Essay on: ‘Describe los momentos tristes que sufre Tita durante su vida. ¿Te parece más bien víctima o vencedora?’
Essay in Spanish exploring Tita’s moments of sadness and whether she is a victim or a winner.
Essay on: ‘Describe con ejemplos la manera en que la fantasia se confunde con la realidad en esta novela. En tu opinion, ¿tiene éxito este modo de escribir?’
Exploring magical realism in Como Agua Para Chocolate. Written in Spanish.
A comprehensive list of useful quotes in Othello, divided into themes for essays.
Includes:
RACE, RELIGION, PREJUDICE, SERVICE, GENDER ROLES, JEALOUSY, DECEPTION & MANIPULATION, APPEARANCE V. REALITY, LOVE AND MARRIAGE, LANGUAGE, STORYTELLING, POWER, SEX, IDENTITY… and more.
Then, second section is split into quote banks for individual characters and between characters, which could be useful when exploring certain relationships.
Quotes in red indicate that they have been mentioned more than once and therefore cross themes.
I = Iago
O = Othello
D = Desdemona
B = Brabantio
E = Emilia
R = Roderigo
C = Cassio
Essay plan on: ‘¿Qué características específicamente mexicanas encuentras en esta novela? ¿Hasta qué punto contribuyen al éxito de la novela?’
Analysing the Mexican qualities of Esquivel’s novel and what success it brings to it.
Broken up into introduction, 5 points and a conclusion, broken into PEEL structure.
Essay on: '‘The influence of the media is the most important factor that determines the success or failure of a political party’.
How far do you agree with this view of what determines the success or failure of a political party?’
Intended for Edexcel A Level Politics Unit 1, but can be useful to be read for other contexts.
A list of important literary context regarding John Donne poetry, useful for A Level students.
Includes:
Neoplatonism
Libertinism
Metaphysical conceit
Blason
Quintessence
Celestial spheres
Ovidian poetry
Essay on ‘Describe los sentimientos que tenía Tita hacia su madre. Analiza la manera en que Tita logró escapar de la influencia de Mama Elena.’
Written in Spanish, exploring Tita’s feelings towards her mother.
Essay plan for Williams’ play, split into 3 key points and explored in detail. At the end also contains alternative ways to end the essay on a key point.
List of general evaluative points regarding Shelley’s Frankenstein and Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, divided into themes. These might be useful for inspiration when thinking of arguments for essays.
Includes:
Women/Femininity
The body
Language/Knowledge
Birth/Creation
Structure/Narrative/Story
Hope
Freedom
Comprehensive essay plan split into AO2, AO3 and AO5. Includes key points, necessary key quotations, critics and context.
Detailed analysis of quotations, evaluation of critics and relevance of context.
A list of important context when writing essays about Othello.
The list includes:
Dramatic Genre
- Morality plays
- Comedy
Aristotelian Tragedy
Courtly Love
Shakespeare’s Sources
- Gli Hecatommithi
- A Geographical Historie of Africa
- Leo Africanus
- The Book of Marvels and Travels
Early Modern Performances of Othello
Jacobean views of Venice, Italy and Cyprus
Relationships with and stereotypical views of Moorish Turks and Islam
Relationships with and stereotypical views of Moorish Africans
Shakespeare’s Other Moors in his Plays
England’s Contemporary Treatment of Foreigners
Essay on: ‘Analyse how interest groups affect politics in the USA.’
Intended for Edexcel Politics A Level US Politics module, worth 12 marks which is why it is slightly shorter. Still useful to be read for other contexts.
Essay on: ‘The electoral system is no longer fit for purpose. Discuss.’
Intended for Politics A Level US Politics module, but can be useful when read for other contexts.
Essay on: ‘Using the source, evaluate the view that pressure group activity supports democracy and participation.’
Based on Edexcel UK Politics Unit 1 A Level Curriculum, but can be useful to be read for other contexts.
A list of critical reading to achieve AO5 at A Level. Includes academics and summaries of their views.
List includes:
A.C.Bradley
David Kastan
A.D. Nuttall
Maynard Mack
Honigmann
Leavis
Loomba
Fu
Frye
Coleridge
Jardine
Wayne
Zesmer
Heilman