This resource explores the character of Gertrude in Shakespeare’s Hamlet, featuring key quotes from the play, critical quotes and references to productions. It was used for the A Level in English Literature (OCR) and the exam entry achieved an A*.

These brightly coloured and incredibly detailed notecards provide thorough summaries of every book in Homer’s ‘Odyssey’ (Rieu translation, Penguin Books). This will ensure that you will provide accurate contextual details for every passage you analyse (the OCR A Level in Classical Civilisation, for example, requires you to note the context of every passage). They may be printed, cut out, and stapled or tied together then used as revision cards… They are suitable for those at KS3, GCSE, AS or A Level, but were specifically designed with the OCR A Level in mind. If you would like to see this resource in more depth, I currently have several of the summaries available for free on my TES shop, and if you would like more information email alevelsuk@gmail.com

These notes include 21 pages (6000 words) of - -references and quotations from various performances of the play throughout the ages, with specific references to how the portrayal of certain characters and themes has changed over time (e.g. Gertrude/female sexuality) -key characters: Hamlet, Gertrude, Claudius, Ophelia, Polonius (with key quotes for each character and critical quotations) -key themes: political corruption, women, fatherhood and tradition, deception, delay and depression (with key quotes for each character and critical quotations) -references to other texts of the period If you would like to see an example of these notes, I have created a resource on Gertrude which can be downloaded for free. If you have any questions, feel free to email alevelsuk@gmail.com and if you do find these notes helpful please consider leaving a review.

This document compares key themes in The Great Gatsby and The Age of Innocence and provides quotes from the texts, critical quotations, contextual information and links to other texts. It was produced for the OCR English Lit A Level, for the module American Literature 1880-1940, but would work for many different schemes of work. The document is over 10,000 words and the themes I have focused on are: .The American Dream (striving + failure) .The City (attractions + vices) .Class and Society .Convention .Marriage and Family .Wealth/Money .Women For each theme, I have included key quotes from both texts, critical quotations, contextual information and links to other texts. In particular, for the other texts I have focused on Wharton’s, ‘The House of Mirth,’ (3+ pages on this text at the end of the document) but also discuss at least 10 texts, such as ‘This Side of Paradise’ ‘Manhattan Transfer’ ‘The Beautiful and Damned’ ‘Daisy Miller’ etc. I have added two pages on modernity and the ‘lost generation’ as these are central to Fitzgerald’s novel, and an 1890s timeline plus a recommended reading list. The document is in a note-style, which would make it very easy to use for revision and essay plans.