Restoration Period and its famous element - John Dryden
Simplistic, sophisticated and short overview of the Restoration period for English Literature and History students.
REVISION GUIDE FOR THE 1790’S
What threat did the radical reformers prose to the government in the 1970’s?
Publication of Tom Paine’s ‘The Rights of Man’
How did the government respond to radicalism in the 1790’s?
Who were the Luddites?
What were the effects of the end of the war with France?
What were the Corn Laws?
Why did so many working people demand parliamentary reform after 1815?
What was the impact of William Cobbett’s political register?
What was the importance of John Cartwright and the Hampden Clubs?
What happened at Peterloo?
What was the government’s response to popular protest?
What were the Six Acts of 1819?
Evidence for and against for the likelihood of revolution
Pitt’s personal qualities
Support of the King
The unpopularity of the Fox-North Coalition
Charles James Fox
Finance
What did Pitt do to fix the problems?
Eden Treaty of 1786
Problems of administration facing Pitt / How Pitt solved this?
Pitt and his domestic policies
Pitt’s trade policies
Whig weaknesses
Lord Liverpool
Problems facing the country at the time
Challenge of radical movement
Causes of discontent after 1816
Catholic Emancipation
Consequences
Based on the following texts: Macbeth, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Lord of the Flies, Power and Conflict poems.
Summary
Key quotes / analysis
Key themes
Deeper meaning of texts
Writer’s intention
Context
Language devices
Featuring the themes of Othello, language devices, quotes, criticisms, context and exclusive essays that can help students structure and create good essays.
Easy, sophisticated and simplified information to assist with learning about Othello.
Ideal for English Literature students.
Targets A-Level/AS students
William Shakespeare - Othello.
Visions: Corporeal, Imaginative and Intellectual
Numinous Experiences: Otto; an apprehension of the Wholly other.
Mystical experiences: William James; non sensuous and non-intellectual union with the divine.
Challenges of verifying religious experiences.
Challenges to religious experience from science.
Religious responses to those challenges.
Richard Swinburne’s principles of credulity and testimony.
AQA NOTES RS: Religious Language
The problem of religious language
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Logical Positivists
The issue of whether religious language should be viewed cognitively or non-cognitively.
The challenges of the Verification and Falsification Principles to the meaningfulness of religious language.
Strengths and Weaknesses of Verification Principle.
-Strengths and Weaknesses of the Falsification Principle.
Responses to these challenges from verification and falsification.
Eschatological Verification + Strengths and Weaknesses.
Key ideas of the Celestial City.
Religious language as an expression of a Blik with reference to Hare.
Religious language as a language game with reference to Wittgenstein.
Conclusions as to the issue whether religious language should be viewed cognitively or non-cognitively.
Other views of the nature of religious language.
A critical review made by myself, which focuses on the Handmaids Tale.
This review focuses on the way I perceieve how the women have been treated in this dystopian novel.
Given by views, I truly believe this book should be read and taken into consideration of the possible consequences which can happen.
The role/purpose of education.
Functionalist approach.
Key concepts.
Functions of the education system.
Marxist approach.
Debates about the structure of education.
Sample questions and answers.
Education as a political issue.