by melaniewp | Jul 29, 2013 | GCSE, Jekyll and Hyde, Something Interesting
In The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson brings to life one of the most compelling and original monsters ever written.The obvious monster is Mr Hyde: the snarling, feral mass of murderous impulses. First, Hyde beats up a little girl....
by melaniewp | Jun 10, 2013 | AQA Lit B, Dracula, Jekyll and Hyde, Lady of Shallott, Mirror, Quotes, Sylvia Plath, Symbolism, The Gothic
All Gothic resourcesMirrors are a key element of the Gothic, symbolising: identity, sense of self, vanity, worldliness, sensuality – or an ethereal, ghostly other-world. For the Lady of Shallott they symbolise her isolation – cursed, she can only see...
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 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 | Apr 22, 2013 | Controlled Assessment, Essay Plan, GCSE, Jekyll and Hyde, Macbeth, Shakespeare
Essay Question Set: Explore the contrasts within and between characters in The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Macbeth.How does the writer introduce the mystery of evil?First Clues: what does the title of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde tell...
by melaniewp | Apr 21, 2013 | AQA, Controlled Assessment, GCSE, Jekyll and Hyde, Model Essays
In Jekyll and Hyde, Stevenson sets up a strong contrast between the primitive, animalistic self and the civilized, respectable self. One way to understand ‘primitive’ is to think of a toddler or small animal, or basic human urges – greedy, selfish, not polite....
