'If' Annotated Poem Comparison of Parental Relationships in If and Poem at 39 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DN4P1HZkMRE
Tag: Exemplar
‘Half-past Two’ by U A Fanthorpe
'Half-past Two' Theme Analysis 'Half-past Two' Homelearning Grid 'Half-past Two' Exemplar Analysis 'Half-past Two' Annotated Poem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1NjoWkalyE
‘Blessing’ by Imtiaz Dharker
Blessing Annotated Poem ‘Compare the presentation of religion in the poems Blessing and Tyger’ by Mr Peel Exemplar Analysis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvG6R6raj1c
Wordsworth and Keats: Exemplar Analysis
Explore the ways change is presented in Intimations of Immortality by William Wordsworth and one other poem of your choice. Both Romantic poets William Wordsworth and John Keats ruminate on the essential nature of change in our lives in their poetry through the symbolic representation of Nature in the seasons; sense of ageing and [...]
How is suffering depicted in Chimamanda Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus?
Exemplar essay generously shared with permissions Leen Elamin:
The Significance of Nature in ‘Lines Written a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey’
Write about the significance of Nature in the poem, and the speaker’s relationship with Nature: In regards to William Wordsworth and his poetry, including ‘Lines written a few miles above Tintern Abbey’, nature is one of the most prevalent and significant themes, an overriding thread used to highlight his spirituality, personal traumas and socio-political criticism. [...]
Poems of the Decade: Perspectives
Othello: Corruption and Prejudice
Shakespeare’s presents the world in which Othello is set as ‘a world riddled with corruption and prejudice’ however, The society of 17th century Venice depicted a hierarchy that favored the white males, such as Cassio, in the play resulting in the suppression of Othello and the female characters in the play such as Desdemona and [...]
Streetcar Named Desire: The Secrets of Blanche and Stanley
In ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ Tennessee Williams uses the characters of Stanley and Blanche as polar opposites who present the two sides of America: ‘the Old South vs the new America’. The character of Stanley is used as a tool to expose all of Blanche’s secrets and delusions as his blunt and primal nature does [...]
How does Adichie present Papa’s relationships in Purple Hibiscus
Eugene Achike is presented as both a despotic tyrant and a vulnerable man desperately seeking the approval that he believes lies in the Catholic religion of “absolutist purity”[1], and leads him to perpetuate the same patriarchal abusive relationships on his own family as a result. Eugene is “her [Kambili’s] personal household god” and is [...]
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