OCR • English Literature

Achieving an A* with 95% in my English Literature exam, despite only beginning revision in October–November was something I never thought I could achieve. Having struggled at first, I understand how challenging it can be to know what an A* essay actually looks like. I searched for hours on end to try and find example essays of A-A*, and I found them very difficult to come across. These past papers offer a valuable insight into the structure, depth of analysis, use of evidence and critical thin...

Achieving an A* with 95% in my English Literature exam, despite only beginning revision in October–November was something I never thought I could achieve. Having struggled at first, I understand how challenging it can be to know what an A* essay actually looks like. I searched for hours on end to try and find example essays of A-A*, and I found them very difficult to come across. These past papers offer a valuable insight into the structure, depth of analysis, use of evidence and critical thin...

This Word document is a comprehensive contextual guide to Hamlet for A-level English Literature students. It is organised into clear categories: historical and political, religious, philosophical, literary and theatrical, gender and social, psychoanalytic, critical, and staging and performance. Each section offers ready-to-use points for essays, along with key critics and major productions. A quick, editable resource for boosting AO3 marks.

This Word document is a concise Hamlet revision resource focused on Claudius throughout the play. Key quotes are paired with clear analysis in an easy-to-read table, covering key themes and character development. A quick, editable resource for A-level English Literature students.

This Word document is a concise Hamlet revision resource focused on Gertrude throughout the play. Key quotes are paired with clear analysis in an easy-to-read table, covering key themes and character development. A quick, editable resource for A-level English Literature students.

This Word document is a concise Hamlet revision resource focused on Ghost throughout the play. Key quotes are paired with clear analysis in an easy-to-read table, covering key themes and character development. A quick, editable resource for A-level English Literature students.

This Word document is a concise Hamlet revision resource focused on Hamlet throughout the play. Key quotes are paired with clear analysis in an easy-to-read table, covering key themes and character development. A quick, editable resource for A-level English Literature students.

This Word document is a concise Hamlet revision resource focused on Horatio throughout the play. Key quotes are paired with clear analysis in an easy-to-read table, covering key themes and character development. A quick, editable resource for A-level English Literature students.

This Word document is a concise Hamlet revision resource focused on Laertes throughout the play. Key quotes are paired with clear analysis in an easy-to-read table, covering key themes and character development. A quick, editable resource for A-level English Literature students.

This Word document is a concise Hamlet revision resource focused on Ophelia throughout the play. Key quotes are paired with clear analysis in an easy-to-read table, covering key themes and character development. A quick, editable resource for A-level English Literature students.

This Word document is a concise Hamlet revision resource covering minor characters throughout the play, including Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, Voltemand, the gravediggers, Osric and Fortinbras. Key quotes are laid out in an easy-to-read table, with analysis of themes such as obedience, flattery and diplomacy. A quick, editable resource for A-level English Literature students.

This Word document is a concise Hamlet revision resource focused on Polonius throughout the play. Key quotes are paired with clear analysis in an easy-to-read table, covering themes such as control, manipulation, patriarchy and appearance versus reality, from his advice to Laertes to his death. A quick, editable resource for A-level English Literature students.

This Word document is a concise Hamlet revision resource focused on the soldiers Francisco, Barnardo and Marcellus throughout the play. Key quotes are paired with clear analysis in an easy-to-read table, along with critical viewpoints.

## Hamlet — Comprehensive Revision & Analysis Guide A detailed, exam-focused *Hamlet* revision resource covering the play's key characters, acts, quotations, themes and critical interpretations. ### What's included: * **AO2-focused analysis** — detailed analysis of Shakespeare's use of language, form and structure * **AO5-focused analysis** — different critical interpretations and perspectives on *Hamlet* * **Character Overview** — key characters, their roles, relationships an...

Mrs Dalloway is a challenging and highly rewarding text, and the first modernist narrative using the ‘stream of consciousness’ technique written from a feminist perspective. The novel repays repeated readings, as it reveals more with each return, and its meaning is open to multiple interpretations, making it perfect for A Level study.

Essay plans for multiple past questions in OCR English paper 2, hits all the different assessment criteria. Comparing the dystopian texts 'A Handmaid's Tale', '1984', and 'A Brave New World'.

Document containing textual quotes separated by dystopian themes in order to easily compare the texts in Section B part of OCR English paper 2. Also includes critical quotes to use for the texts.

These are in depth essay plans to compare Ibsen's 'A Dolls House' and Rossetti's 'Selected Poems', aiming to hit all the different assessment criteria.

A useful summary document of quotes from both texts, critics and context to use in OCR English paper 1 section C.

Essay plans for many past questions from OCR section B Hamlet questions, hitting each of the different assessment criteria AO1 (knowledge of the play and quotations) and AO5 (critics and performances).