This post contains 2 YouTube videos with top tips for English Literature revision. So check them out if you’re a lit student!
Read More »
What’s the difference between blank verse & free verse?
One of my favourite words in English is ‘misnomer’, which means an inaccurate name for something.
Read More »
On marriage in fiction: reading Kate Chopin’s ‘The Awakening’ and L. P. Hartley’s ‘The Go-Between’
Is marriage necessary?
Read More »
Debating women in Shakespeare (I): Lady Macbeth & Desdemona | Character analysis
Most people would agree that we’ve come a long way in the fight for women’s rights. #IWD
Read More »
What is an ode? Reading Keats’ ‘Ode on Melancholy’ to find out
Do you have a favourite poet?
Read More »
Analysing the theme of duality in ‘Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’
In the age of social media, the line between our public and private selves has never been narrower.
Read More »
Why is ‘Death of a Salesman’ so tragic?
You know that something’s great literature when it leaves you with a gut-wrenching feeling.
Read More »
Guilt in poetry: Reading Robert Browning’s ‘My Last Duchess’ and William Wordsworth’s ‘Extract from The Prelude’
One of the most interesting things about literature is what I like to call the ‘certainty of ambiguity’.
Read More »
Jealousy in Othello: 3 key ideas (with quotes, analysis & video)
(This post contains a detailed video on the topic.)
Read More »
What’s the difference between allegory & fable?
Here’s a starter for 10 – what is the point of literature?
Read More »
hyperbolit.com 