by melaniewp | May 22, 2013 | A-Level English, A2, AQA Lit B, Ego, English Literature Exam, Freud, GCSE, Id, Jekyll and Hyde, Macbeth, Something Interesting, The Gothic, Wuthering Heights
Sigmund Freud 1856-1939, was one of the first psychologists – writing about how we think, and why. His ideas give us an interesting way of understanding literature. His theory of the Id, the Ego and the Superego, from his essay, ‘Beyond the...
by melaniewp | May 21, 2013 | Convergence of the Twain, English Language Exam, GCSE, OCR, Simon Armitage
‘The Convergence of the Twain’ stops time – immediately after the collapse of the twin towers on 9/11. It begins in strange silence, with airy, elegantly formal language – ‘architecture of air’, the alliteration emphasising the open...
by melaniewp | May 20, 2013 | Edexcel, English Literature Exam, Of Mice and Men
How can I Revise for the Edexcel IGCSE English Literature Exam? What questions are likely to come up?I can’t access the actual questions from the past two years as I’m not at a centre (they’re password protected). The best I can advise is for you to...
by melaniewp | May 20, 2013 | AQA, English Language Exam, GCSE, Video Analysis, VLOG AQA GCSE English Language
Get some worked examples from the book, and more detail on it here.
by melaniewp | May 20, 2013 | A-Level English, Angela Carter, AQA Lit B, Frankenstein, The Bloody Chamber, The Gothic, Wuthering Heights
Entrapment, Imprisonment and Escape: ClaustrophobiaIt’s every Gothic writer’s favourite scenario: someone’s trapped – either chained up, strapped down, or tucked away in some dank cell, castle, cellar or cloister. The physical entrapment...
