Category: A Level

• Eugene O’Neill’s Mary Tyrone in Long Day’s Journey into Night |HSC|A-levels

  Mary Tyrone: A Fragile Spirit in a Patriarchal Cage Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey Into Night digs into the tragic lives of the Tyrone family. Mary Tyrone, the play’s central figure, embodies the complications of womanhood within the confines of a patriarchal society and the throes of addiction. Lost Dreams and Stifled Potential: The play…

  Shyamini

  Mar 9, 2024

  A Level, cambridge exams, cambridge HSC, characterisation, CIE A-Level, hope, hsc, IGCSE, IGSCE, June, literature, literature, notes, analysis, Mary Tyrone, poetic devices, poetic justice

  a-levels,, anger, Long Day’s Journey into Night, O’Neill

• Maya Angelou | Sujata Bhatt |Walt Whitman|Shakespeare | Wide Sargasso Sea |Songs of ourselves |William Blake |

  Shyamini

  Jan 21, 2024

  A Level

• Maya Angelou: A kind of Love, Some say | analysis |notes|hsc

  A Kind of Love, Some Say   Is it true the ribs can tell The kick of a beast from a Lover’s fist? The bruised Bones recorded well The sudden shock, the Hard impact. Then swollen lids, Sorry eyes, spoke not Of lost romance, but hurt. Hate often is confused. Its Limits are in zones…

  Shyamini

  Jan 5, 2024

  A Level

• Jean Rhys: Antoinette Cosway |Wide Sargasso Sea |Characterisation |Analysis |Notes

  

  Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys digs into the psychological realms of its protagonist, Antoinette Cosway, and her journey to regain her lost identity. A psychological analysis of Antoinette’s personality reveals several factors contributing to her emotional struggles and seemingly schizophrenic behaviour. Antoinette’s nascent encounters form the prologue of her subsequent tribulations, as she emerges…

  Shyamini

  Aug 6, 2023

  A Level

  29 April 1989, a happy prince, Antoinette, far from the Madding Crowd, hypocrisy, Jean Rhys, love, madness, Mr Rochester, society, wide sargasso sea

• Jackie Kay: Analysis of life| motivations

  

  Jackie Kay, a celebrated Scottish poet, playwright, and novelist, has consistently explored themes of identity, belonging, and the complexities of her mixed-race heritage in her works. Jackie Kay’s exploration of identity, belonging, and the challenges faced by a mixed-race individual is deeply ingrained in her works. Her poems offer readers a window into her experiences,…

  Shyamini

  Aug 6, 2023

  A Level

  analysis, criticism, Jackie Kay, life, principles

• Shakespeare:Hamlet |Polonius | Analysis |notes

  

  The character of Polonius in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet is indeed multifaceted, thus various critical interpretations exist regarding his role in the play. While some critics view Polonius as a victim and an innocent fool, it’s important to consider Shakespeare’s genius in depicting the contrasts between reality and appearance, as well as the nuances that define…

  Shyamini

  Aug 6, 2023

  A Level

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• Sujata Bhatt: Iris |poem|analysis |notes

  Her hand sweeps over the rough grained paper,then, with a wet sponge, again.A drop of black is washed grey,cloudy as warm breath fogging cool glass.She feels she must make the best of it,she must get the colour of the stone wall,of the mist settling around twisted birch trees.Her eye doesn’t miss the rabbit crouched,a tuft…

  Shyamini

  Jul 31, 2023

  A Level

  29 April 1989, 3 November 1984, a-levels,, analysis, existence, flower, iris, life, love, notes, notes on literature, poem, poetic devices, poetic techniques, Poetry, Sujata Bhatt

• Sujata Bhatt: Go to Ahmedabad |Poem| Analysis |Notes

  

  Sujata Bhatt’s poem Go to Ahmedabad delves into themes of hunger, suffering, belonging, and personal experiences, with a focus on the city of Ahmedabad, India. Through evocative imagery and poignant storytelling, the poet explores the complex emotions tied to the city and the contrasting experiences of suffering and joy. This analysis aims to dissect the…

  Shyamini

  Jul 31, 2023

  A Level

  29 April 1989, 3 November 1984, A different history, a happy prince, a-levels,, hunger, love, notes, notes on literature, Oliver Twist, Poems, poetic devices, Sujata Bhatt

• Sujata Bhatt: Garlic in War and Peace|poem|Analysis |Notes

  In peace they rubbed garlic pasteacross their lower backsbefore they lay together.A slow cleansing – it wassticky, then strangely cool.It was their secret bitetheir strongest aphrodisiac.And they preferred green garlicwith large purple cloves. In war they dabbed garlic pasteover each wound –such endless wincing and endless those white cotton bandages.The stench of pus and garlicfinally…

  Shyamini

  Jul 28, 2023

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• Sujata Bhatt: For Nanabhai Bhatt |poem | analysis |notes

  In this dream my grandfathercomes to comfort me.He stands apartsilentand in his face I seethe patience of his treeson hot typhoid daysthat promise no rain.His eyesthe colour of a crow’s feather in children’s mud,yet filled with sharp mountain-top light. I’m sure this was the face the true bald man,Gandhiji saw when he confessedabout the Harijan…

  Shyamini

  Jul 28, 2023

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  29 April 1989, 3 November 1984, A different history, a-levels,, accolades, afterthought, analysis, Eurydice Speaks, Poems, Sujata Bhatt

• Sujata Bhatt: Eurydice Speaks | poem |Analysis | notes

  

  Orpheus, I tell you I’m not in hell,this place is called Maine.All winter the cold wind burns my face,and I sweat, wading through all this snow.But it’s spring now:sounds of snow melting,water dripping off eaves, flooding crocusesand jack-in-the-pulpits.Pussy willows, cattails, forsythia suddenly awaken junipers tipped with pale new shoots. The wind flings pine cones my…

  Shyamini

  Jul 28, 2023

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  29 April 1989, 3 November 1984, A different history, a-levels,, analysis, Eurydice, Eurydice Speaks, love, poem, poetic devices, poetic techniques, Sujata Bhatt