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How does ‘pink of the properties’ reflect Stevenson life? He wasn’t born into a wealthy family, he was an only child of a middle class family…

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For question 4 of paper 2, would you write 3 'coathanger' paragraphs (beg, mid, end) or solely 2 (beg & end)?

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sir could you say that the use of a circular narrative links with the idea of addiction because the story keeps being told

Is Malcolm not a perfect king

I’ve seen a lot of speculation saying that kingship is this years exam. This has definitely helped!

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Has kingship come up if it has what year

is this a likely question for the aqa paper this year?

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do you think an essay on characters like enfield could come up?

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Do you give alternative interpretations?

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Just wanted to say thank you! Your videos were extremely helpful and helped me get a 9 in my English Literature! :)

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AQA GCSE ENGLISH LITERATURE, paper 2 - Inspector Calls! either... how does Priestley present social responsibility in *An Inspector Calls?* or... how does Priestley present generational conflict in *"An Inspector Calls"?* LATER...

next time: HOW does Priestley present the theme of conflict in *'An Inspector Calls'?*

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These videos are so helpful.. accessible and simple to follow. Please do a series for Frankenstein 😬😬

hi sir, i used the point of all members of society "pleading" and begging to keep duncan on the throne due to the stability in which he provides in a paper today. I am wondering if this could also fall under the audience response/effect on the audience. Thank you 👍

Macbeth 2022 anyone … good luck

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hi sir, I have a question: yesterday I did the literature paper and the question was how is Dr Jekyll presented as a mysterious character and I used the quotation of foggy cupola, dreadful shipwreck and my devil had been long caged and it came out roaring and I made sure that after all my analysis and I linked it back to the question. Are the quotes that I used fine?

The gcse question this year was on Eric, and this helped me so much

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Hi sir is it very possible for this to be a question in aqa exam on wednesday since an inspector Goole question hasnt came up since 2017?

How does Priestley use Gerald to explore ideas about responsibility? Gerald croft is Priestley’s tool to reveal the flaws of the upper class. He represents the aristocracy whom in 1912 exploited the working class. Priestley uses Gerald to reinforce his socialist message and the damaging aristocratic capitalist message of the Edwardian era. Priestley describes Gerald Croft in the introductory stage directions as an ‘easy well-bred young man-about-town’ - highlighting a stereotypical upper class man. Priestley’s use of the rule of three - with the adjectives easy, well-bred and young - to tells us that he is part of an elite, fortunate class and is used to a life with money all around him which many people don’t have. However, the adjective ‘young’ could show that he is reckless and priorities his needs before others. This encapsulates the idea of greed as in the play we see Gerald in the palace bar - embroiled in events that is explained later on in the play and also foreshadows the foolish, unforgiving behavior towards Daisy Renton and Sheila. The phrase ‘mad-about-town’ shows that he knows what’s happening in the world yet still exploits the working class- going against the view of Priestley. The 1945 audience would be disgusted by Gerald’s behavior as he exploits mostly women to work for him- giving them very low wages and making a lot of money (portraying the greed of the upper class). We can see Priestley’s message in the quote, “We are responsible for each other” depicting the fact that there shouldn’t be a division between the upper class (Gerald) and the lower class (Eva) as it shows inequality. Priestley uses Gerald to show that even with his foolish, reckless behavior he can change - breaking the capitalist view and bringing hope to a more socialist society. The Inspector aims to change the upper class views on responsibility, and does so by describing to each of the characters how they all contributed to the suicide of Eva Smith. However, at first Gerald denies this claim and tells the inspector in an assertive tone, “I don’t come into this suicide business” illustrating his poor, dismissive attitude. The phrase ‘suicide business’ is unkind and insensitive which highlights the disgusting behavior of Gerald but it also shows his superiority. “Business” is not used in the sense of money, like Crofts ltd, but is used as something difficult or a scandalous event. Priestley positions Gerald as superior as he implies others are responsible for Eva’s death. However, the cold hearted Gerald soon changes as he discovers that Eva Smith is actually Daisy Renton. Priestley positions the audience, which has seen Gerald’s dismissive attitude, to enjoy his discomfort during his interrogation. Yet Gerald seemed remorseful of his actions and says: “She didn’t blame me at all. I wish to God she had now.” The melancholy tone shows his genuine guilt and sadness. The audience would feel sympathy towards Gerald, and for a while, the audience believes he will align himself with the inspector’s views of social responsibility. This reinforces Priestley’s socialist views as Gerald is now taking the blame - coming back to Priestley’s idea that “we are members of one body.”

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Thank you so much for these videos!! I used these videos for my Inspector calls mock and I got 24/30 (a grade 8 overall) and I'm so happy because I've never got higher than a 6 in lit :)

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This helped me get an 8 in one of my assessments! Thank you so much, your videos are extremely helpful and useful:)

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what grade would writing like this get us?

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Wouldn't you get marked down if you only have one quote per paragraph?

have u done question 5 for paper 1? if not, can u pls do it

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