by melaniewp | Jun 5, 2013 | AQA Lit B, IB English, Something Interesting, The Gothic
Horace Walpole’s novel, The Castle of Otranto (1764) is usually described as the first gothic novel. What makes it ‘gothic’? It’s set in medieval Italy with a claustrophobic castle, has a melodramatic plot, long-suffering females and uses...
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 | May 13, 2013 | AQA Lit B, GCSE, Hubris, IGCSE, Something Interesting
‘Hubris’ means god-like arrogance, dangerous ambition – or excessive pride. Think of ‘pride goes before a fall’.Examples of usage: ‘Macbeth’s hubris (arrogant belief that he can’t be killed) is the driving force of...
by melaniewp | May 7, 2013 | AQA, Creative Writing, English Language Exam, GCSE, IGCSE, Model Essays, Something Interesting
This is an example answer I wrote for the AQA English Language Exam, though it would work equally well for WJEC, OCR, Edexcel and Cambridge IGCSE. This is Writing to Argue or Persuade. You could also use it for ‘give a speech to your class’. Please...
