English lit alevel - Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

Analysing the 1911 French novel 'The Phantom of the Opera' from a Marxist perspective with the question ‘Leroux’s characterisation of Erik establishes his role as a tragic outcast which is used to emphasise the harm of capitalism.’

An analysis of the tragedy which is 'Death of a Salesman' through the analysis of quotations, characters, ideologies, themes as well as scene directions,

An analysis of act one, scene one of Shakespeare's King Lear with annotated quotations and character profiles.

This document is from the Tony Harrison selection in the A-Level English Literature B Anthology (7717) for Poetry: crime and political and social protest. It appears on Paper 2 of the course and can be an option for A Level students to be doing in their exam. These pictures are of what I have annotated so far at school from the Anthology and each highlighted quote has a relative annotation that goes alongside it. This uploaded annotation pdf has the poem: National Trust by Tony Harrison.

Mix of practice king lear section B essays which are mostly marked. All helped me achieve an a* grade at alevel. Ranges from essays on madness in King Lear to essays on specific characters such as edmund and edgar.

I received 26/30 on this essay. I find it useful to see how a high achieving answer is structured and what ideas are included, so this may be helpful for anyone else :)

Quote Bank for Hamlet. Clear table lay out. Quote, In text reference and some notes/link to themes/ideas/etc. Written by student who went on to study English at University.

booklet full of notes + context on all + critics at a * quality

Short, straightforward bullet points summarising & analysing Owen Sheers' poem from Skirrid Hill.

This is a document (around 2 a4 pages total) summarising the main themes, ideas, techniques in these scenes in the play. This is high level analysis that I used to help me get an A* in A Level English Literature. This resource should be used as revision to remind you of what happened in that scene. It has detailed analysis from the scene and links between different scenes. This document can be used in isolation to revise for this part of the paper and can be used for multiple exam boards. It ...