OCR • English Literature

Detailed revision notes going in-depth on 15 selected poems for the OCR A-level English literature specification. Includes context, comparisons (to a doll's house), different interpretations (critics + lenses), and themes.

Notes that summarise the context behind Shakespeare's 'Coriolanus' covering historical, political, cultural context as well as tragic hero and Aristotle's conventions

A 3400-word document (8 pages) comparing many quotes from Webster's 'Duchess of Malfi' and Milton's 'Paradise Lost' organised by theme. Can be used as flashcards or compared through a table

These are Grade A context notes for Frankenstein (1818) they discuss all the key Context ideas

context knowledge for The Merchants Tale

context comparisons in the two novels

In Gothic writing, women are presented either as innocent victims or sinister predators, or are significantly absent (30 marks). I achieved 3o/30 for this essay.

These notes on Marina Carr's 'By the Bog of Cats' include detailed literary analysis with named language and structural devices, direct key quotes from each act, contextual background of Ireland and colonialism, critical viewpoints from well established authors with website links provided that take you to the source and finally comparison links to 'The Penelopiad' by Margaret Atwood. The notes are separated by Act, Scene and elements of the play such as stagecraft. Furthermore, everything i...

Nineteen Eighty-Four A LEVEL revision notes including essay and extract questions

A* analysis English Literature "Unloving" by Carol Ann Duffy