English Resources (page 70)

Shakespeare portrays Caliban as a natural man 'on whose nature, nurture can never stick.' This essay will explore the presentation of Caliban's character and how it contrasts with t...

Six of the Best. No matter what level of student you are - from beginner through to doctoral candidate - there will come a time when you have to sit down and write. No more scruffy...

First of all, learning a new language is always a challenge and can be quite overwhelming. This is especially true if you don`t know where to start. I have experienced this as I mysel...

I chose to construct both of my pieces for entirely different reasons. My first, 'No rest for the wicked', was written purely because I enjoy both watching and reading Alan Bennett mo...

Set in countries recovering from the devastation wrought by the Second World War, both Yasunari Kawabata's novella "Thousand Cranes" and Mario Vargas Llosa's novel "Aunt Julia and the...

The idea of 'confession' is one that is bound up with images of religion, sexuality, torture and justice. It is a term that conjures both the threat to reveal our darkest secrets, and...

If you were to contact me to inquire about lessons, for example EFL lessons, this is how you might expect things to go. You could expect half of each lesson to be conversation betw...

The late diarist who wrote this account of his boyhood insisted on anonymity and posthumous publication has done a wonderful service for anyone who is at all inquisiti...

In recent years vampire fiction has become one of the most popular genres for teen and young adult readers,with novels and television programmes such as True Blood, Interview with a...

The boundary fence by which the children discover Gemmy Fairley is an introduction to the prominent motif of margins and boundaries that runs the course of the novel. The initial ref...