The duchess Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

The essay question answered in this document is “In the social world of the play, we are made to think more about the insecurity of males than the powerlessness of females.” To what extent would you apply this view to both ‘The Duchess of Malfi’ and ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’? This is an A* grade essay with the teacher's comments added in red.

Summary of the key themes of Webster’s ‘The Duchess of Malfi’ including related quotes, critical perspectives and contextual points. Used for English Literature Alevel OCR.

This document includes the entirety of the analysis for A-Level English literature on The Duchess of Malfi, a Jacobean play by John Webster. The document includes context, themes and critical comments. Context is the heaviest weighting for this paper in OCR English literature, so these notes are essential for your summer exam!

35 page document with detailed contextual information on the Duchess of Malfi, linking each context point directly to the play. Helped me achieve an A*, almost full marks.

These are summary sheets for 'The Duchess of Malfi'. They include key quotes and a concise analysis, relevant contexts and critical quotes.

Fully comprehensive critics table - gives detail into each of the critics, with dates and references to books, summarising their theses. Helped me achieve an A*, almost full marks, in my A level.

This A* English Literature essay is a great colour-coded exemplar on Acceptable Behaviour in A Streetcar Named Desire and The Duchess of Malfi. The colour-coded system highlights the AO assessments that make it an A* essay.

These notes contain a detailed line by line analysis of all 19 Prescribed IEB final Matric poems including: Loves farewell To Althea, from prison To the night Refugee blues Ulysses My last Duchess The Cry of South Africa Penguin on the beach Lost or found world I have my fathers voice Portrait of a loaf of bread Touch The tenant Nightsong City Dulce et decorum est Nobody loses all the time No longer mourn for me Assassination The wind begun to rock the grass

Questions from past papers for iGCSE English Literature Poetry Comparisons from Anthology (The Tyger, Prayer Before Birth, If, Piano, Half-Caste, Hide and Seek, My Last Duchess, La Belle Dame Sans Merci, Don Not Go Gentle Into that Good Night.....etc) WITH ADDITIONAL REVISION NOTES (PRIMARILY ON POINTS OF COMPARISON e.g. childhood memories/ lessons in life/ power/ love/ suffering....)