In literary studies, it’s usually not enough for us to just read and analyse primary texts (e.g. poems, novels, plays etc.)
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Category: Analysis
Analysing 4 key quotations in Macbeth
As expected, a lot of you have requested more content on Macbeth. I’m pleased to hear that the posts on ambition and the supernatural have been helpful, so here’s another set of close reading analysis on 4 other important quotations from the play.
Does Frankenstein’s monster deserve our pity? 3 key ideas for character analysis
One of the biggest, but most basic, misconceptions in literature is that Frankenstein = Frankenstein’s monster.
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Reading Macbeth with psychoanalytic theory
It’s probably fair to say that there’s more than enough literary criticism written on Macbeth, but among the plethora of Macbeth lit crit I’ve come across, I’ve noticed two dominant critical approaches to reading the play, which are historicism and feminism.
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How to analyse prose: reading ‘Of Mice and Men’ and ‘Lord of the Flies’
Previously, I wrote a post on how to analyse unseen poetry, which is a mandatory component in almost all English Literature exams (so make sure you check that out if you haven’t already).
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How to compare poems – 5 steps
Previously, I wrote a post on how to analyse any unseen poem, which a lot of you found useful. One of you asked if I could also write a guide on how to compare poems, so that’s what this post is for.
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The problem of good and evil in ‘Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’
Previously, I wrote a post analysing the theme of duality in Robert Louis Stevenson’s much loved The Strange Case of Jekyll and Hyde. And one of the most obvious dualities in the novella is good versus evil.
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Debating women in Shakespeare (II): Goneril & Imogen | Character analysis
Following my previous post on Lady Macbeth and Desdemona, in which I suggest that neither character is as bad or good as popular opinion would have us believe, I’d like us to push the moral spectrum further towards each end by looking at Goneril (King Lear) and Imogen (Cymbeline) – characters that most would agree are just as evil or virtuous as they seem.
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How to ace any Shakespeare extract question
Among the various question types students encounter on English Literature exams, the extract-based response is probably the most popular.
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How to analyse any unseen poem – 3 tips
So far, I’ve written plenty of analysis on poetry, novels and plays. I’ve also written a brief guide on ‘how to come up with analysis’, which you can check out here. But time and again, one of the most popular requests I get is a guide on ‘how to analyse unseen poetry’.
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