Pearson Edexcel • English Literature 2015

These are A* notes for the Prose section on the Pearson Edexcel A-Level English Literature exam, covering the texts 'Frankenstein' and 'The Handmaid's Tale'. The notes include detailed annotations of key quotes integrated into simple comparative essay plans alongside context.

These are A* notes for the Drama section on the Pearson Edexcel A-Level English Literature exam, covering the play 'A Streetcar Named Desire.' The notes include detailed annotations of key quotes integrated into simple essay plans alongside context and critics.

These are A* notes for the Drama section on the Pearson Edexcel A-Level English Literature exam, covering the play 'Othello.' The notes include detailed annotations of key quotes integrated into simple essay plans alongside context and critics.

These are A* annotations for the Poetry section on the Pearson Edexcel English Literature A-Level exam. The notes include detailed line-by-line analysis on the following poems in the Poems of the Decade anthology: A Minor Role, An Easy Passage, Chainsaw Versus the Pampas Grass, From the Journal of a Disappointed Man, Genetics, Giuseppe, History, Look We Have Coming to Dover, On Her Blindness, Please Hold, The Deliverer, The Gun, The Furthest Distances I've Travelled, The Lammas Hireling and To ...

These are A* annotations for the poetry section on the Pearson Edexcel English Literature A-Level exam. The notes include detailed line-by-line analysis on the following poems in the Christina Rossetti selected poems anthology: A Birthday, An Apple Gathering, As Froth on the Face of the Deep, At Home, Babylon the Great Echo, Goblin Market, Maude Clare, May, Memory, Our Mothers Lovely Women Pitiful, Passing and Glassing, Piteous my Rhyme is, Remember, Some Ladies Dress in Muslin Full and White,...

Edexcel A-Level English Literature NEA – 57/60 Comparative coursework on The Great Gatsby and Wuthering Heights, exploring obsessive love, unattainable desire and Lacan’s Objet Petit a. This explores Gatsby and Heathcliff’s relationships with Daisy and Catherine through themes of identity, social class, race, the American Dream, revenge, societal expectations and conflict with self This Includes: Detailed language analysis Critical interpretations Context and comparison Embedde...

Includes essay plans for characters and themes laid out in 3 key paragraph points along with quotes from the play and quotes from critics. Each paragraph point and quote is briefly analysed in a bullet point. Quotes are colour coded (play is red and critics are blue). Themes include: madness, mortality and decay, reality vs appearance, tragedy and suffering, order vs disorder / corruption, friendship, revenge, soliloquies, and kingship. Character essay plans include: the ghost, Hamlet, Gertrude,...

This document is 43 pages (15,350 words) and includes analysis on 14 of John Keats's poems as well as an overview of the themes in them (cross referenced via a grid). The 14 poems are: 'On first looking into Chapman's Homer', 'when i have fears that may cease to be', 'on sitting down to read king lear once again', 'Sonnet VII [O Solitude! If i must with thee dwell', 'on the sea', 'bright star', 'to sleep', 'The Eve of St Agnes', 'Ode to Ps...

This document includes 33 pages (12,800 words) of essay plans for Importance of Being Earnest play by Oscar Wilde. It includes context notes for AO3 points, such as, the linguistic devices used. Essay plans include 3 main paragraph points, quotes from the play, context points, and a mini conclusion / motif point. Themes included in the document:relationships between genders, variety of language, deception, use of settings, use of theatrical props, satire, family, class, aestheticism and dandyism...

Includes bullet points on context for both authors and themes at the time of writing for the AO3 marks. This document is 35 pages (12,600 words) and includes 3 main paragraphs points that are suitable for comparing both books, alongside quotes from each book. Essay plans for themes includes: identity, different voices / narratives techniques, motherhood, personal loss, gender, relationships / marriage, inequality, predatory behaviour, religion and spirituality, place/setting/location, women's ex...

A sheet containing multiple A* critical quotes for Virginia Woolf's "Mrs Dalloway". These critics cover multiple characters and themes, making it optimal for revision of the text. A staple resource in my revision for Paper 2 (Prose).

A summary and explanation of different elements of the social, cultural and historical context behind Mrs Dalloway, in preparation for Edexcel A Level English Literature Paper 2 (Prose).

Presentation made for in-class revision on Ode to Psyche for Pearson Edexcel A-level Paper 3: John Keats. Covers possible AO1 ideas, key context, meaning and interpretations, key themes, analysis of form, analysis of key quotes and walk-through of the poem.

Poems of the Decade table with all poems analysed for language, form, structure, tone, and title. For English Literature A level Pearson Edexcel Paper 3 unseen poetry.

Annotations/analysis of the poem 'The Tyger' by William Blake. Detailed analysis, designed for a level students

Notes on the Historical context of the Romantic movement Designed for a level english literature exam

Poem annotations/analysis for 'London' - William Blake

A plan for the question on the topic of Innocence.

Exam Question: Innocence (poem selected: Holy Thursday - William Blake (songs of Innocence) & Ode Intimation of Immortality - Wordsworth

Key points on Blake historical context