<p>This is a bank of 8 ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ Essays submitted as part of the Edexcel A Level English Literature course. All of them were marked and were either a high Level 4 or Level 5, which, when using the grade boundaries from last year, means that they are all an A* standard.<br /> This is useful to teachers, who are looking to share exemplar essays with their students. It’s also useful to students themselves who are looking to compare their work or improve. All the questions answered cover various themes and characters to ensure students are best prepared for the exam.<br /> This resource might be useful for a reverse essay planning exercise, where students have to generate an essay plan from a pre-written essay. It might also be good for students to self-assess, to identify what the Exam Board are looking for and where</p> <p>The questions answered are:</p> <p>‘Despite the excitement and clamour, the play essentially shows us the vulnerability of human beings.’<br /> In the light of this comment, explore Williams’ dramatic presentation of vulnerability in A Streetcar Named Desire. In your answer you must consider relevant contextual factors.</p> <p>‘Williams viewed the characters he created as ‘my little company of the faded and frightened, the difficult, the odd, the lonely’.<br /> In light of this statement, explore Williams’ presentation of key characters. In your answer you must consider relevant contextual factors.</p> <p>‘When a play employs unconventional techniques it is not, or certainly shouldn’t be, trying to escape its responsibility of dealing with reality.’<br /> In the light of this comment, explore Williams’ dramatic presentation of reality. In your answer you must consider relevant contextual factors.</p> <p>‘Elysian Fields is a world filled with violence, in which Blanche cannot survive.’<br /> In the light of this comment, explore Williams’ dramatic presentation of violence in ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’. In your answer you must consider relevant contextual factors.</p> <p>‘Mitch may be a weak character, but his treatment of Blanche is still disturbing and harmful.’<br /> In the light of this comment, explore Williams’ dramatic presentation of Mitch. In your answer you must consider relevant contextual factors.</p> <p>‘Blanche to Mitch: I don’t want you to think I am severe and old-maid school-teacherish or anything like that…I guess it is just that I have … old-fashioned ideals!’<br /> In light of this quotation, explore Williams’ presentation of characters’ attitudes to sex and sexuality. In your answer you must consider relevant contextual factors.</p> <p>‘A Streetcar Named Desire is a play concerned with the conflict between the old world and the new.’<br /> In light of this comment, explore Williams’ presentation of the conflict between Blanche and Stanley so far. In your answer you must consider relevant contextual factors.</p> <p>Evaluate Williams’ presentation of the setting and characters presented in the exposition of his play A Streetcar Named Desire. You should make links to relevant contextual factors.</p>

<p>AQA GCSE (9-1) English Literature Power and Conflict Poetry - <strong>5x Key Quotes</strong> from <strong>each poem</strong>, with <strong>colour coded themes</strong> that make it clear how to link the poems in the exam. A brilliant <strong>Knowledge Organiser</strong> that arranges all the quotes by poem and then enables them to be linked easily through theme - which is the best way to secure a top grade in the exam. Useful for supporting the learning of the anthology and supporting students in learning quotes - one of the toughest parts of the new specification for English Literature.</p> <p>Fulfils all 15 poems for the Power and Conflict anthology from the AQA GCSE English Literature Specification for teaching from 2015.</p> <p><em><strong>If you liked this resource, please leave a kind review.</strong></em></p>

<p>This is a 13-page GCSE (9-1) History revision guide for the Conflict and Tension: 1894 - 1918 (World War One) part of the AQA specification. It could of course be useful for the World War One part of other exam boards’ specifications.</p> <p>Useful to inform lessons, distribute at the start of the topic or use as flipped learning for students to read at home. Particularly useful in the final period before those tricky 9-1 exams!</p> <p>It covers every single point on the specification, and has small ‘key fact’ boxes for every major battle. It also contains useful glossaries for pupils to understand some of the features of wartime life.<br /> A bargain for just £2!</p> <p>If you buy and enjoy the resource, please leave a kind review. Why not check out my other resources by heading to my profile? There’s also free resources for GCSE English Literature.</p>