A high-level comparative essay plan for Margaret Atwood’s ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ and Marjane Satrapi’s ‘Persepolis’. This was planned for an IB higher-level essay (exam practice) answering: ‘In what ways do two literary works act as a voice for the oppressed?’, but could also be used for A level comparative essay preparation. This resource will help you if: You study ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’, ‘Persepolis’ or both, and would like to write high-grade essays on the themes of oppression and voice You are an IB, AS or A level student who would like to see an excellent comparative essay plan You would like to understand or revise these author’s intentions, historical context and symbolism in these two texts. Ideas are presented separately for each text with some comparative comments to close. We hope this helps :)

Major essay points for all themes in Priestley’s An Inspector Calls with context. Three essay points per theme creates An Inspector Calls essay plans for each theme most likely to come up in your exams. This resource suits anyone who: would like to feel prepared for any theme question that could come up in their exams (all exam boards considered) is unsure how they would make three points out of a harder theme question (e.g. time or masculinity) wants to feel confident discussing all characters is looking to double check their notes or read through some essay content ideas before a mock or exam struggles to integrate context into their essays and would like know how to effectively talk about Priestley to achieve the highest marks. We hope this helps! :)

This resource provides top-grade essay ideas for exam questions about Shakepeare’s ‘Macbeth’. Revising ‘Macbeth’ themes is made simple, with three points on each theme (11 themes total) that are designed to make three high-level paragraphs for your Macbeth essays. This resource suits anyone who: would like to feel prepared for any theme question that could come up in their exams (all exam boards considered) is unsure how they would make three points out of a harder theme question (e.g. kingship or masculinity) wants to feel confident discussing characters other than Macbeth or Lady Macbeth is looking to double check their notes or read through some essay content ideas before a mock or exam struggles to integrate context into their essays and would like some Jacobean context ideas. We hope this helps! :)

Complete context revision notes for Robert Louis Stevenson’s ‘The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’ (Jekyll and Hyde). This resource will help you if: you are a GCSE or IB student studying Jekyll and Hyde as a set text in English Literature (either for coursework or an exam) you are looking to understand and memorise some key historical context points (we cover over 10 in this resource!) to use in your essays you would like to know more about the Victorian era in order to better understand Stevenson’s novella you are studying Gothic Literature your class notes are insufficient to help you reach your desired grade and you’d like to read complete notes written by our expert English tutors. We hope this helps!

A concise revision resource detailing the historical, literary and authorial context of George Orwell’s ‘1984’. Suitable for A Level and IB students looking to further their understanding of the this dystopian text in preparation for coursework essays or exams. We hope this helps!

Complete context revision notes for Tennessee Williams’ ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’, suitable for A Level and IB students looking to achieve the highest grades.

Complete context revision notes for Henrik Ibsen’s ‘A Doll’s House’, suitable for high-level A level and IB revision.

Detailed but concise context notes for Margaret Atwood’s ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ appropriate for A-level, IB and GCSE English Literature. This revision resource is perfect for you if: you are studying ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ and are required to know some of the historical, literary and authorial context of the text you are writing a coursework piece on ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’, by itself or compared to another text, or you have exam essays to complete on the text you are looking to achieve a high grade in Literature but do not feel you know enough about the context of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ and Margaret Atwood to add to your essays your class notes are insufficient or incomplete your mocks, exams or coursework deadlines are imminent and you need to quickly and effectively absorb some bullet-pointed contextual information (we’ve all been there!) We hope this helps! If it does - we’d love you to leave a quick review or comment, as it helps us reach more students like yourself :)

Major essay points for all themes in Steinbeck’s ‘Of Mice and Men’ with context. Three essay points per theme creates ‘Of Mice and Men’ essay plans for each theme most likely to come up in your exams. This resource suits anyone who: would like to feel prepared for any theme question that could come up in their exams (all exam boards considered) is unsure how they would make three points out of a harder theme question (e.g. masculinity) wants to feel confident discussing all characters is looking to double check their notes or read through some essay content ideas before a mock or exam struggles to integrate context into their essays and would like know how to effectively talk about 1930s America to achieve the highest marks. We hope this helps! :)

This resource provides top-grade essay ideas for exam questions about Shakepeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’. Revising ‘Romeo and Juliet’ themes is made simple, with three points on each theme (11 themes total) that are designed to make three high-level paragraphs for your Romeo and Juliet essays. This resource suits anyone who: would like to feel prepared for any theme question that could come up in their exams (all exam boards considered) is unsure how they would make three points out of a harder theme question (e.g. time or youth) wants to feel confident discussing all characters is looking to double check their notes or read through some essay content ideas before a mock or exam struggles to integrate context into their essays and would like some comprehensive context ideas. We hope this helps! :)

Detailed but concise context notes for Mary Shelley’s 'Frankenstein’ appropriate for A-level, IB and GCSE English Literature. This revision resource is perfect for you if: you are studying ‘Frankenstein’ and are required to know some of the historical, literary and authorial context of the text you are writing a coursework piece on ‘Frankenstein’, by itself or compared to another text, or you have exam essays to complete on the text you are looking to achieve a high grade in Literature but do not feel you know enough about the context of ‘Frankenstein’ and Mary Shelley to add to your essays your class notes are insufficient or incomplete your mocks, exams or coursework deadlines are imminent and you need to quickly and effectively absorb some bullet-pointed contextual information (we’ve all been there!) We hope this helps! If it does - we’d love you to leave a quick review or comment, as it helps us reach more students like yourself :)

Detailed but concise context notes for F. Scott Fitzgerald’s ‘The Great Gatsby’ appropriate for A-level, IB and GCSE English Literature. This revision resource is perfect for you if: you are studying ‘The Great Gatsby’ and are required to know some of the historical, literary and authorial context of the text you are writing a coursework piece on ‘The Great Gatsby’, by itself or compared to another text, or you have exam essays to complete on the text you are looking to achieve a high grade in Literature but do not feel you know enough about the context of ‘The Great Gatsby’ to add to your essays your class notes are insufficient or incomplete your mocks, exams or coursework deadlines are imminent and you need to quickly and effectively absorb some bullet-pointed contextual information (we’ve all been there!) We hope this helps! If it does - we’d love you to leave a quick review or comment, as it helps us reach more students like yourself :)

This resource breaks down Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” main context points for your revision. This resource will help you if: you are examined on “A Christmas Carol” at GCSE level you want to better understand Victorian England and include contextual information in your “A Christmas Carol” essay responses you want to quickly and simply improve your Literature grades by understanding why Dickens made certain choices in this novella, as well as be able to write about its reception your class notes are incomplete and you want to ensure that you have all the contextual information you need to score highly in your mocks and exams. We hope this helps :)

A full high-grade response the question: ‘How is the theme of violence explored through Papa’s character in Purple Hibiscus?’ complete with examiners comments. This essay was written for a GCSE level Purple Hibiscus coursework, but as a high-level piece, many elements of this could be taken into an AS or A level essay, too. This resource is designed to help: students aged 14-18 who have exams or coursework essays to complete on ‘Purple Hibiscus’ those who are studying Chimamamanda Ngozi Adichie and her works those who want to revise the theme of violence in Purple Hibiscus those who want to know how to structure a high-grade essay teachers who want to provide an example of an impressive Purple Hibiscus essay. We hope this helps :)

Suitable for students and teachers, this Of Mice and Men revision pdf gives you everything you need to know about the context of Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men to write about it with confidence and nuance. This resource will help you if: you are studying Of Mice and Men at GCSE level (or below) you have upcoming Literature exams or mocks on Of Mice and Men your class notes on Of Mice and Men context are not detailed enough to help you secure the grade you’d like to achieve you want to know every relevant piece of context, all clearly and briefly summarised to suit short-term memory you are a teacher wanting to brush up your knowledge of Of Mice and Men context, or are looking for a comprehensive resource to share with your students. We hope this helps :)

Suitable for students and teachers, this resource covers all contextual information needed to achieve a top grade at GCSE in An Inspector Calls essays and exams. These An Inspector Calls context revision notes cover J.B. Priestley’s politics, the significance of the Titanic tragedy, poverty and class divisions in the early 1900s, the position of women and social reform and post-war attitudes and the importance of the 1945 General Election. This resource will help you if: you are studying An Inspector Calls at GCSE level and want score top grades through better exploring the historical context of the play you have an An Inspector Calls mock or exam coming up and you’d like to brush up your contextual knowledge by reading everything you need to know (we recommend doing this with a highlighter in hand) your An Inspector Calls class notes are unclear, sparse or written a while ago you are a teacher who wants to double check their Priestley and 1900s politics facts, or want to provide a clear, yet thorough, resource detailing the context information crucial to understanding the purpose of the play. We hope this helps :)

This The Handmaid’s Tale themes revision resource describes all major themes in the Atwood’s text (20 themes total) with examples of how to discuss these themes in literature essays. This resource will benefit you if: you are studying The Handmaid’s Tale at A Level, IB, or other specifications you need to quickly revise all theme content you have incomplete class notes you have an upcoming mock or exam and need some extra support you are studying dystopian literature (e.g. OCR English Literature spec) you have to write comparative theme essays about The Handmaid’s Tale (e.g. IB and OCR) We hope this helps!

Designed to help you revise the Robert Gray HSC poems: Journey, the North Coast Flames and Dangling Wire 24 Poems Description of a Walk Harbour Dusk Byron Bay: Winter This resource will help you if: you are studying for the HSC and want to improve your knowledge and your grades you need to revise the content of Robert Gray’s poetry you have an upcoming mock or exam on comparing Robert Gray’s poems you are studying Australian poetry you need a quick list of the best quotes in each of these poems (with techniques mentioned) We hope this helps! If you do find this resource beneficial, we would love it if you’d leave EduTrove a positive review :)

This revision resource explores all themes in Favel Parrett’s ‘Past the Shallows’, such as brotherhood, trauma and secrecy, and gives three ideas for essays on each theme. This resource will benefit you if: you are studying Australian Literature you are studying Past The Shallows in class but want more notes to learn from you have missed content in class and want to understand the text better you have upcoming essays and exams on Past The Shallows and are in need of support you want to improve your essay and exam grades on this text We hope this helps!

A detailed summary of all of the key context points for John Steinbeck’s ‘The Grapes of Wrath’. Suitable for AS/A Level and IB students, but may also help GCSE students studying Steinbeck’s work e.g. ‘Of Mice and Men’. This resource will help you if: you are studying American Literature you are looking to achieve a high grade in your Literature coursework and exams and must include contextual information your class notes are insufficient to help you revise ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ and the relevant context you are looking for concise notes so that you can quickly and efficiently memorise key influences on ‘The Grapes of Wrath’. We hope this helps! If you find this resource insightful, we would love it if you could leave a review so that more students like yourself can find us.