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Note from critical essays concerning Crabbe's 'Peter Grimes' and Wilde's 'The Ballad of Reading Gaol'. They will help to further your understanding of the text.

These are in-depth character profiles of each character in 'King Lear'. For the major characters (Lear, Goneril, Regan, Cordelia, Gloucester, Edgar, Edmund and Kent), there major actions in each act are outlined, along with a consideration of the staging, their place on the wheel of fortune, and how they relate to Lear. It also includes the key quotes for each character and which scene the quote can be found in. The minor characters (Albany, Cornwall, Oswald, the Fool, France and Servant 1) ar...

These are notes taken from critical essays about King Lear. They include lots of interesting points which may help to spice up your essay in an exam or just deepen your understanding of the play.

This guide summaries each scene into a couple of sentences which outline the main events. It is colour coded so it is easy to see which characters are present in which scene.

These notes cover the major themes in Shakespeare's 'King Lear'. Themes covered are: order and chaos, tragic heroism, villains, love and loyalty, suffering and death, violence, fate and freewill, truth and language, poverty and sovereign power, Christianity, sight, perception and blindness, madness and betrayal. They are a collection of notes from online research, critical reading and class discussion.

These notes are an overview of the tragedy genre in Literature. They cover classic/epic tragedies and modern/domestic tragedies, the views on tragedy from philosophers (Aristotle, Hagel, Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Camus, Girard) as well as notes on Shakespearean and American tragedy.

IN-DEPTH DEATH OF A SALESMAN NOTES USING PEEL/PETER structure to hit all the AO’s. TALKS ABOUT WILLY LOMAN AS A TRAGIC HERO AND HOW THE KNIGHT IN LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI IS ALSO A TRAGIC HERO (Cross referencing). HAS CONTEXTUAL LINKS FOR DOASM. These notes are fantastic for key quote analysis that includes reader, alternative explanations, PQD and even contextual links. Everything you need to revise for your exams. The way I set it out has always helped me achieve very high grades in English ...

This document includes quotes from the play as a whole, as well as quotes from critics, productions of the play and other relevant plays, in a form that ensures they can easily be turned into revision flash-cards.

This A-Level English Language AQA Essay covers the Social Groups/Sociolects topic of the course, and achieved an A*. The essay title is: 'Evaluate the idea that social influences on language always limit the effectiveness of communication'. This is perfect for Year 12 and 13 students currently studying AQA A-Level English Language.

This A-Level English Language AQA Essay covers the Language and Power topic of the course, and achieved an A*. The essay title is: 'Evaluate the idea that powerful people use powerful language'. This is perfect for Year 12 and 13 students currently studying AQA A-Level English Language.