This essay explores the theme of uncertainty in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
Question: Explore how Shakespeare presents uncertainty in Hamlet. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical reading.
Word Count: 2134
This essay explores both the initial uncertainty that plagues Hamlet while he seeks proof of his uncle’s crime as well as Hamlet’s uncertainty of self. Indeed, Hamlet’s ‘need to know’ proves ironic as, even when the uncertainty surrounding the guilt of Claudius is removed, Hamlet’s fatal flaw of procrastination endures.
All quotations used from this play, as well as all critical quotations, are footnoted in the essay for ease of reference. (Page references refer to the Wordsworth Classics edition).
This essay will be useful for any student studying Hamlet as part of their KS5 curriculum.
This essay explores the theme of belonging in the novel Wide Sargasso Sea, written by Jean Rhys.
Question: ‘I know that house where I will be cold and not belonging.’ Discuss the idea of ‘belonging’ in Wide Sargasso Sea.
Word Count: 2199
The essay argues that, for the protagonist of Antoinette Cosway, belonging is an unattainable goal.
It explores her futile attempts to belong through various examples including:
Her relationship with her mother, Anette.
Her relationship with Tia.
Her relationship with her husband.
Throughout, the essay explores how her inability to belong is linked to her crisis of identity and the insoluble problems associated with hybridity as a Creole heroine. It explores her failed attempts to assimilate into her home community in the West Indies and into her husband’s society in Europe. Positioned between two cultural identities, this character is thereby coerced into playing the role of the outsider whose partial belonging to multiple locations results in complete and ubiquitous rejection everywhere.
All quotations used from the novel as well as all critical quotations are footnoted in this essay for ease of reference. (Page references refer to the Penguin Classics edition).
This essay will be useful for any student studying Wide Sargasso Sea as part of their KS5 curriculum or writing on it for their NEA. It would be especially useful for those students looking to engage with the ideas/themes of identity and differences.
A* History A-level notes (TUDORS).
This 10-page document covers the foreign policy of Henry VIII (1509-1547).
It includes all the information you need to be confident answering questions on Henry VIII’s foreign policy.
It is divided into successes and failures to encourage you to think analytically about the various events in Henry VIII’s foreign affairs.
It is also divided between early and late reign successes/failures as sometimes questions on Henry VIII’s foreign policy can cover the whole reign, while other times questions might be limited to the first or second ‘half’ of his reign.
AQA A-Level French
Paper 2: Writing
Section A: Books
Guy de Maupassant : Boule de Suif et autres contes de la guerre
This is a revision booklet for the written paper (paper 2) for French A-level on Guy de Maupassant’s Boule de Suif et autres contes de la guerre.
The document contains the following:
A key words and phrases list with translations into English.
Key sentences for the following stories from Maupassant’s collection: Boule de Suif, La Mère Sauvage and Deux Amis.
An exemplar/A* essay comparing La Mère Sauvage & Deux Amis:
Faire une comparaison entre les deux contes : La Mère Sauvage et Deux Amis
Full Marks (40/40) NEA Essay for History A-Level (AQA).
Question Title: To what extent did the impact of war facilitate the advancements of African Americans towards equality, in comparison to periods with a distinct lack of war between 1861-1975?
Full Mark Coursework Essay for the Non-Exam Assessment (NEA) component of the AQA English Literature A Level.
Question Title: It has been said that, in gothic texts, ‘the resolve and identity of female characters is often determined by the type of male tyranny inflicted upon them.’ In light of this view, compare and contrast the ways in which Angela Carter and Jane Austen present the imbalance of power between the sexes within The Bloody Chamber and Northanger Abbey.
A comparative critical study comparing Jane Austen’s novelNorthanger Abbey (pre-1900 text) with Angela Carter’s short story collection The Bloody Chamber.