English Resources (page 74)

`It pleased my most gratious God to haue compassion on me & give me strength to conceaue againe about a quarter of a yeare after my recouery of the most desperate & dangerous sickness...

'Reader, my story ends with freedom; not in the usual way, with marriage' (Harriet Jacobs). How do nineteenth century American women writers define and engage with ideas of freedom in...

Here are some ideas for parents and guardians who would like to encourage their child to read more: Read to your child regularly and take in it in turns to listen to your child rea...

Imagine Alice without her Wonderland. Doesn't really work, does it? This text is inextricably bound up with its setting: the story's meaning is reinforced or crystallised by geograp...

Perhaps the fundamental reason for teacher/tutor success in the classroom and in homes is the need to coach students to have the right frame of mind. It is this fine psychological ...

Socrates, a philosopher in ancient Greece argued that Sophists were 'superficial thinkers who adopted and reflected the prejudices of society.' He also openly protested that 'demo...

Love? Love? For truly love leaves too much to be desired, any object of warm affection or devotion, having a great affection or liking for its all the same nonetheless. A useless emo...

There are many ways I categorise my belongings. For one I am a boy highly and I mean very highly into his music. I have over two and a half thousand tracks on my computer alone along ...

Morden * A man in his mid 60s sits alone on a bench in Morden Hall Park and feeds pieces of bread to travelling pigeons. The man dressed in a shabby brown suit jacket and trousers,...

LITERATURE, PRE-1914: "TICHBORNE'S ELEGY" An agonising poem in which a man contemplates his imminent death. The entire poem focuses on his desperate wish to live; his appetite for...