The shop is full of high level resources targeting top grades in English Literature, History and French. Resources have been thoroughly researched and put together by a current undergraduate at the University of Oxford in order to contain optimum detail and apprehension. Revision can be challenging to say the least, but these resources have been designed to make it enjoyable and as 'easy' as possible.
The shop is full of high level resources targeting top grades in English Literature, History and French. Resources have been thoroughly researched and put together by a current undergraduate at the University of Oxford in order to contain optimum detail and apprehension. Revision can be challenging to say the least, but these resources have been designed to make it enjoyable and as 'easy' as possible.
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):
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
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
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.
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
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
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.
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
Lord (George) Byron Poetry Highly Detailed Analysis for A-Level Edexcel English Literature (22 pages)
Poems included (as on the Edexcel Specification for Romantic Poetry):
‘Lines Inscribed Upon a Cup Formed from a Skull’
‘So We’ll Go No More a Roving’
‘On this Day I Complete my Thirty-Sixth Year’
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
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 nail essay writing and planning. Pleased to say that this essay received full marks from an Edexcel A-Level Examiner, thus it could be used as an ‘exemplar’ (added elements from critics and websites included that can easily be cut if needed).
Iago:
Explore the ways in which Shakespeare presents Iago in Othello. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical reading.
Introduction, Master-Puppeteer and Manipulation; Motivations for Envy / Racist; Misogynist and Comedian.
Although tailored to the Edexcel course, this resource is great for the AQA, OCR and WJEC courses as well.
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
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 nail essay writing and planning. Pleased to say that this essay received full marks from an Edexcel A-Level Examiner, thus it could be used as an ‘exemplar’ (added elements from critics and websites included that can easily be cut if needed).
Cassio:
Explore the ways in which Shakespeare presents Cassio in Othello. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical reading.
Introduction, Foil to Othello and Iago; Dramatic Function; Thematic Function and Restorer of Order and Morality.
Although tailored to the Edexcel course, this resource is great for the AQA, OCR and WJEC courses as well.
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
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
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 nail essay writing and planning. Pleased to say that this essay received full marks from an Edexcel A-Level Examiner, thus it could be used as an ‘exemplar’.
Deception and Manipulation:
‘Cunning manipulation and deception is key to the tragedy in Othello’. In the light of this statement, explore Shakespeare’s presentation of duplicitous scheming and plotting in Othello. In your answer, you must consider relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical reading.
Included: Introduction, Iago the Deceiver, Victims of Deception and Deceptive Women.
Although tailored to the Edexcel course, this resource is great for the AQA, OCR and WJEC courses as well.
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
The Handmaid’s Tale Detailed Notes for A-Level English Literature Revision. This notes could be used in conjunction with a comparative text or for preparation if writing a piece of coursework.
33 Pages of thorough notes in total looking at themes, characters, context, critics, language, form and structure in the utmost detail.
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 nail essay writing and planning. Pleased to say that this essay received full marks from an Edexcel A-Level Examiner, thus it could be used as an ‘exemplar’ (added elements from critics and websites included that can easily be cut if needed).
Desdemona:
Explore the ways in which Shakespeare presents Desdemona in Othello. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical reading.
Introduction, Chasteness, Rebellious Nature, Loyal Devotion and True Victim.
Although tailored to the Edexcel course, this resource is great for the AQA, OCR and WJEC courses as well.
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
Doctor Faustus In-Depth Language Analysis!!!
Breaks the play down into** acts and scenes. **
Highlights the most important quotes within each act and each scene.
Table Structure:
1.Quote / Theme (what theme does it fit into) / Language Analysis
2.Language and Structural Techniques linking to AO2 (writer’s craft). Furthermore, contextual links are also made in order to fulfill AO3.
Included in this resource is a very helpful video that informed my notes.
Thank you very much for your interest in this resource.
Should you require any further information either about this resource or the course, please do not hesitate to email me at alevelrevisionmadeeasy@gmail.com
A-Level Doctor Faustus (A-Text) Revision Pack for English Literature.
All you need to get an A* in the Drama Paper for Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus. Designed my a student who achieved full marks in this paper 2022.
Included:
In-depth and Critical Act and Scene Analysis (78 pages in total and covered the entire play THOROUGHLY);
AOs Revision Guide (Language);
Critical Interpretation Revision Guide;
Critical Interpretations Powerpoint;
Faustus extra reading (very important if you are aiming for the high grades);
Exemplar A* Response;
Themes Analysis;
Cambridge University A* Analysis Revision Guide;
Fantastic article on Black Magic, Black Humour and the Comic Mask in Faustus;
Course Hero Doctor Faustus Guide (Over 40 pages worth looking at symbols and meanings - although NOT produced by myself, a very useless resource).
Included are also some helpful videos to really get to grips with the play.
I thoroughly enjoyed studying ‘Doctor Faustus’, so please do send me an email at alevelrevisionmadeeasy@gmail.com if you have any questions.
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 nail the A02 ‘Writer’s Craft’ or Language element of the paper.
A 27-page document with detailed analysis of the most important scenes of the play. Starts off with a skeletal overview of all of the scenes before going into great detail of the most important scenes that you should have knowledge of before going into the exam.
Although tailored to the Edexcel course, this resource is great for the AQA, OCR and WJEC courses as well.
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
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.