by melaniewp | May 5, 2013 | Common Entrance, GCSE, IGCSE, KS3, Model Essays, Prospero, Shakespeare, The Tempest
Typical Cambridge IGCSE questions on Prospero in The Tempest focus on power, control, magic and civilization. You might even be asked the horrible question: Why is Prospero’s character so interesting?Caliban describes Prospero as a controlling, tyrannical man; other...
by melaniewp | May 5, 2013 | Common Entrance, Creative Writing, KS3, Short Stories, The Monkey's Paw, Third Person
This story is scary. Don’t say I didn’t warn you…The Monkey’s PawW.W. Jacobs, 1902WITHOUT, the night was cold and wet, but in the small parlour of Laburnam Villa the blinds were drawn and the fire burned brightly. Father and son were at chess,...
by melaniewp | May 5, 2013 | Common Entrance, Creative Writing, KS3, Omniscient Narrator, Short Stories, Third Person
The Gift of the MagiO. HenryOne dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one’s cheeks burned with the silent...
by melaniewp | May 5, 2013 | GCSE, How to Write an Essay, IGCSE, Revision
A friend of mine at Eton College kindly passed on this beautiful advice as used by the English Department there. Want to find out how to write an essay in exam conditions? Look no further.The first paragraph…• Open your essay by stating your understanding of the...
by melaniewp | May 5, 2013 | A2, Angela Carter, AQA Lit B, Model Essays, The Bloody Chamber, The Courtship of Mr Lyon, The Tiger's Bride
Analysis of Angela Carter’s review of the Beauty and the Beast: The Courtship of Mr Lyon and The Tiger’s BrideProfa. M.A. Meyre Ivone Santana da Silva *the text is abridged and cleaned up, as indicated by the brackets.In an interview [with] Anna Katsavos,...
