Discussing water imagery in NLMG led to this rather messy attempt to trace the use of a motif that runs through the text. You should look closely at the text for the figurative uses of water, but I think I …
Category: AQA LitB
The Fiend-Like Queen and her descendants
I have written a quick stimulus for my Yr13 students studying Macbeth on the AQA LitB course. I am trying to establish links between aspects of the play and later Gothic writing. This essay focuses on Lady Macbeth and her …
Some thoughts on Witches and Macbeth
This is not a definitive article, but written to provoke comment and thought from my Year 13s working on the AQA LitB course - Elements of the Gothic. Witches in Macbeth: thoughts and ideas. If we are to recognise the …
Suggestions about approaching a “setting” essay.
USE OF SETTING ESSAYS: Many students seem to see use of setting essays as an excuse to write as much as they can about the plot of the novel, whilst opening each paragraph with a comment reflecting the location of …
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Finding the “fiend-like queen”.
As a response to an AQA Lit B A2 essay, here are some musings in the form of a give back discussion. These are not the last word, but, as with all I post, be seen as a stimulus for …
A study guide to The Awakening, Kate Chopin.
This guide has been prepared by 5 students in the final year of their IB Diploma programme at Slough Grammar School. I am more than happy to host it and hope that readers find it helpful. Please feel free to …
The Porter provides humour but he is far from funny…
Act II.iii of Macbeth is a source of discussion at all levels. To some the base humour of the scene and its jarring of tone suggest an interpolation; to others it is light relief to diffuse tension. To others it …
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Macbeth the “dead butcher”
A response to Malcolm's epithet - often used as a source for examination questions... When Malcolm refers to Macbeth as a “dead butcher” (V.ix.35), the point is clear: the events of the play have been created and undertaken by a …
Approaching the Gothic and Macbeth
Intended as an overview of Gothic strands to be gathered together prior to beginning AQA LitB unit 3.Approaching the Gothic - and Macbeth. Read More "Approaching the Gothic and Macbeth"
Macbeth and the Gothic, an introduction for AQA LitB
This is an introductory PowerPoint for use with Macbeth and the AQA LitB GCE course. I worry that there is significant ground that can not be covered in this course and want to try to put MAcbeth itself into some …
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