by melaniewp | May 22, 2013 | Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night, Dylan Thomas, Edexcel Language Anthology, English Literature Exam, GCSE, IGCSE
‘Do Not Go Gentle’ takes death as its topic and through this explores the issue of what makes a good life. The tone, and attitude of the poet are strikingly unusual though. This is no gentle, melancholy mood.The title, and refrain ‘Do Not’ are in the...
by melaniewp | May 22, 2013 | A-Level English, A2, AQA Lit B, AQA Lit B Exam Questions, English Literature Exam, Macbeth, The Gothic
What do you think is the significance of the witches in Macbeth? Jan 10At the end of the play, Malcolm describes Macbeth as a ‘butcher’. Do you think that Macbeth is merely portrayed as a ‘butcher’? June 10“The violence in Macbeth is so excessive that it ceases to...
by melaniewp | May 22, 2013 | A-Level English, A2, AQA Lit B, English Literature Exam, Narrative, The Gothic, Wuthering Heights
In Wuthering Heights, Bronte uses a framing narrative to tell the story of Cathy and Heathcliffe’s romance. This is typical of gothic novels like Frankenstein, and later, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, where we enter the story through a series of...
by melaniewp | May 22, 2013 | Angela Carter, AQA Lit B, AQA Lit B Exam Questions, English Literature Exam, The Gothic
Exam Questions for the set texts in Elements of the Gothic for the AQA Lit B English Literature Exam Section A.The Bloody ChamberWith reference to at least two stories, explore the significance of the natural world in The Bloody Chamber.‘She smiled at herself in...
by melaniewp | May 22, 2013 | A-Level, A2, Angela Carter, AQA Lit B, English Literature Exam, Frankenstein, Jekyll and Hyde, Macbeth, The Bloody Chamber, The Gothic, Wuthering Heights
Elements of the Gothic Section B exam questions for AQA Lit B A2 Written Paper:Gothic writing has been attacked as ’a species of brutality’. With reference to three texts, to what extent have you found this view to be true?‘Four hundred years of excess, horror,...
