by melaniewp | May 22, 2013 | A-Level English, A2, AQA Lit B, English Literature Exam, Narrative, The Gothic, Wuthering Heights
In Wuthering Heights, Bronte uses a framing narrative to tell the story of Cathy and Heathcliffe’s romance. This is typical of gothic novels like Frankenstein, and later, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, where we enter the story through a series of...
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 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 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 7, 2013 | 11+, Common Entrance, Comprehension, Creative Writing, Frankenstein, KS3, Mary Shelley, The Gothic
This is a short extract from Frankenstein which I use with students for comprehension, how to create character, setting and mood. I’ve explained the difficult words in brackets so it can be used with students age 11 up.It was on a dreary night of November that I...