by melaniewp | Apr 2, 2013 | Exam Essays, GCSE, IGCSE, Model Essays, Old Age Gets Up, Poetry, Ted Hughes
How does the writer use language to get across the theme of the poem?Old Age Gets UpStirs its ashes and embers, its burnt sticks An eye powdered over, half melted and solid again Ponders Ideas that collapse At the first touch of attention The light at the window, so...
by melaniewp | Apr 1, 2013 | A-Level, Exam Essays, Feminist Criticism, GCSE, Othello, Shakespeare, Women in Othello
QuestionIt is often suggested that the women in Othello are weak. In fact, Othello is a play of female power. Evaluate this claim.Things to think about:Which of the men could we say are under women’s power? Which most, which least? Could we say the women are...
by melaniewp | Mar 30, 2013 | A-Level, Exam Essays, GCSE, IGCSE, Literature, Love, Model Essays, Poetry, Shakespeare, Sonnets
Sonnet 116Let me not to the marriage of true mindsAdmit impediments. Love is not loveWhich alters when it alteration finds,Or bends with the remover to remove:O no! it is an ever-fixed mark (5)That looks on tempests and is never shaken;It is...
by melaniewp | Mar 28, 2013 | Controlled Assessment, Exam Essays, GCSE, IGCSE, Mercutio, Poetry, Queen Mab, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare
This is a task I set for a student. I asked her to compare Mercutio’s ‘Queen Mab’ speech from Romeo and Juliet with Shakespeare’s Sonnet 130.The question was: Explore how love is presented in both texts.The reason this is evil is because one is...
by melaniewp | Mar 28, 2013 | Exam Essays, GCSE, IGCSE, Literature, Model Essays, Poetry, The City Planners, The Planners
The Poems analysed are: The City Planners, Margaret Atwood and The Planners, Boey Kim Cheng. These are taken from the IGCSE Cambridge Poetry Anthology, but may be interesting for unseen poetry too.Question SetHow do these poets use language and structure to get across...
by melaniewp | Mar 28, 2013 | 11+, Common Entrance, Exam Essays, GCSE, IGCES, Literature, Themes
In literature, theme is an idea or concept that is central to a story. You could think of this as the moral or ‘point’ of the story. Please note though, that there are critics who say the theme is not the moral. What follows is my own interpretation.Theme...
