AQA • English Literature A

These are pictures of my notes and summaries from an introductory lecture on feminism in The Handmaid's Tale. Information includes ideas around feminism such as beauty standards, the vote, Pat Robinson, contraception, married love by Marie Stopes, Roe vs Wade, old testament patriarchy etc. These are handwritten notes

These photographs of my notes on the socio-historical and political history associated with The Handmaid's Tale. These notes include information on Tamara Faye Bakker, Pat Robinson, The Moral Majority, The Byzantine Setting, historical events in 1985, Puritanism and The Christian Right in America. These notes helped me achieve a B in my A levels

These photos are of the handwritten notes I made in a lecture around the structural features in The Handmaid's Tale. Specifically focusing on the question of whether the narration is reliable in the text. There is also an annotated article here. These notes helped me achieve a level B in my A levels

These pictures are from the notes I had taken in a lecture about the symbolism in The Handmaid's Tale. This includes information of the aunts, colours, clothing, music, mirrors etc. There is also photos of a hand out I recieved with more detailed information and analysis that helped me achieve a B in my A levels

These are notes of the critical theories you could use to explore The Handmaid's Tale. These are photographs of notes not word documents. The critical theories include Marxism, Queer Theory, Ecocriticsm, psychoanalysis etc.

These are my lecture notes on expressionism, realism, and the other key themes in A Streetcar Named Desire

This paper got 48 marks out of 48. The paper is on confrontation in A Streetcar Named Desire

My 25/25 (A*) essay on = ‘In A Streetcar Named Desire, Stella’s final betrayal of her sister is impossible to forgive.’ Examine this view.

My 23/25 (A*) essay on = ‘Williams presents Stanley Kowalski as no more than a brutal thug.’ Examine this view.

My 21/25 (A*) essay on = ‘Blanche is no tragic heroine, just an infuriating, self-pitying snob.’ Examine this view of Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire.