A* / near full mark essay for English literature comparing ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ (Williams) and ‘The Duchess of Malfi’ (Webster). On men and women/gender power struggles which is a central theme needed for any essay for Eduqas/WJEC! Can also be used for AQA/OCR/Edexcel/CCEA/CIE.

A* concise summary mind map of different cultural/literary criticism theories such as postmodernism/new historicism/queer theory etc. Useful for an easy grasp of new theories other than just Marxism/feminism for A-level English literature (Eduqas/WJEC/AQA/OCR/Edexcel/CIE/CCEA)

3 A* in-depth mindmaps comprising quotes, critics, and context, all independent research. For university, A-level, GCSE students, and teaching resources. Quotes are grouped by themes: religion, madness, revenge, language, mortality, and the supernatural. Context is grouped into: Hellenistic philosophy, the ghost, Calvinism, Reformation Protestantism vs Catholicism, and genres. Critics are specific to Hamlet and Elizabethan drama. For OCR/AQA/WJEC/CIE/CCEA/Edexcel. I’m also selling the same format resources for many other texts on my page!

Concise mind map of literary, familial, social context (19th century Victorian era) for A-level English literature Eduqas WJEC. Can also be used for AQA/Edexcel/CIE/OCR/GCSE.

3 A* in-depth mindmaps comprising quotes, critics, and context, all by independent research. For university, A-level, GCSE students and teaching resources. Quotes are grouped by themes: independence, omissions, marginalisation, religion, love, narrative voice, and gender. Context is grouped into: Victorian readership, publication, politics, religion, praise, and gender. Critics are both contemporary Victorian and modern! For AQA/CIE/Edexcel/Eduqas/WJEC/CCEA. I’m also selling the same format resources for many other texts on my page!

Essay plan on John Webster’s The Duchess of Malfi which discusses the figure of the malcontent. It answers the question: ’Every time I create an appointment, I create a hundred malcontents and one ingrate’ (Louis XIV). Discuss the early modern phenomenon of the ‘malcontent’ with regard to any work(s) you have studied on this module. The plan deals primarily with the character of Bosola. It argues that he plays a role in exposing the corruption of the Amalfi court within the play, using wider historical context of the Jacobean period. Written by a finalist at Durham University. Excellent resource for A-level and university students.

Concise but detailed 10-poem bundle. Analysis by an A* student! including language and structure, literary terminology, context behind poems, alternative interpretations, critical quotations and themes/groupings of poems. For WJEC Eduqas A-level English Literature but can be used for any exam board. Includes: Mametz Wood, The Farrier, Drinking with Hitler, The Fishmonger, The Wake, Valentine, Night Windows, Joseph Jones, Inheritance, and Hedge School.

A* bundle of 5 essays for the AS family topic of AQA sociology a-level. 2 20/20 childhood essays, 3 18/20 division of labour/power, theories, explanations for increasing divorce. Can also be used for OCR/CIE/CCEA/WJEC/Eduqas/Edexcel.

A* Odyssey character list A 10-character list of all the characters in Homer’s Odyssey. Includes genealogy, characteristics, transformations, adventures, treatment by authors, and places appeared in literature. A great quick, easily memorisable overview by an A* student. Perfect for GCSE/A-level/university classics or English literature students.

Concise but detailed 6-poem bundle. Analysis by an A* student! including language and structure, literary terminology, context behind poems, alternative interpretations, critical quotations and themes/groupings of poems. For WJEC Eduqas A-level English Literature but can be used for any exam board. Includes: An Afterwards, A Drink of Water, The Strand at Lough Beg, A Postcard from North Antrim, A Dream of Jealousy, The Skunk.

A plan for the question ‘How do Victorian writers envisage the relationship between childhood experience and adult authority?’, exploring the genre of the bildungsroman in Charles Dickens’ novelGreat Expectations. A Durham first-class university (BA English Literature) level plan, but can also be used for A-level English and GCSE.

This essay was written by a second-year undergraduate at Durham University. It answers the question: Gaveston: What greater bliss can hap to Gaveston Than live and be the favourite of a king? Sweet prince, I come. These, these thy amorous lines Might have enforced me to have swum from France, And, like Leander, gasped upon the sand, So thou wouldst smile and take me in thy arms. (Christopher Marlowe, Edward II, 1.1.1-9) Taking this passage as a starting-point, write an essay on the phenomenon of the ‘court favourite’ in Renaissance literature. It looks at the ‘court favourite’ figure in Marlowe’s play, Edward II, as well as other contemporary Renaissance literature, mythology, religion, and homosocial bonds within the early modern court. Can be used for university and A-level examples.

This essay plan was created by a second-year English Literature undergraduate at Durham University. It looks at the question: ’Four Quartets is especially concerned with the problem of what it might be to know something. It has its roots in Eliot’s earliest philosophical interests as well as in his Christian conviction and his reading in mysticism’ (Martin Dodsworth). Discuss the presence of philosophical thought AND/OR religious mysticism in Eliot’s later poetry (after 1922). This analyses Eliot’s own Christian beliefs, the mysticism within his writing, and anxiety within his poems. Poems discussed are ‘Animula’ (from the Ariel collection), Marina, Ash Wednesday, Four Quartets, with mention of The Waste Land and Prufrock.

Essay on Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula and Christina Rossetti’s poem ‘Goblin Market’ on the theme of temptation and desire. It answers the question: ‘Come buy, come buy.’ (Christina Rossetti, Goblin Market). In the light of this quotation, analyse the presentation of desire AND/OR temptation in Victorian literature. The essay breaks down two types of desire: economic desire and greed, and sexual temptation. It discusses religious influences on both works in terms of Anglican Tractarian values, and Judaism, and the portrayal of anti-Semitism in Dracula. It also compares Dracula with the earlier novella by Sheridan Le Fanu, ‘Carmilla’. Themes of lesbianism and homosexuality, the Victorian ghost story, Gothic literature, and more, are analysed. Also includes feedback and comments from another literature student. Excellent resource for university and A-level students. Written by a second-year undergraduate at Durham University.

This essay plan compares Shakespeare’s history play, Richard ii, with Edward Marlowe’s play, Edward ii, in the context of Elizabethan/Jacobean England. It answers the question: Examine any work(s) by Shakespeare in dialogue with any other suitable work(s) of the Elizabethan or Jacobean period. The plan primarily dissects monarchic power and instability, religion, and deposition, comparing the similarities between both plays. Written by a second-year undergraduate at Durham University.

A3/A4 summaries for the OCR A2 environmental psychology applied/options section. Useful also for AS and core studies revision for AQA/Edexcel/WJEC Great for students’ revision/lesson plans for quickly going over studies! Involves: 3 background studies, main study, practical applications for biological/social/cognitive. Includes Black and Black, Czeisler, Lord, Drews and Doig, Ulrich, Wells.

A-level A2 notes on the topic of crime for AQA but can be used for any OCR/Eduqas/Edexcel/WJEC spec. Includes: ethnicity, gender, class, and corporate crime. Great as a summary before exams!

A3/A4 template for the OCR A2 criminal psychology applied/options section. Useful also for AS and core studies revision for AQA/Edexcel/WJEC Great for students’ revision/lesson plans for making summaries of studies! Involves: 3 background studies’ spaces, main study, practical applications

A* In depth, concise revision mindmaps on the AS/year 1 content of A-level sociology for the 7192 AQA topics in sociology (family). Includes theories (Marxism, feminism, postmodernism, new right, personal life perspective, functionalism), childhood, couples, demography, family patterns, social policy.