Macbeth’s predilection for decisive physical action as evidenced by the admiring reports of the returning Captain in Act One Scene Three is systematically undermined by the contaminating effects of the… Read More »GCSE Macbeth English Literature Notes: ‘Fog and Filthy Air.’ Macbeth’s lack of moral clarity.
Think about the purpose of this theatrical ‘stagey’ document. The note left for Utterson is signed by the ‘unhappy’ and ‘unworthy’ companion and ‘friend’ Henry Jekyll, so we are positioned… Read More »Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: Henry Jekyll’s Full Statement of the Case( Notes) GCSE English literature Bolton
1) ‘What are these, so withered ..live you?’ Banquo’s direct questions to the witches, first as objects and then as supernatural creatures, contrasts his character with Macbeth’s furtive behaviour and also… Read More »Banquo’s Character in Macbeth: Short Notes with Quotations Bolton English Tuition
Macbeth Act Five, Scene Three. Enter MACBETH, Doctor, and Attendants MACBETH Bring me no more reports; let them fly all: Till Birnam wood remove to Dunsinane, I cannot taint with… Read More »Macbeth Act Five Scene Three: Analysis and discussion GCSE English Literature Tuition Bolton Manchester.
Macbeth Act Three Scene One (Early Stages): Triangulation and Knowing in conversation. Look how the dynamics of this opening scene change increasing dramatic tension as the audience wonder about the… Read More »GCSE Macbeth Act Three Scene One ( Early Stages): Triangulation and Knowledge in Conversation Analysis.
Dickens’ Great Expectations ( Chapter 8 Analysis and Questions for GCSE ) To this, she returned: “Don’t be ridiculous, boy; I am not going in.” And scornfully walked away, and—what… Read More »GCSE Great Expectations: Chapter 8 Analysis and Questions( English tuition Bolton)
Lord of the Flies: Chapter Twelve -Cry of the Hunters. Consider your responses to the following: ‘Ralph lay in a covert, wondering about his wounds….How could you listen for naked… Read More »Lord of the Flies: Chapter 12 Analysis Cry of the Hunters (GCSE Analysis of Golding’s novel).
Banquo’s importance in the play is dependent upon his encounter with the witches, which he shares with Macbeth. The contrast between Macbeth’s ‘rapt’ reaction to the witches’ promises of promotion… Read More »Macbeth: Banquo’s Character and importance Analysis( GCSE English Tuition Bolton, Manchester)
The office was closed in a twinkling, and the clerk, with the long ends of his white comforter dangling below his waist (for he boasted no great-coat), went down a… Read More »Marley’s First Appearance in A Christmas Carol (Stave One) Dickens: Ideas and Worksheet( GCSE English Literature Tuition Bolton).
Think about these questions and considerations as you build an answer to the comparison question. Who is speaking in each poem and where are they speaking from? Look at the use… Read More »GCSE English Literature Poetry Comparison TIPS!
Macbeth: Act One-Analysis and discussion. ‘Fair is foul, and foul is fair..’ The contaminating motivation of the witches is succinctly captured in this subversive paradox. Here, the evident pleasure of… Read More »Macbeth: Act One Analysis and Discussion GCSE English Tuition Bolton
The presentation of Mr Edward Hyde. Think of a list of words or phrases that evoke the character of Edward Hyde. Remember that ‘Hyde’ is not real. He is a… Read More »GCSE English Literature Revision: Mr Hyde’s Character in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: The Story of the Door. The opening chapter is challenging for readers because it seems densely delivered and even awkward in its initial, contradictory characterisation… Read More »Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: Chapter One The Story of the Door( Analysis)
In A Christmas Carol (1843) Dickens employs Ebenezer Scrooge’s supernatural visitors as the catalysts for Scrooge ’s spiritual metamorphosis. Scrooge’s personal wealth and callous disrespect for the lower classes highlight… Read More »A Christmas Carol by Dickens: GCSE English Tuition Bolton Manchester Bury
After the heatwave, here’s a reminder of the sun’s implacable power. Notice the askew positioning of ‘one day’ at the end of the first line. How cunningly effective this invitation… Read More »GCSE English Reading Aloud: Little Dorrit by Dickens. ( Bolton Manchester Private English Tuition)
Comparing Texts. Compare how Boat Stealing and Darling Thrush present a spiritual experience. Introduction. Identify a common theme using the title. Indicate how the idea of spirituality can be… Read More »English GCSE Tuition Bolton Comparing Poems.
Here’s my analysis of the murder of Sir Carew Danvers in Robert Louis Stevensons’s Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde– much debated ( and contested) with my GCSE English students! Nearly… Read More »Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde : The Carew Murder Case analysis of Extract-GCSE English Tuition Bolton Manchester
Sometimes students worry about attaining depth in their creative and analytical writing. They feel their understanding of character, in particular, may remain quite conventional or superficial and that this undermines… Read More »Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde GCSE Analysis SECRETS-” I am naturally helpless.” (English Tuition Bolton)
