by melaniewp | Jun 10, 2013 | Angela Carter, Ann Radcliffe, AQA Lit B, AQA Lit B Exam Questions, Frankenstein, Freud, Macbeth, The Gothic, Wuthering Heights
Welcome to the melodramatic, magnificent world of the Gothic! Discover damsels in distress, angry women, humane animals and beastly men, the natural, supernatural and the unnatural. Enjoy transformation, transgression, claustrophobia, madness and explosive...
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,...
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...
by melaniewp | May 20, 2013 | Angela Carter, AQA Lit B, Model Essays, The Bloody Chamber
“A bloody and frightening tale.” To what extent is this a valid description of the story ‘The Bloody Chamber’?This plan considers the key words in the question in order: ‘bloody’, ‘frightening’, and finally, alternative interpretations.Evidence...
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,...
