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Shakespeare has dealt with the subject death and its connection with life in many of his writings. But none of them is so much concerned with the subject as in Hamlet. In fact the whole play is darkened by the shadows of “death” and “life after death”. In the opening scene we see a dead’s…

To begin with, the extract shows Hamlets gradual increase in anxiety through his vicious words aimed toward himself when he entitles himself as a “rogue” and “peasant slave” at the beginning of the extract, showing what little positive remarks he has for his persona and purpose in life. Shakespeare also portrays Hamlet as a rather…

The play ‘Our Day Out’ by Willy Russell depicts how the kids in the poorer parts of the country live. In the book a group of ‘progress class’ children are taken on a trip to Conway Castle. On the trip the also visit the zoo, the beach and the funfair. All of the children have…

“First Love” and “Shall I compare thee to a Summers day” are two poems written before the 1900’s by John Clare and William Shakespeare. The poems share similar language and imagery mainly about love but vary in structure. The poems allow the reader to see Clare’s experience as he has lost his heart and Shakespeare’s…

In any novel, the setting is vital, and often reflects the situation in either the plot or the characters feelings. In the Victorian novels setting was often either in the country side, surrounded by nature, in a world that was soon to change, an idealistic look back at the naturalistic world the author looked back…

William Blake was born in 1757 into a middle class family. His father was working as a hosier but his mother was keen and the one in charge to educate his son well. Religion had a strong influence on Blake. He started reading the bible from an early age and this gave him inspiration in…

The two poems I am studying are ‘To His Coy Mistress’ by Andrew Marvell and ‘The Beggar Woman’ by William King. ‘To His Coy Mistress’ looks at the attitudes one man holds towards his girlfriends’ unwillingness to have sex with him. The poems main aim is to persuade. ‘The Beggar Woman’ conveys one mans ideas…

Tess is a young girl visiting her cousin Alec, who is of a higher class the Tess, Alec takes advantage of this and controls where they go and what they do. Hardy presents Alec as a scheming man and there seems something weird about him, Tess on the other hand is of completely different character…

Both books Broken April and The Thief and the Dogs revolve entirely around revenge. The revenge in both these books is to the highest degree different. We can see this difference mainly in the motives and methods of the protagonists. In Broken April, ‘the Kanun’1 forced the revenge exhibited by Gjorg. We must remember that…

Tennessee Williams uses a vary of dramatic techniques in Scene One, to encourage the audience to engage in what is truly behind this spectacular play. He uses mood music, lighting, symbolism, language and gesture, contrast in characters and also a screen device. These are very visual to the audience and help them understand what is…