Tag: Charles Dickens
-
Emily Dickinson: After great pain, a formal feeling comes… | notes| Analysis | poems | devices
After great pain, a formal feeling comes- Written in 1862, this poem dissects the bouts of anxiety and sadness which Emily has been facing. The most crucial and – though she could not know it – historically eventful year in Emily Dickinson’s life was 1862. She was undergoing an emotional disturbance of such magnitude that…
Shyamini
a-levels,, benvolio, betrayal, bird, birds, cader Idris, cambridge HSC, character, Chimamanda, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, , cie O-level, criticism, darkness, death, Distant Fields, E.M.Forster, Emily Dickinson, examinations, exams, family, February, flower, Gambia, Gillian Clarke, glass menagerie, hare, Hawthorne, hope, Howard, Howard’s End, Huckleberry Finn, Idris Cader, Ifemelu, IGSCE, Imtiaz Dharker, in custody, Irish, James Joyce, jeffers, Jim, joy, juliet, June, Laura, lear, life, light, literary devices, literature, love, lust, Margaret Atwood, Mark Twain, marriage, memory, Merchant of Venice, misery, model answer, moniza, moniza alvi, need, nice, Nigerian, novels, O-Level, Oliver Twist, oscar Wilde, past exams questions, past papers, play, plot, sea, seasons, self, setting, short stories, slave, slavery, society, songs, songs of ourselves, spring, stories of Ourselves, Sunday, techniques, Tennessee, the hollow of the three hills, the Merchant of Venice, The Schlegels, The Winter’s Tale, wild, Wole Soyinka, woolf, wordpress, Wordsworth, writing, Yeatsa happy prince, a song of forsworn faith, Adichie, age, Alexander, alvi, analysis, andrealevy, anvil, aside, , Bassanio, beautiful, Bhatt, bigotry, birds, Bishop, cavern, chaos, characters, Charles Dickens, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, , cie, comedy, comic, couple, curlyhair, education, eels, Elizabeth, Elizabethan, Emily Dickinson, exams, family, father, feelings, fun, hare, harmony, hatred, Hawthorne, heart-broken, horses, hortense, Howard’s End, ice, Ifemelu, IGCSE, IGSCE, Illinois, in custody, Ishiguro, James Joyce, jew, Jim, love, one-sided love, Othello, rehabilitation -
The Merchant of Venice: Stage Conventions | notes |devices
Stage Conventions: Like his fellow dramatists, Shakespeare used a number of stage conventions, or artificial dramatic devices, to develop his plots. Perhaps the most difficult Elizabethan stage convention for modern audiences to grasp is what is called impenetrable disguise. When Portia appears as Dr. Balthazar in 4.1, neither her husband, Bassanio, nor anyone else recognizes…
Shyamini
anger, anita desai, Atwood, , beautiful, bigotry, box, cambridge, character, characterisation, Charles Dickens, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, , cie, cold, Complaint, couple, Curt, different, dog, Emily Dickinson, emotions, family, feelings, hsc, IGCSE, IGSCE, iloveyou, July, king lear, lake, LeontessimilartoPolixenes, love, Neighbours, Nigerian, notes, nuclear, Obinze, olevel, Oliver Twist, one-sided love, safiya begum, Saki -
The Merchant of Venice: Some thoughts | a-levels | CIE| Shakespeare | Shylock
The first question that The Merchant of Venice raises : What kind of play is this? Is it a comedy, tragedy, tragi-comedy (a play that starts tragically but ends like a comedy), or what? Written in the mid-1590s, when Shakespeare’s art was rapidly maturing, it shows the playwright experimenting with a variety of forms. He…
Shyamini
analysis, cambridge HSC, choices, CIE A-Level, cie O-level, criticism, Curt, IGCSE, imteaz begum, in custody, Irish, James Joyce, juliet, June, literature, love, lust, Margaret Atwood, Merchant, Merchant of Venice, need, Nigerian, night, O-Level, poverty, Preston, question, Relationship, Romeo and Juliet, slavery, Small Island, society, songs, spender, spring, Stephen Spender, stories of Ourselves, structure, Tennessee, the hollow of the three hills, The Winter’s Tale, Twain, Venice, vintage, war, water, wild, William Shakespeare, Williams, Winter’s Tale, Wole Soyinka, woolf, wordpress, Wordsworth, Yeatsa-levels,, afterthought, analysis, andrealevy, anita desai, anvil, asongofforswornfaith, assimilation, Atlantic, beautiful, Bhatt, character, characterisation, Charles Dickens, Charlotte Mew, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, , comedy, devices, differences, discriminate, drama, E.M.Forster, education, Elizabeth, Elizabethan, garden, glamour, horses, love, Merchant, Merchant of Venice, music, play -
Stephen Spender: Air Raid |Analysis |Notes
In 1941, Spender writes the stark poem Air Raid, for February’s Horizon. It is a snapshot of the thousands ruined civilian homes in London. In that same year, the British capital was beginning to feel the savagery of the German bombing campaign, which had shifted from military to indiscriminate civilian targets. Stanza 1: The poems…
Shyamini
A Level, analysis, cambridge exams, characterisation, CIE A-Level, devices, examinations, hsc, IGCSE, literary devices, literature, literature, notes, analysis, past, past exams questions, past papers, Poems, poetic devices, Poetry, Preston, spender, Stephen Spendera-levels,, Adichie, analysis, anger, asongofforswornfaith, character, characters, Charles Dickens, death, devices, different, Gillian Clarke, guides, Hawthorne, Howard’s End, hsc, Ifemelu, IGCSE, iloveyou, imteazbegum, king lear, literary devices, loveandhate, marriage, novels, patriarchy, Poems, poetic devices, poetic techniques, Poetry, racial, racism, revision, Rhian Gallagher, Robertfrost, stories of Ourselves, suicide, ways, William, William Shakespeare, Wole Soyinka -
Gillian Clarke: Miracle of St David’s Day. | Analysis |notes |IGCSE
St David is the patron saint of Wales and he is celebrated on the 1 March.To mark the day, Welsh people around the world wear one or both of Wales’s national emblems – a daffodil and a leek. Special concerts and parades are also held in St David’s honour, although this year celebration’s will be…
Shyamini
A Level, cambridge exams, cambridge HSC, characterisation, Charles Dickens, CIE A-Level, cie O-level, devices, examinations, exams, Gillian Clarke, IGCSE, imteaz begum, juliet, Laura, leontes, life, literary devices, literature, notes, analysis, love, lust, madness, memory, moniza alvi, Nigerian, notes, novel, novels, O-Level, Oliver Twist, Othello, past, past exams questions, past papers, play, Poems, poetic devices, Poetry, Preston, prisoners, question, Relationship, Romeo and Juliet, Ruth Pitter, Saki, sarla, SC, short stories, Small Island, songs of ourselves, stories of Ourselves, techniques, tenessee, Tennessee, the glass Menagerie, The Schlegels, the trials of brother Jero, twelfth night, Tybalt, Uncategorized, Wole Soyinka, Yeatsa-levels,, Adichie, alevel, analysis, Antigonus, asongofforswornfaith, Bhatt, Bishop, cambridge, characterisation, characters, Charles Dickens, chaucer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, , Complaint, courage, Deven, devices, different, discriminate, E.M.Forster, Elizabeth, Elizabethan, examination, faith, Gillian Clarke, guides, Hawthorne, Henry, hortense, Ifemelu, IGSCE, iloveyou, imteazbegum, Ishiguro, Kazuo, king lear, lady Mary Wroth, LeontessimilartoPolixenes, life, lordbyron, love, marriage, model answer, moniza alvi, Murad, novel, Nur, O-Level, Obinze, olevel, oscar Wilde, past exams questions, play, poem, Poems, poetic devices, prejudice, Preston, queen, Relationship, Rhian Gallagher, Robertfrost, Ruth Pitter, safiya begum, setapart, shakespeare, Shakespearean, similar, the hollow of the three hils, the trials of brother Jero, theroadnottaken, thewinter’stale, William, William Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale, Wole Soyinka, woolf, Wordsworth -
Twelfth Night: Viola | notes| Analysis | IGCSE |CIE
Viola: Viola is first met in the second scene of the first act. Viola suggests that appearances are often deceptive. Her awareness that one may appear to be other than what one really is. It spurs her on to ask the Captain to assist her to ‘conceal me what I am’ (1.2.50), and this decision…
Shyamini
A Level, analysis, cambridge HSC, characterisation, CIE A-Level, cie O-level, examinations, exams, IGCSE, literature, notes, analysis, moniza alvi, notes, O-Level, past exams questions, techniques, twelfth night, wordpressa-levels,, alevel, analysis, andrealevy, Anita, anita desai, , beautiful, characters, Charles Dickens, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, , drama, Dryden, Elizabeth, exams, faith, guides, Hawthorne, Henry Wilcox, hortense, Howard’s End, IGCSE, iloveyou, imteazbegum, jamaican, juliet, Kazuo, lady Mary Wroth, love, model answer, moniza, novels, poem, Poems, prejudice, Preston, queen, racial, shakespeare, Shakespearean, short stories, smallisland, society, songs, songs of ourselves, Soyinka, twelfth night, ways, William, Wole Soyinka, woolf -
The Winter’s Tale – modern perspective. |Analysis |Notes |Shakespeare
The Winter’s Tale is bizarrely a very confusing play. According to the title, it is seen as a fable- compromising reality with magic, a fairy tale to enliven long winter nights. Even though, the first three acts resonates with Leontes’ jealousy ( which has been brilliantly examined by Shakespeare, who decries it as one of…
Shyamini
A Level, Adichie, alvi, analysis, anita desai, Antigonus, asongofforswornfaith, cambridge exams, cambridge HSC, Chimamanda, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, , choices, CIE A-Level, cie O-level, E.M.Forster, examinations, exams, forster, Frost, hsc, Ifemelu, IGCSE, in custody, juliet, June, king lear, Laura, lear, leontes, literature, literature, notes, analysis, love, lust, madness, memory, nice, Nigerian, notes, novel, novels, O-Level, Oliver Twist, oscar Wilde, Othello, past, Poems, prisoners, Relationship, Rhian Gallagher, Romeo and Juliet, romeoandjuliet, Ruth Pitter, Small Island, songs, stories of Ourselves, structure, Tennessee, the glass Menagerie, the hollow of the three hills, The Schlegels, the trials of brother Jero, Tybalt, Uncategorized, William Shakespeare, Williams, Winter’s Tale, woolf, Wordswortha happy prince, a-levels,, alevel, analysis, anger, Anita, asongofforswornfaith, assimilation, , beautiful, cambridge, character, characters, Charles Dickens, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, , Elizabeth, Elizabethan, exams, hortense, Howard’s End, hsc, literature, lordbyron, love, olevel, Oliver Twist, past exams questions, patriarchy, play, review, revision, Robertfrost, romeo, Ruth Pitter, safiya, SC, setapart, Shakespearean, short stories, similar, techniques, the general prologue, the hollow of the three hils, the Knight’s Tale, ways, William, William Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale, woolf -
Howard’s End: The Schlegel Sisters. Analysis |Notes.
The Schlegels are half-German (their father emigrated from Germany). But the Wilcoxes are thoroughly English. The Schlegels are more independent and cosmopolitan in outlook, while the Wilcoxes are more narrow-minded and conservative. The Schelgels attend concerts and informal dinner-parties, but the Wilcoxes show little interest in casual conservation and culture. Superficially, Margaret and Helen Schlegel…
Shyamini
A Level, a song of forsworn faith, American, andrea Levy, asongofforswornfaith, cambridge exams, cambridge HSC, characterisation, Charles Dickens, CIE A-Level, cie O-level, devices, Distant Fields, drama, E.M.Forster, examinations, exams, forster, glass menagerie, Hawthorne, Howard’s End, hsc, Ifemelu, imteaz begum, in custody, juliet, June, Laura, lear, life, literature, love, lust, madness, memory, model answer, moniza, moniza alvi, nice, notes, novels, O-Level, Oliver Twist, Othello, past, past exams questions, past papers, play, Poems, Poetry, prisoners, question, Relationship, Rhian, Rhian Gallagher, romeoandjuliet, Ruth Pitter, sarla, SC, short stories, Small Island, songs, songs of ourselves, stories of Ourselves, structure, tenessee, Tennessee, the glass Menagerie, the hollow of the three hills, the trials of brother Jero, Tybalt, Uncategorized, William Shakespeare, Williams, Winter’s Tale, Wole Soyinka, woolf, wordpress, Wordswortha-levels,, andrealevy, anger, Anita, aside, , byron, characters, Charles Dickens, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, , cie, Complaint, courage, Curt, different, discriminate, Dryden, Elizabeth, Elizabethan, examination, exams, foil, guides, hatred, hortense, Howard’s End, hsc, Ifemelu, IGCSE, imteazbegum, in custody, jamaica, jamaican, lordbyron, love, loveandhate, model answer, Nigerian, novel, O-Level, Obinze, odes, prejudice, reading, review, revision, sample, setapart, setting, shakespeare, short stories, suicide, tales, techniques, the hollow of the three hils, the Knight’s Tale, The Schlegels, Tybalt, ways, William, William Shakespeare, Wole Soyinka, woolf -
How does Shakespeare make this such a tense moment in the play? |past exams questions |SC|IGCSE |Romeo and Juliet
Model answer to extract-based question.
Shyamini
A Level, a song of forsworn faith, alvi, analysis, andrea Levy, anita desai, Antigonus, asongofforswornfaith, benvolio, cambridge exams, cambridge HSC, character, characterisation, CIE A-Level, cie O-level, devices, drama, examinations, exams, hsc, Ifemelu, IGCSE, juliet, life, literary devices, literature, love, lust, madness, memory, moniza, nice, Nigerian, notes, novel, novels, O-Level, Oliver Twist, past, past exams questions, past papers, play, Poems, Poetry, prisoners, question, Relationship, Rhian, Rhian Gallagher, Romeo and Juliet, romeoandjuliet, Ruth Pitter, SC, shakespeare, short stories, Small Island, songs, songs of ourselves, stories of Ourselves, structure, techniques, tenessee, Tennessee, the glass Menagerie, the hollow of the three hills, The Schlegels, the trials of brother Jero, The Winter’s Tale, Tybalt, Uncategorized, William Shakespeare, Williams, Winter’s Tale, Wole Soyinka, wordpress, Wordswortha happy prince, a-levels,, alevel, alvi, analysis, andrealevy, Anita, characterisation, characters, Charles Dickens, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, , cie, Complaint, courage, curlyhair, Curt, death, Deven, devices, different, drama, E.M.Forster, Elizabeth, examination, hortense, Howard’s End, hsc, iloveyou, importance, imteazbegum, in custody, jamaican, juliet, model answer, moniza alvi, Murad, Nigerian, notes, novels, O-Level, past exams questions, revision, Rhian Gallagher, romeo, romeoandjuliet, Ruth Pitter, sample, sarla, similar, society, songs, songs of ourselves, stories of Ourselves, theroadnottaken, thewinter’stale, tools, Tybalt, ways, William, William Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale, Wole Soyinka, Wordsworth -
Selfishness in Romeo and Juliet |Past exams questions|Theme|Shakespeare |O-Levels |CIE
Selfishness as theme in Romeo and Juliet
Shyamini
Adichie, alvi, American, Americanah, characterisation, cie O-level, devices, drama, examinations, exams, forster, Frost, IGCSE, juliet, June, literary devices, literature, love, lust, madness, memory, moniza, O-Level, Oliver Twist, past, play, Poems, Poetry, prisoners, question, Rhian Gallagher, Romeo and Juliet, romeoandjuliet, SC, the glass Menagerie, The Schlegels, The Winter’s Tale, Tybalt, Williams, Winter’s Tale, Wole Soyinka, wordpress, Wordswortha happy prince, a song of forsworn faith, a-levels,, Adichie, alvi, andrealevy, Anita, anita desai, assimilation, , beautiful, cambridge, character, characterisation, characters, Charles Dickens, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, , Complaint, courage, curlyhair, Deven, devices, different, discriminate, Elizabeth, Elizabethan, examination, exams, foil, glimpse, Henry Wilcox, hortense, iloveyou, importance, imteazbegum, juliet, king lear, LeontessimilartoPolixenes, levy, love, loveandhate, marriage, moniza, moniza alvi, notes, novel, novels, O-Level, Oliver Twist, patriarchy, play, Poems, Relationship, review, revision, Rhian Gallagher, setapart, shakespeare, short stories, similar, society, songs, stories of Ourselves, students, suicide, ways, William Shakespeare, Wole Soyinka, Wordsworth -
A song of forsworn faith by Lord De Tabley |Analysis |A-levels |Devices |HSC |CIE| Pasf exam questions
The poem is written by a man,but it deals with the intriguing feelings of a woman. The poetic persona is a woman. The poet successfully pens the angst of a woman who is betrayed and feels let down. The plot of the poem is built on various steps a man takes in forging a love…
Shyamini
A Level, Adichie, alvi, American, Americanah, analysis, andrea Levy, Antigonus, asongofforswornfaith, benvolio, cambridge exams, cambridge HSC, Charles Dickens, Chimamanda, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, , choices, CIE A-Level, cie O-level, Curt, devices, Distant Fields, drama, E.M.Forster, examinations, exams, forster, Frost, glass menagerie, Hawthorne, Howard’s End, hsc, Ifemelu, juliet, June, Laura, leontes, life, literary devices, literature, love, lust, memory, moniza, nice, Nigerian, notes, novels, O-Level, Oliver Twist, past, past papers, play, Poems, Poetry, prisoners, question, Relationship, Rhian, Rhian Gallagher, Romeo and Juliet, romeoandjuliet, SC, shakespeare, short stories, Small Island, songs, songs of ourselves, stories of Ourselves, structure, techniques, tenessee, Tennessee, the glass Menagerie, The Schlegels, The Winter’s Tale, Tybalt, Uncategorized, William Shakespeare, Williams, Winter’s Tale, wordpress, Wordswortha-levels,, alevel, alvi, analysis, andrealevy, anger, Antigonus, aside, asongofforswornfaith, assimilation, , beautiful, bigotry, byron, cambridge, characterisation, characters, Charles Dickens, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, , E.M.Forster, Elizabeth, Elizabethan, examination, exams, faith, foil, glimpse, hatred, Hawthorne, love, novel, novels, O-Level, odes, olevel, Oliver Twist, patriarchy, play, Poems, poetic devices, Poetry, prejudice, queen, racism, reading, Relationship, review, revision, Rhian Gallagher, Robertfrost, romeoandjuliet, setapart, songs of ourselves, stories of Ourselves, students, suicide, The Schlegels, theroadnottaken, thewinter’stale, tools, Tybalt, ways, William, Winter’s Tale, Wordsworth
The literary blogger 