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 | A-Level English, A2, AQA Lit B, AQA Lit B Exam Questions, English Literature Exam, Macbeth, The Gothic
What do you think is the significance of the witches in Macbeth? Jan 10At the end of the play, Malcolm describes Macbeth as a ‘butcher’. Do you think that Macbeth is merely portrayed as a ‘butcher’? June 10“The violence in Macbeth is so excessive that it ceases to...
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 17, 2013 | A-Level, A-Level English, Angela Carter, AQA Lit B, Macbeth, Narrative, The Bloody Chamber, The Gothic, Wuthering Heights
Here some essay titles on the Gothic, for Macbeth, The Bloody Chamber and Wuthering Heights for AQA A-Level Lit B. Here are my thoughts…First Essay Title:The Gothic is a male genre which either excludes women or presents them negatively. Discuss.The...
