Othello Critics and Critical Approaches A-Level English Literature This is a massive bundle of resources to aid your study of Shakespeare’s ‘Othello’ for A-Level English Literature with a specific focus on critics and critical approaches. In order to achieve a top grade in English Literature, it is absolutely essential to include critics and/or critical approaches in your answer to act as supporting evidence. You may either corroborate or challenge this critic - it is often quite fun to counter the critic and open up a literary debate. Included in this resource: 16-Page Highly Detailed Critical Analysis document (PDF/Word included) exploring every single character, theme and ‘critical interpretations over the years’ in the play. A long list of critics for each character / theme, so that you can easily decide which critic and critical approach suits you best for your revision without having to do the EXTENSIVE research involved in categorising the critics. Please see the preview for an example of this document. Variety of Critics for Characters: Othello, Iago, Desdemona, Cassio, Emilia, Roderigo and Bianca. Variety of Critics for Themes: Identity/Othersider/Other, Jealousy, Race, Justice, Gender, Othello as a tragedy, Deception, Appearance versus Reality, Manipulation, Love, Identity, Language, Honour and Reputation, Power, Setting. Key Critical Interpretations over the Years: 19th and 20th Century Views, Feminist Contemporary readings of Desdemona, Marxist Readings, Historicist Readings, Christian Elements of the Play, Post-Colonial Readings, Context on the Source for Othello - Hecatommithi and Literary Context / Intertextuality (tragedy, patriarchy, abuse of women, independent women, the destructive nature of love, race and machiavellian villains in Renaissance drama). Othello ‘Critical Approaches’ summary sheet. In a similar way to the latter section of the 16-page document, this sheet looks at the variety of approaches, the critics quotes to back up the approach, the key concepts of this approach and then finally how we can apply this approach to ‘Othello’. This is highly easy to understand due to the easy table layout. Approaches include: feminist, marxist, new-historicist, post-colonial, psychoanalytical and formalist. Othello Critics ‘Cheat Sheet’. A reduced summary of the 16-page document of the REALLY important critics / critical approaches. Othello’s Final Speech in the play with a highly detailed critical analysis with links to critics / their research included. A breakdown analysis of F.R. Leavis and this view on Othello / Honour. This is a good example of what the examiner will be looking for in the exam - do not just say the critic, but rather examine what it is that they are saying (challenge/corroborate). Thank you very much for your interest in this resource. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact alevelrevisionmadeeasy@gmail.com for more information.

Forward Poetry of the Decade Highly Detailed Revision Notes for A Level English Literature Edexcel. Massive Bundle of Notes (92 pages in total covering ALL of the required poems on the Edexcel specification). ‘Eat Me’ by Patience Agbabi ‘Chainsaw Versus the Pampas Grass’ by Simon Armitage ‘Material’ by Ros Barber ‘History’ by John Burnside ‘An Easy Passage’ by Julia Copus ‘The Deliverer’ by Tishani Doshi ‘The Lammas Hireling’ by Ian Duhig ‘To My Nine-Year-Old Self’ by Helen Dunmore ‘A Minor Role’ by U A Fanthorpe ‘The Gun’ by Vicki Feaver ‘The Furthest Distances I’ve Travelled’ by Leontia Flynn ‘Giuseppe’ by Roderick Ford ‘Out of the Bag’ by Seamus Heaney ‘Effects’ by Alan Jenkins ‘Genetics’ by Sinéad Morrissey ‘From the Journal of a Disappointed Man’ by Andrew Motion ‘Look We Have Coming to Dover!’ by Daljit Nagra ‘Please Hold’ by Ciaran O’Driscoll ‘On Her Blindness’ by Adam Thorpe ‘Ode on a Grayson Perry Urn’ by Tim Turnbull. The revision notes take the form of a table where each poem has the following detailed analysis: summary of the poem (‘story’ of the poem); the poet biography; context (not needed for the exam but useful to know); key themes and ideas of the poem; imagery; form and structure; critique and possible comparison with other poems (again not needed for the exam but useful to know which poems have similar themes as they both might come up in the exam to be compared to the unseen poem). Very thorough notes produced from a variety of sources. Personal contact/insight information with a few of the poets (Motion, Copus, Feaver, Morrissey and Turnbull). Also is included is a document that was sent to me by Vicki Feaver - hopefully this insight information will set your essays apart from other essays). Also included is a helpful comparison table and an example of an A* essay which received full marks. Thank you for your interest in this resource. Should you have any questions or require any further information, please email alevelrevisionmadeeasy@gmail.com.

English Literature Edexcel A-Level - The Handmaid’s Tale and Frankenstein Detailed Essay Plans. Thoroughly researched a detailed tables comparing the two prose texts. Example themes include Fear, Storytelling, Men and Masculinity, Knowledge, Religion and Family (many more too). Covered each book cover-to-cover, ensuring that all possible questions are dealt with in someway. Example of one of the essay plans (POWER COMPARISON):

History A-Level Coursework Exemplar Essay (Full Marks and Grade A* Achieved). Title: Muslim disunity was the most important reason for the success of the First Crusade. How far do you agree? This resource contains a full mark A* coursework essay that was awarded this grade in 2022. Included is an introduction, establishment of criteria, theme analysis, primary sources, historical interpretations and interim/final judgements. Furthermore, footnotes and an extensive bibliography (Harvard) are also included in this 13-page resource. Also included is a workbook to help you plan your own coursework as well as some advice sheets from the examiners. Please use this resource (PDF version) to aid your study and how to plan your essay, rather than copying the content. Despite this, the information could well be very useful if you are studying the Crusades and Crusader States at A-Level (OCR and AQA exam boards). If you do have any questions regarding this resource, or the course in general, please do not hesitate to email alevelrevisionmadeeasy@gmail.com

William Blake Poetry Highly Detailed Analysis for A-Level Edexcel English Literature (22 pages) Poems included (as on the Edexcel Specification for Romantic Poetry): ‘The Sick Rose’ ‘London’ ‘The Tyger’ ‘Holy Thursday : Songs of Innocence’ Holy Thursday : Songs of Experience’ Each poem has a thorough and orderly analysis of form, structure, metre, language, techniques, symbols, key lines, themes and, the best part, a critics section. I read numerous lecture notes on each of the poems and collated the best analysis from each in order to include information that will hopefully set you apart from other students. Included in this bundle is an editable Word Document and a sharable PDF version. There is also a very helpful Youtube Video which informed the notes. Should you have any questions with this resource or the course, please direct them to alevelrevisionmadeeasy@gmail.com

William Blake Poetry Highly Detailed Analysis for A-Level Edexcel English Literature (20 pages) Poems included (as on the Edexcel Specification for Romantic Poetry): ‘Lines Composed a few miles above Tintern Abbey’ ‘Lines Written in Early Spring’ ‘Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood’ Each poem has a thorough and orderly analysis of form, structure, metre, language, techniques, symbols, key lines, themes and, the best part, a critics section. I read numerous lecture notes on each of the poems and collated the best analysis from each in order to include information that will hopefully set you apart from other students. This resource includes an editable Word Document and a sharable PDF document. Interesting videos and documentaries have also been included as they informed the notes. Thank you for your interest in this resource. Any questions regarding this resource or the course are welcomed to be sent to alevelrevisionmadeeasy@gmail.com

Want to aim high with A-Level English Literature? Want a good grade for your Othello essay? This is most certainly the resource for you in order to gain a great understanding of the a truly fantastic play! A 40-page document with detailed analysis of the most important themes, characters and symbols of the play. Critics (A05) and quotations are included throughout the document to ensure thorough understanding and analysis. *Example Content for Jealousy: *Jealousy should not be confused with envy. In the very first scene of Othello, Iago clearly shows his envy of Cassio because he believes that Cassio has been promoted to lieutenant in his place. Iago had more experience of soldiering and was angry that the younger Cassio, whose only virtues seemed to be those of coming from a higher social class and of being better educated, should have been preferred above himself. ‘I am worth no worse a place,’ Iago says to Roderigo, and there is some justification for his envy of Cassio. However, that does not make this attitude acceptable - Shakespeare’s audience would be familiar with the last of the Ten Commandments which prohibited the discontent which springs from the fierce desire for another’s good fortune. * Although tailored to the Edexcel course, this resource is great for the AQA, OCR and WJEC courses as well. Please find a sharable PDF copy along with an editable word copy to best suit your needs. Hopefully you will find this resource very useful, but should you have any questions regarding this resource or the course in general, do not hesitate to email alevelrevisionmadeeasy@gmail.com

Russia and its Rulers 1855-1964 Exemplar Thematic and Synthetic Essays. A series of entire exemplar essays for past paper questions (and a few made-up questions) that achieved full-marks for the A-Level OCR History course. These essays will hopefully, in full, show you have to tackle a question, the ‘formular’ that is required of you, and the level of detail involved in the time limit. Hopefully you will see through these essays, the criteria that needs to be established, synthesis used to come to an interim judgement, and then an overall judgement at the end. 20 pages of detailed FULL essays - roughly 1.5 pages per thematic essay. Do not hesitate to email alevelrevisionmadeeasy@gmail.com should you have any questions regarding these essays or the course in general. If you do benefit from this resource, it would be much appreciated to give this resource a review. Highly recommended to have a look at the exam markscheme alongside these essays. Included in this bundle are the essays (PDF and Word form) and a markscheme.

No et Moi by Delphine De Vigan French A-Level Extensive Revision Notes Aiming High? These are the notes for you! 47 pages of total detailed analysis of every single aspect of the novel. These notes have been formulated using a variety of sources, textbooks and independent study/analysis. Included (editable word version and a sharable PDF version): ‘Personnages’ Study (Lou, Nolwenn, Lucas, Anouk, Bernard, Monsieur Marin, Axelle Vernoux and Lea Germain, Madame Cortanze, Tante Yvonne and Tante Sylvie, La femme du kiosque à journaux, Les sans-abris, Suzanne Pivet, Madame Ribéry, Thaïs, Loïc et Geneviève). The range is between four to one pages of analysis per character; analysis being broken up into sub-topics for ease and includes all page numbers. ‘Techniques’ Study (La structure et intrigue, La narration à la première personne, Le style and Poétique). Thèmes (La famille, L’amitié, L’amour, L’éducation, Les sans-abris, L’adolescence, L’apprentissage, La solitude et La tristesse) Quotation Analysis with Page Numbers! Also included in this bundle is a long list of important vocabulary for this novel, detailed context analysis as well as a revision summary mat, which has been made from the notes. Book used to make these notes: No et Moi Le Livre de poche. I hope that you find these notes useful. Should you have any questions regarding this resource, or the novel in general, please do not hesitate to email alevelrevisionmadeeasy@gmail.com. Merci mille fois pour votre intérêt et bonne chance à l’examen!

Russia and its Rulers 1855-1964 Extensive and Useful Essay Plans for the Thematic Questions. Although content revision (taken from various textbooks) can be very useful, I decided to write ‘skeletal’ and memorable essay plans for many possible questions that could come up for the thematic side of the exam (two 25-mark essays). The Essay Plans have been written for 32 ‘made-up’ possible questions (questions that have not yet come up in an exam paper, but have come up in textbooks written for this course). Nature of Government: 14 questions, Economy and Society: 12 questions and Wars: 6 questions . The Plans have been designed so that when you enter into the exam, you already know how to tackle the question: Introduction (establish criteria and set out three to four themes); Theme Paragraphs (what is the sub-theme and then synthesis across the period followed by interim judgement) and finally coming to an overall judgement at the end by bringing together your themes, factors and criteria. Hopefully these exam plans will be very useful for active revision, but should you have any questions regarding this resource or the course in general, please do not hesitate to email alevelrevisionmadeeasy@gmail.com. If you do like this resource, a review would also be greatly appreciated.

John Keats Poetry Highly Detailed Analysis for A-Level Edexcel English Literature (41 pages) Poems included (as on the Edexcel Specification for Romantic Poetry): ‘Ode on a Grecian Urn’ ‘Ode to a Nightingale’ ‘Ode on Melancholy’ ‘Sonnet on the Sea’ Each poem has a thorough and orderly analysis of form, structure, metre, language, techniques, symbols, key lines, themes and, the best part, a critics section. I read numerous lecture notes on each of the poems and collated the best analysis from each in order to include information that will hopefully set you apart from other students. There is an overlap with the Keats Specific option for the A Level Edexcel English Literature Course. All of the above poems are also covered in this course. This resource includes an editable Word Document and a sharable PDF document. Interesting videos and documentaries have also been included as they informed the notes. Thank you for your interest in this resource. Any questions regarding this resource or the course are welcomed to be sent to alevelrevisionmadeeasy@gmail.com

Civil Rights in the USA : Trade Unions Revision Notes 57 pages / 16,000 words of content for Trade Unions in the USA. Revision Notes broken up into themes and sub-themes for ease. For example: Topic: The Position of the Trade Unions and Organised Labour To what extend did the position of unions change in the period 1865-1992? Subtopic: The Position of unions and labour at the beginning and end of the Period • Issues around the position of union and labour rights o Right for unions to exist o Recognition of unions o Involvement of unions in negotiations overpay and working conditions o Establishment of systems for mediation o Freedom of workers to withdraw their labour without fear of punishment • Progress not continuous The sources used to create this resource include the following: OCR Textbooks and Revision Guide for this unit America’s Women (Gail Collins) Massolit Lecture Videos (Subscription required) America’s Dream (Garson) Included in this resource is a PDF editable copy as well as an editable Word Document. Furthermore, an incredibly helpful Youtube Resource on the Trade Unions, which informed the resource, has also been included. Thank you very much for your interest in this resource. Any further questions please email alevelrevisionmadeeasy@gmail.com

Russia and its Rulers 1855-1964 A-Level History Revision Notes 50 Slides of Thematic Revision Material targeting the following themes: Nature of Government Impact of dictatorial regimes on the Economy and Society Impact of War and Revolution on the development of the Russian Empire and the USSR Impact on the Minorities and Satellite States Rulers include: Alexander II, Alexander III, Nicholas II, Lenin, Stalin and Khrushchev. Each Revision Slide in targeting the element of synthesis, which is vital to achieve the top grades in the A-Level Russia History Exam. For example, if you received a question on ‘Opposition to government’, the revision notes have been structured to explore the themes in relation to the methods used by government in order to prevent opposition: Police, Army, Censorship and Propaganda. In addition, the revision notes have an element of synthesis as they explore each ruler of the period. The material used to write these revision notes have come from the following sources: Russia and its Rulers 1855-1964 A-Level OCR Textbooks and Revision Guide Orlando Figes’ Useful Website ‘Revolutionary Russia’ (Subscription Required) Soviet Union Primary Source Material Robert Service’s Books : ‘The Last of the Tsars’, ‘Lenin’ and ‘Stalin’ Orlando Figes’ ‘A People’s Tragedy’ Simon Sebag Montefiore’s ‘Romanovs’ and ‘Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar’ William Taubman’s ‘Khrushchev: The Man and his Era’ Russia and its Rulers Lecture Series on Massolit (Subscription Required) John Laver ‘Personalities and Powers’ (Stalin, Lenin and Trotsky) BBC Russia and its Rulers Documentary Series Thank you very much for your interest in this source. Any queries over the source, or course in general, please do not hesitate to email me at alevelrevisionmadeeasy@gmail.com

La Haine French A-Level Extensive Revision Notes. Aiming for the highest grades? This resource is most definitely for you! Highly extensively researched and detailed notes to ensure optimum knowledge for essay writing (targeting the literature paper). Included in this huge La Haine study bundle: Q&A notes with Mathieu Kassovitz on his film (BBC interview). This is very useful as you will gain a better understanding of the context / motivation for producing regarding the film. The Youtube Interview link is also included as well as the video. La Haine highly detailed revision notes in both PDF and Word document format. 27 pages of highly detailed scene, character, theme and context analysis. This resource has been put together using multiple different sources to achieve optimum detail. Easy bullet point format. Key Quotation analysis. The best quotes of the film broken down and analysed for in-depth understanding. Key Vocabulary sheets to learn some of the challenging vocabulary of the film (notably ‘verlan’). La Haine Workbook Questions and Answers in both PDF and Word document format. 50 pages of detailed questions with the answers in red below. Please feel free to write your own answers to questions and just use my answers as a rough guide. Highly useful resource for getting to grisps with the film and the different scenes. La Haine Lecture Notes. Taken from two lectures carried out in 2021 by professors from the University of Cambridge and the University of Bristol. Highly detailed, interesting and unique notes. Specific focus on the context of the film. La Haine scene-by-scene analysis. A detailed analysis of every single scene in the film. This is a highly extensive and easy to digest resource. I hope that you find this La Haine Revision Pack very helpful. Should you have any questions regarding this resource, or the film in general, please do not hesitate to email alevelrevisionmadeeasy@gmail.com.

The Handmaid’s Tale and Frankenstein Comparison Tables / Essay Plans. Do you find comparing the two texts (Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale and Shelley’s Frankenstein) rather challenging? Are you in need of some pre-written essay plans where the challenging comparison has already been done for you? Do you struggle finding the correct quotes and context? Do you struggle with language analysis? Do you find breaking your essay up into an introduction, three comparative themes and a conclusion rather hard? Then, this extensive and highly detailed resource is just for you! 54-pages of detailed essay plans ranging from looking at science in both essays to power and control to fear to isolation to ambition to knowledge to men and masculinity and many many more… Please see the preview for an example, but language, context, structure and critical analysis are all covered in EVERY SINGLE plan. Quotes have been put in bold with the correct page numbers, so that you can easily find the quotes in the text (The Handmaid’s Tale - Vintage Classics Edition and Frankenstein - Wordsworth Classics Edition). Thank you very much for your interest in this resource. Should you require any more information concerning this resource, or the course in general, please do not hesitate to email alevelrevisionmadeeasy@gmail.com

Highly effective summary tables of all the most important information from the revision notes for every single poem for all five poets (the comprehensive poet specific notes are also sold in the shop). Poems included (as on the Edexcel Specification for Romantic Poetry): KEATS ‘Ode on a Grecian Urn’ ‘Ode to a Nightingale’ ‘Ode on Melancholy’ ‘Sonnet on the Sea’ SHELLEY ‘Ode to the West Wind’ ‘The Question’ ‘The cold earth slept below’ ‘Stanzas Written in Dejection near Naples’ BLAKE ‘London’ ‘The Tyger’ ‘Holy Thursday: Songs of Innocence’ ‘Holy Thursday: Songs of Experience’ ‘The Sick Rose’ WORDSWORTH ‘Tintern Abbey’ ‘Lines Written in Early Spring’ ‘Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood’ BYRON ‘So, We’ll Go no more a Roving’ ‘On This Day I Complete My Thirty-Sixth Year’ ‘Lines Inscribed Upon a Cup Formed from a Skull’ Each poem has a thorough and orderly analysis of form, structure, metre, language, techniques, symbols, key lines, themes and, the best part, a critics section. I read numerous lecture notes on each of the poems and collated the best analysis from each in order to include information that will hopefully set you apart from other students. This resource includes an editable Word Document and a sharable PDF document. Interesting videos and documentaries have also been included as they informed the notes. Furthermore, there is an example of an A* essay that achieved full marks at A-Level and a Poetry Anthology of every poem for students to easily write on and annotate (lots of space around the poem). Thank you for your interest in this resource. Any questions regarding this resource or the course are welcomed to be sent to alevelrevisionmadeeasy@gmail.com

Percy Bysshe Shelley Poetry Highly Detailed Analysis for A-Level Edexcel English Literature (34 pages) Poems included (as on the Edexcel Specification for Romantic Poetry): ‘The cold earth slept below’ ‘Stanzas Written in Dejection, near Naples’ ‘Ode to the West Wind’ ‘The Question’ Each poem has a thorough and orderly analysis of form, structure, metre, language, techniques, symbols, key lines, themes and, the best part, a critics section. I read numerous lecture notes on each of the poems and collated the best analysis from each in order to include information that will hopefully set you apart from other students. This resource includes an editable Word Document and a sharable PDF document. Interesting videos and documentaries have also been included as they informed the notes. Thank you for your interest in this resource. Any questions regarding this resource or the course are welcomed to be sent to alevelrevisionmadeeasy@gmail.com

Super easy overview of ‘Frankenstein’ and ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ for A-Level English Literature Prose Study. Included are the page numbers to help you with your study. Frankenstein - Wordsworth Classics. The Handmaid’s Tale - Vintage Classics. Thank you for your interest in this resource.

Included in this bundle are the past exams and examiners reports for Russia and its Rulers 1855-1964. Included also is the specification extended document (includes not only indicative content, but extended content). All of the material comes from the OCR Exam Board.

Russia and its Rulers 1855-1964 Useful Learners Booklets for ALL Themes . All credit to these booklets is attributed to Groby Community College. I found the PDF versions of these booklets online and found them incredibly useful when studying for this course.