Gendering Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House: Using Critical Theory to Examine Nora’s Femininity
Henrik Ibsen's play was revolutionary at its time in its provoking subversiveness and interrogation of the heterosexual family unit and...
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Congratulations Class of 2023!
Celebrating the success of AWWL 2023 A Level students!
IB Lang Lit SL/HL Paper 2 Comparative Essay: Journey
A critical commentary responding to a IB Lang Lit Paper 2 prompt comparing Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman and Henrik Ibsen's A Doll...
A Fowl Take: 2022 A Levels' H2 Unseen Poetry Comparison (Nature)
A critical commentary on the portrayal of nature in Mary Oliver's "Wild Geese" and Judith Wright's "Pelicans".
Let’s Talk Balls: Music and Dance in Pride & Prejudice
Music and dance are pertinent motifs throughout Jane Austen’s novels. Beyond reflecting the social conventions and reality of the Regency...
Pride and Prejudice: The Marriage Matrix (A Peek into our Sample Lesson!)
Key insights on problematising love and marriage in Pride and Prejudice from our complimentary open class held on May 2023.
"The results of scientific research should be made available to everyone." HFDYA? General Paper 2022
Unpacking the Science question for 2022 GP Paper 1!
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[GP x Lit] Who's Afraid of the Unnatural? Society/Politics, Frankenstein, Technology.
Through Frankenstein and real world contexts, we will be examining how the rhetoric/fallacy of reducing the "unnatural" to the "other"...
Music & Culture in Playing for Time by Arthur Miller: A Contextual Understanding
Why were the Nazis (as reflected in Arthur Miller's Playing for Time) so obsessed with Germanic and European music? It may have to do with t
Economics in General Paper? Drugs and Price Elasticity of Demand
Should the government invest more in combatting supply of illicit drugs or the demand for illicit drugs? The answer lies in price...
New General Paper Syllabus: What's New for Paper 1? Comparing 8881 and 8807.
What's new in P1 of the new General Paper syllabus? Not much.
Human Fears of Reality and Honesty (Mind and Self) | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Illusion and Reality: What's the difference? How do we move forward from the seductive lies of illusions?
Modernist Elegy | The Great Gatsby
In this article, we will explore the intersections of modernism, absurdity and the thematic concerns of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott...
Lookism: Appearance and Ugliness in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Why is Frankenstein's creature ugly? Is he even ugly? What does his "ugliness" mean?
Mind and Self: A Tale of Misguided Self-Actualisation in Inventing Anna
Applying the "mind and self" angle of H2 Literature to Inventing Anna: Self-deception, deceptive appearances and self-actualisation.
Mind and Self: Modernist Rage of Sylvia Plath's Ariel (Critical Contexts of Ariel)
Plath's poetry is not merely confessional or intimately personal. It is also culturally significant.
What makes a good A Level Paper 1 Unseen Essay? (9509/01 and 8832/01)
Deconstructing the "policy-speak" of the H1 and H2 Literature syllabus documents.
How To Appropriately Identify Diction as a Literary Device for Analysis?
Thinking of slapping "diction" as a literary device into your analysis? Think again.
Ignoring Literary Contexts? Think again.
Studying literary contexts is more important than you think. Find out why by reading this article!
Motif and Theme: What's the difference?
The more appropriate question: What is the relationship between motif and theme?
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