English Resources (page 46)

Whether you are a home educator or your children go to school you are an integral part of your child`s education. Once they get to the teenage years, however, it can be difficult to k...

A theme is an idea that the playwright puts across. There are major and minor themes. A theme is not stated but the reader is supposed to infer from the characters, their actions and ...

In writing The Bell Jar (1963), Sylvia Plath highlights a number of issues that society itself is often afraid to raise: whether as a result of social stigmatisation or otherwise, pro...

'The Wall' by William Sansom encompasses the desensitized attitude adopted by the British people towards the dark realities of World War Two, often existing alongside a sense of ...

What is English? It can be suggested that the term, 'What is English' is rather broad and branches out into many different areas, but it is important to gain some basic understandi...

Grammar. It is a necessary evil. Many students underestimate the necessity of grammar. For example, I am currently teaching a student, and her first language is Italian. Wanting to le...

Victorian class system is reflected in "The Picture of Dorian Gray", through the concept of duality and duplicity. Oscar Wilde expresses the separation of the aristocrats from the mid...

Both "The Great Gatsby" and "A Streetcar Named Desire" deal with the idea of having aspirations and living the American Dream. The American Dream is defined as the desire and hope of ...

Both Shakespeare and Austen present us with the flaws in society from their perspectives. They highlight the key issues seen in everyday life amongst their societies, such as the impo...

The theme of gothic in 'Dracula' and 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' is created through the use of linguistic devices, settings and characters. The concept of the 'Gothic' theme within n...