where ‘everyone shows and tells everything’. However, the dangers that li...
Emily Dickinson’s original approach to poetry results in startling and thought provoking moments in her work. Sample Answer
Emily Dickinson’s original approach to poetry results in startling and thought-provoking moments in her work. Emily Dickinson explores a variety of themes in her poetry. Her use of concret...
Cultural Context: Great Gatsby, A Doll's House & Brooklyn
IMPORTANCE OF SETTING The novel The Great Gatsby is written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and is set in 1920’s Long Island, New York. the protagonist Nick Carraway is new to the world of wealth an...
English Argumentative Essay
Q: Write a magazine article in which you give advice to adults on how to help teenagers cope with the “storm and stress” of adolescence. “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood and sorry I cou...
Eavan Boland - Sample Answer
Boland makes effective use of language and imagery to explore personal experiences and to confront harsh realities in society. Boland uses effective language in her poetry to share personal...
Paul Durcan - Themes in Poems (Sample Answer)
DURCAN TAKES A NARRATIVE APPROACH TO EXPLORE A VARIETY OF ISSUES IN POEMS OF GREAT EMOTIONAL HONESTY Family Durcan’s poems are multifaceted, complex and are wildly enigmatic. It is Durc...
Hamlet Quotes Part 4
‘Mother, you have my father much offended’ Hamlet to Gertrude in reply 3.4 Uses her phrasing to play on the words - reminds her that her hasty marriage is an offence to King Hamle...