i love ur videos sm!! a month ago i had no motivation and found revising english boring, but ur channel helps so much cause ur vids are enjoyable and very useful, tysm!!!
I tend to answer characters, purely due to being able to plan the essay before hand have quotes specific to that character. Take Eric, I would argue he doesn’t learn anything due to him sexually assaulting Eva « in that state ». Ultimately, there’s more themes than characters, if you get my drift
@@lukenorth8678 yeah but when i did an eric question for my mock i got 17/30 because the question is too narrow and i wrote about how mr birling and the inspector influence eric which i thought was good but was wrong
Hi sir, I'm taking the CCEA exam this summer and the Advance Info states that the paper will be about the Young vs Old Generation. This video helped a lot, thanks for explaining everything 🙌
Hiya Mr Salles. I was wondering when you were going to give us your input on predictions for this summer’s exams. Which themes for Macbeth, AIC, and. A Christmas Carol do you think are more likely to come up? Thank you!
Hello Mr Salles, what are your predictions about the english literature questions this year (power & conflict poem, macbeth, inspector calls + frankenstein)?
Hi sir, Could you please read my narrative and give my advice. I plan on remembering it to bring into the exam with me: Placing his empty shot glass on the bar table in front of the flustered bartender, he spun round towards the men in black with an eminent glare and ripped his shirt into shreds,embracing the Hercules that was caged behind. "At me you male hags!"An authoritative roar broke out. His gladiator arms ,filled with malice aforethought, stretched out beside him with , as though he was crucified on the right hand side of Christ, and displayed the divine body of a Greek God as the men watched in perceptive hypervigilance. His unmatched perspicacity, coupled with his sheer indefatigability made him a feared opponent in any realm of human endeavour. The alcohol that beamed through the men's blood made to sought out the dilution of him being suspended in the air by angelic wings, stolen from Lucifer himself. His eldritch eyes, touched in with a burning hell of blood red, had intensely black pupils, and were fixed upon the drunk men with a look of beast-like hate. All eyes darted towards the shirted men whom stood stumbling! Even their affluent attires couldn't deceive the room of anticipated onlookers from their overflowing trepidation! Phrases i plan to use His fists would get drunk on foolish blood The police glanced in his eyes and could confirm that a burning flare remains An even blanket of imperilment washed over the room and dried the men with a towel of fear Archangel Azrael Words I plan to use Uncanny Transcendental Preternatural Sacred Deity Salient- outstanding Prominent - noticeable Eminent- outrank in a quality Plummet I am generally a grade 5 😢student and wish to get hopefully a 7😊 (I'm a he btw)
Are you able to do other prediction questions videos for A Christmas Carol , Macbeth, Inspector Calls and Power and Conflict before our exams. Even if they are shorts videos they are always helpful 😊
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish sir would it be possible if you did a video on unseen poetry? I struggle on that alot and I'm on a 5 I know with a push I could be on a 6. Thank you very much
Thanks Mr salles. Do we have to memorise all these quotes in your videos? Also Ill follow the plan and start writing an essay on Gerald after finishing this video. By the way sir can we just interpret the "ring" reference to the phone ringing and Gerald saying "ring" do we have to use the discourse marker "alternatively" to then reveal the interpretation? do we have to or can we just interpret it in our writing?
Mr salles Are the Questions similar/ same for all the exam boards for the literature exams since I do Edexcel do you think Gerald will come in that exam too?
hi sir, you told me to send over the essays I wrote and Im not sure if they properly sent through when I put them in the reply box as my TH-cam not loading them up. I will place them on this comment on the other in the reply section to make sure they actually sent through. this first one I wrote as part of my mock, however my teacher only gave me 21/30 as she said that my poem choice didn't allow me to fully and clearly answer the questions. Im sure I could have been clearer in some of my points, however I would also be grateful to hear your feedback on it as if I'd scored higher I could potentially have been awarded a grade 9. Compare how poets present the ways people are affected by difficult experiences in ‘Remains’ and in one other poem. This essay is a comparative exploration as to how Remains by Simon Armitage and Tissue by Imitiaz Dharker present how people are affected by difficult experiences. Remains was written for a channel 4 documentary ‘The Not Dead’ that focused in the effect of PTSD on Guardsman Truman due to the Iraq War. Whereas Tissue, a more ambiguous metaphor for life presents how religion (Islam) is affected by war. Being part of her poem collection Terrorist at my Table, it can be seen as referencing 9/11 that caused the American ‘War on Terror’ (led to the Afghanistan and Iraq war) and the affect tis had on an increase of Islamophobia. Remains begins in media res, ‘on another occasion’ through this Armitage places the reader directly into the action. This gives us a sense of uncertainty similar to how the soldier feels in a day on patrol, not sure who is friend or foe. The use of ‘another’ presents the tone that this is another day of what it is like in a war zone. It almost presents a disregard for the importance of the day, ironic as it is one that caused the soldier PTSD for the rest of his life, perhaps Armitage is criticising the lack of support soldier’s get when experiencing PTSD. As this line continues we find out that the looters are raiding a ‘bank’. ‘Bank’ can be seen as a metaphor which Armitage uses to criticise how capitalism funded war, and that the effect of war on people is seen as less by the government that their wealth. Whereas Tissue begins with ‘paper that lets light shine through’. ‘Light’ can be in many ways seen as a presentation of God. ‘Paper’ has a more ambiguous meaning in this as it can be seen as presenting paper money. In this sense Dharker can be seen as criticising how capitalism and corruption of the Government has had a great effect on the lives of many people through war and that God is angry at us shining himself on this uncovering the corruption. Alternatively, the paper can be seen as presenting religious texts. Dhakrer was inspired to write this after finding her Father’s Koran. In this way Dhakrer can be criticising how the Government is attempting to blame the effects of war and suffering has for people on these texts - how 9/11 had an increase in Islamophobia and fear on terrorism, when these are in fact pure and God himself is seen as passing through them. It is the greed of the government that is causing suffering to people do why should a religious community be affected by this. Structurally, Remains has a cyclical structure which Armitage uses to present the cycle of PTSD the soldier is trapped in as a result of war. Furthermore, the fact that it has a relatively organised structure that is juxtaposed by the use of enjambment (lines 5-6) can present the soldier’s attempt s to mask his feeling of PTSD on the outside, has an internal conflict in his mind due to the difficult experiences he had at war. Similarly, Tissue has quite organised stanza lengths that are contrasted by her use of enjambment. Through this Dharker may be presenting how the Government attempts to cover their reasons for going to war filtering the media on the outside, like the lie of invading Iraq due to ‘nuclear weapons’ when in fact these wars cause great suffering and chaos, showing how war has a great effect on both soldiers and civilians if those countries west decide to attack. Tissue is also written in free verse to parallel both the structure of the Koran and Bible, Dharker perhaps uses this link to criticise how ridiculous it is that certain religions are affected and persecuted by another fight, when in fact they are in many ways similar focusing on the good acts of God. Remains ends with ‘his bloody life in my bloody hands’. In this last line we experience a volta through the poets use of ‘his’. Before this the soldier has only taken partial blame for shooting the looter as he deflected the blame talking of ‘we and all three of us. However, in this lune the speaker talks of the lotter’s life being in ‘his bloody hands’, showing the reader how deeply affected the soldier is by his PTSD that he takes full blame for the incident that is now haunting him. The repetition of ‘bloody’ has two separate meanings to present the effect of war had on the soldier. The first is a use of colloquial language, showing the soldiers anger. Perhaps Armitage through this is criticising the futility of war, and how it has such a big impact on those involved. The soldier is not only at war but predominantly himself, as this is the last line it leaves us with a feeling of depression of the soldier, he seems hopefully stuck in a cycle, angry at himself. The use of the second ‘bloody’ connotates more to the imagery of blood. It intertextually links to Lady Macbeth and the guilt she experienced after killing King Duncan. Armitage uses this imagery to show the pure guilt the soldier feels for the death of the looter even after he returned at home. This link to Lady Macbeth can further imply how the speaker feels he may never get over this, it has had such an effect on his mental health that he may even be contemplating suicide as Lady Macbeth does. On the whole, the last line of Remains finishes the poem very much in a feeling of despair, Armitage presents to the reader how deeply soldiers mental health is affected by the experience at war. Finally, Tissue ends with ‘and turned into your skin’. Dharker uses this line not only as a way to conclude the poem but to almost connect us all together. The fact that we as humans are made of ‘Tissue’ it is the delicate material that links us all together allows Dharker to make the reader question why some are persecuted by others on the grounds of their faith where we are all made of the same Tissue. She can also be seen as criticising war as a whole as why are we destroying the thing on others that we too are made of. Perhaps, she could also be commenting on how ironic it is we as a race think it is ok to fight and destroy land civilisation and nature (God’s creation) when all living organisms are also made of tissue, ‘that turns into your skin’. To conclude, both Dharker and Armitage use their poems to present ways In which people are affected by war, however, Armitage focuses more on the mental effects it has on an individual, while Dharker the effect it has on the Islamic community.
I also wrote a Lady Macbeth one based on your newsletter thing as part of my Easter revision This essay is an exploration as to how Shakespeare presents ideas of females in society through Lady Macbeth in the Jacobean tragedy Macbeth. While it can be argued Shakespeare was a protofeminist and portrayed LM as subverting the stereotype of the time, he may also be seen as conforming with it, criticising LM aversion towards the patriarchal society and presenting her simply as a subservient wife to Macbeth. This may have been due to King James being highly misogynistic and in Daemonlogie stating women the ‘frailer’ sex are more likely to be tempted to evil, as Eve was by the snake. ‘Unsex me here, and fill me from the crown to the toe-top full of direst cruelty’, within this scene Shakespeare presents LM as calling on the evil spirits in order to prepare her to complete the horrific act of regicide. This line alludes to the biblical imagery of Eve being tempted by the snake and eating the fruit of knowledge in order to be filled with the knowledge - linking to King James’s idea in Daemonologie. The fact she calls the spirits to ’unsex’ presents in order for LM to become more powerful she must appear more masculine, which within the play’s society is associated with ‘cruelty’. Through this Shakespeare may be seen as criticising the patriarchy and how in order for women to gain any power they must become something unnatural and be rejected by society, similar to the weird sisters and their ‘beards’ symbolism of how women need to behave unnatural to gain power. However, Shakespeare may instead be more presenting a message more so supporting the patriarchal society, that femininity is weak and that the only reason LM is attempting to rid of it is to become a subservient wife and support her husband in his ambition. The use of ‘crown’ alludes to the imagery of a monarch’s crown symbolising the power LM wishes to gain as a result of being supressed by a patriarchal society. Through this, Shakespeare may perhaps be seen as criticising how the patriarchy leads women desperate enough to commit a horrendous act such as regicide in order to gain power usually reserved only for men. Finally, the use of the verb ‘fills’ shows us that through her ambition LM is attempting to fill a part of her that is hollow and empty, perhaps due to the grief of the death of her baby and inability to produce a child. In this sense, Shakespeare may not be presenting LM as a strong and feminist character but simply a woman unstable and mentally disturbed by the loss of her child - exploring the psychology of this. However, Shakespeare could be in fact seen as criticising women’s limiting role of in society of simply creating offspring and how without this, women are seen as useless, perhaps even cursed or evil - a witch. Shakespeare presents LM as a strong character, more dominant than Macbeth, ‘he is too full of the milk of human kindnesses. Through this LM is presented as intelligent and dominant within their relationship. She associates her own husband who she should be subservient to with ‘feminine’ and ‘weaker’ imagery of ‘milk’. ‘Milk’ connotates to that of a mother caring for their child, so through this LM is seen as emasculating Macbeth, prying on his weakness, the insecurity he has of his masculinity in order to manipulate him to be her accomplice in regicide. Perhaps, Shakespeare uses this imagery of ‘milk’, a link to motherhood to show that LM is instead channelling her anger and guilt for herself, being unable to conceive a healthy child and placing it on Macbeth as a way to cope with her grief. In this sense, Shakespeare presents LM as an evil character yet not necessarily a strong female as she can in many ways be seen as having a ‘frailer’ state of mind than Macbeth even before the guilt of the murder sets in. ‘Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under it’, through this Shakespeare yet again alludes to the biblical imagery in Adam and Eve and how Eve gave into the temptations first, therefore she must be weaker. It plays with King James in Daemonlogie, which Shakespeare shows through presenting LM with the imagery of a ‘serpent’ when she manipulates Macbeth in Act 1 Scene 7. Through this, Shakespeare yet again flatters King James by referencing the medal he made after the gunpowder plot with a snake and flower on it - therefore Shakespeare may be using the misogynistic view on women to more so flatter King James, and secure himself and his family due to the probability of them being Catholic. This idea of reality vs appearance in this line may also be seen as presenting how in order for women to gain power in a patriarchal society they must disguise themselves as something else, that even when they have power is most likely kept behind closed doors with a man in front of it.
As the play progresses LM becomes much ‘frailer’ and weaker than Macbeth as she mentally begins to deteriorate from thee guilt - supporting King Jame’s ideas, ‘smell of blood still’. The imagery of blood, a symbol of guilt, showing how LM is beginning to take on the guilt of Macbeth her fractured mind paralleling his. In this same sleepwalking scene, LM ‘enters holding a taper’. The symbol of a taper (a candle), that can be seen as a symbol of life and death but also how in the dark and evil she is holding this light as a way of pleading redemption - showing the extreme extent of her guilt. To conclude, Shakespeare uses the character LM quite ambiguously. He presents her as a conventionally weak female to conform with the patriarchal society of the time and King James’s views in Daemonlogie, but also as a strong female character that subverts the oppressing stereotypes of the patriarchal society - portraying Shakespeare in this sense as a protofeminist.
hi sir, your videos have helped me so much, and I received an 8 in my last mock! I have a couple of essays I have written and was wondering if you would mind if i send a few over to you? I know you are probably super busy but if you had time id greatly appreciate if you could go over them.
this first one I wrote as part of my mock, however my teacher only gave me 21/30 as she said that my poem choice didn't allow me to fully and clearly answer the questions. Im sure I could have been clearer in some of my points, however I would also be grateful to hear your feedback on it as if I'd scored higher I could potentially have been awarded a grade 9. Compare how poets present the ways people are affected by difficult experiences in ‘Remains’ and in one other poem. This essay is a comparative exploration as to how Remains by Simon Armitage and Tissue by Imitiaz Dharker present how people are affected by difficult experiences. Remains was written for a channel 4 documentary ‘The Not Dead’ that focused in the effect of PTSD on Guardsman Truman due to the Iraq War. Whereas Tissue, a more ambiguous metaphor for life presents how religion (Islam) is affected by war. Being part of her poem collection Terrorist at my Table, it can be seen as referencing 9/11 that caused the American ‘War on Terror’ (led to the Afghanistan and Iraq war) and the affect tis had on an increase of Islamophobia. Remains begins in media res, ‘on another occasion’ through this Armitage places the reader directly into the action. This gives us a sense of uncertainty similar to how the soldier feels in a day on patrol, not sure who is friend or foe. The use of ‘another’ presents the tone that this is another day of what it is like in a war zone. It almost presents a disregard for the importance of the day, ironic as it is one that caused the soldier PTSD for the rest of his life, perhaps Armitage is criticising the lack of support soldier’s get when experiencing PTSD. As this line continues we find out that the looters are raiding a ‘bank’. ‘Bank’ can be seen as a metaphor which Armitage uses to criticise how capitalism funded war, and that the effect of war on people is seen as less by the government that their wealth. Whereas Tissue begins with ‘paper that lets light shine through’. ‘Light’ can be in many ways seen as a presentation of God. ‘Paper’ has a more ambiguous meaning in this as it can be seen as presenting paper money. In this sense Dharker can be seen as criticising how capitalism and corruption of the Government has had a great effect on the lives of many people through war and that God is angry at us shining himself on this uncovering the corruption. Alternatively, the paper can be seen as presenting religious texts. Dhakrer was inspired to write this after finding her Father’s Koran. In this way Dhakrer can be criticising how the Government is attempting to blame the effects of war and suffering has for people on these texts - how 9/11 had an increase in Islamophobia and fear on terrorism, when these are in fact pure and God himself is seen as passing through them. It is the greed of the government that is causing suffering to people do why should a religious community be affected by this. Structurally, Remains has a cyclical structure which Armitage uses to present the cycle of PTSD the soldier is trapped in as a result of war. Furthermore, the fact that it has a relatively organised structure that is juxtaposed by the use of enjambment (lines 5-6) can present the soldier’s attempt s to mask his feeling of PTSD on the outside, has an internal conflict in his mind due to the difficult experiences he had at war. Similarly, Tissue has quite organised stanza lengths that are contrasted by her use of enjambment. Through this Dharker may be presenting how the Government attempts to cover their reasons for going to war filtering the media on the outside, like the lie of invading Iraq due to ‘nuclear weapons’ when in fact these wars cause great suffering and chaos, showing how war has a great effect on both soldiers and civilians if those countries west decide to attack. Tissue is also written in free verse to parallel both the structure of the Koran and Bible, Dharker perhaps uses this link to criticise how ridiculous it is that certain religions are affected and persecuted by another fight, when in fact they are in many ways similar focusing on the good acts of God. Remains ends with ‘his bloody life in my bloody hands’. In this last line we experience a volta through the poets use of ‘his’. Before this the soldier has only taken partial blame for shooting the looter as he deflected the blame talking of ‘we and all three of us. However, in this lune the speaker talks of the lotter’s life being in ‘his bloody hands’, showing the reader how deeply affected the soldier is by his PTSD that he takes full blame for the incident that is now haunting him. The repetition of ‘bloody’ has two separate meanings to present the effect of war had on the soldier. The first is a use of colloquial language, showing the soldiers anger. Perhaps Armitage through this is criticising the futility of war, and how it has such a big impact on those involved. The soldier is not only at war but predominantly himself, as this is the last line it leaves us with a feeling of depression of the soldier, he seems hopefully stuck in a cycle, angry at himself. The use of the second ‘bloody’ connotates more to the imagery of blood. It intertextually links to Lady Macbeth and the guilt she experienced after killing King Duncan. Armitage uses this imagery to show the pure guilt the soldier feels for the death of the looter even after he returned at home. This link to Lady Macbeth can further imply how the speaker feels he may never get over this, it has had such an effect on his mental health that he may even be contemplating suicide as Lady Macbeth does. On the whole, the last line of Remains finishes the poem very much in a feeling of despair, Armitage presents to the reader how deeply soldiers mental health is affected by the experience at war. Finally, Tissue ends with ‘and turned into your skin’. Dharker uses this line not only as a way to conclude the poem but to almost connect us all together. The fact that we as humans are made of ‘Tissue’ it is the delicate material that links us all together allows Dharker to make the reader question why some are persecuted by others on the grounds of their faith where we are all made of the same Tissue. She can also be seen as criticising war as a whole as why are we destroying the thing on others that we too are made of. Perhaps, she could also be commenting on how ironic it is we as a race think it is ok to fight and destroy land civilisation and nature (God’s creation) when all living organisms are also made of tissue, ‘that turns into your skin’. To conclude, both Dharker and Armitage use their poems to present ways In which people are affected by war, however, Armitage focuses more on the mental effects it has on an individual, while Dharker the effect it has on the Islamic community.
I also wrote a Lady Macbeth one based on your newsletter thing as part of my Easter revision This essay is an exploration as to how Shakespeare presents ideas of females in society through Lady Macbeth in the Jacobean tragedy Macbeth. While it can be argued Shakespeare was a protofeminist and portrayed LM as subverting the stereotype of the time, he may also be seen as conforming with it, criticising LM aversion towards the patriarchal society and presenting her simply as a subservient wife to Macbeth. This may have been due to King James being highly misogynistic and in Daemonlogie stating women the ‘frailer’ sex are more likely to be tempted to evil, as Eve was by the snake. ‘Unsex me here, and fill me from the crown to the toe-top full of direst cruelty’, within this scene Shakespeare presents LM as calling on the evil spirits in order to prepare her to complete the horrific act of regicide. This line alludes to the biblical imagery of Eve being tempted by the snake and eating the fruit of knowledge in order to be filled with the knowledge - linking to King James’s idea in Daemonologie. The fact she calls the spirits to ’unsex’ presents in order for LM to become more powerful she must appear more masculine, which within the play’s society is associated with ‘cruelty’. Through this Shakespeare may be seen as criticising the patriarchy and how in order for women to gain any power they must become something unnatural and be rejected by society, similar to the weird sisters and their ‘beards’ symbolism of how women need to behave unnatural to gain power. However, Shakespeare may instead be more presenting a message more so supporting the patriarchal society, that femininity is weak and that the only reason LM is attempting to rid of it is to become a subservient wife and support her husband in his ambition. The use of ‘crown’ alludes to the imagery of a monarch’s crown symbolising the power LM wishes to gain as a result of being supressed by a patriarchal society. Through this, Shakespeare may perhaps be seen as criticising how the patriarchy leads women desperate enough to commit a horrendous act such as regicide in order to gain power usually reserved only for men. Finally, the use of the verb ‘fills’ shows us that through her ambition LM is attempting to fill a part of her that is hollow and empty, perhaps due to the grief of the death of her baby and inability to produce a child. In this sense, Shakespeare may not be presenting LM as a strong and feminist character but simply a woman unstable and mentally disturbed by the loss of her child - exploring the psychology of this. However, Shakespeare could be in fact seen as criticising women’s limiting role of in society of simply creating offspring and how without this, women are seen as useless, perhaps even cursed or evil - a witch. Shakespeare presents LM as a strong character, more dominant than Macbeth, ‘he is too full of the milk of human kindnesses. Through this LM is presented as intelligent and dominant within their relationship. She associates her own husband who she should be subservient to with ‘feminine’ and ‘weaker’ imagery of ‘milk’. ‘Milk’ connotates to that of a mother caring for their child, so through this LM is seen as emasculating Macbeth, prying on his weakness, the insecurity he has of his masculinity in order to manipulate him to be her accomplice in regicide. Perhaps, Shakespeare uses this imagery of ‘milk’, a link to motherhood to show that LM is instead channelling her anger and guilt for herself, being unable to conceive a healthy child and placing it on Macbeth as a way to cope with her grief. In this sense, Shakespeare presents LM as an evil character yet not necessarily a strong female as she can in many ways be seen as having a ‘frailer’ state of mind than Macbeth even before the guilt of the murder sets in. ‘Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under it’, through this Shakespeare yet again alludes to the biblical imagery in Adam and Eve and how Eve gave into the temptations first, therefore she must be weaker. It plays with King James in Daemonlogie, which Shakespeare shows through presenting LM with the imagery of a ‘serpent’ when she manipulates Macbeth in Act 1 Scene 7. Through this, Shakespeare yet again flatters King James by referencing the medal he made after the gunpowder plot with a snake and flower on it - therefore Shakespeare may be using the misogynistic view on women to more so flatter King James, and secure himself and his family due to the probability of them being Catholic. This idea of reality vs appearance in this line may also be seen as presenting how in order for women to gain power in a patriarchal society they must disguise themselves as something else, that even when they have power is most likely kept behind closed doors with a man in front of it.
As the play progresses LM becomes much ‘frailer’ and weaker than Macbeth as she mentally begins to deteriorate from thee guilt - supporting King Jame’s ideas, ‘smell of blood still’. The imagery of blood, a symbol of guilt, showing how LM is beginning to take on the guilt of Macbeth her fractured mind paralleling his. In this same sleepwalking scene, LM ‘enters holding a taper’. The symbol of a taper (a candle), that can be seen as a symbol of life and death but also how in the dark and evil she is holding this light as a way of pleading redemption - showing the extreme extent of her guilt. To conclude, Shakespeare uses the character LM quite ambiguously. He presents her as a conventionally weak female to conform with the patriarchal society of the time and King James’s views in Daemonlogie, but also as a strong female character that subverts the oppressing stereotypes of the patriarchal society - portraying Shakespeare in this sense as a protofeminist.
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My jaw literally dropped several times during this- I love how this perspective on Gerald is so different to the milder one we were taught in class.
Really pleased
i love ur videos sm!! a month ago i had no motivation and found revising english boring, but ur channel helps so much cause ur vids are enjoyable and very useful, tysm!!!
I’m very glad!
The analysis is so great! Thank you
Why would anyone do the character question when the theme question is way better
i think maybe because its easier to have grade 9 paragraphs ready for each character but i agrre that i find the theme way easier
I tend to answer characters, purely due to being able to plan the essay before hand have quotes specific to that character. Take Eric, I would argue he doesn’t learn anything due to him sexually assaulting Eva « in that state ». Ultimately, there’s more themes than characters, if you get my drift
@@lukenorth8678 yeah but when i did an eric question for my mock i got 17/30 because the question is too narrow and i wrote about how mr birling and the inspector influence eric which i thought was good but was wrong
you can choose different questions??
@@lozz2740yeah 😭
Hi sir, I'm taking the CCEA exam this summer and the Advance Info states that the paper will be about the Young vs Old Generation. This video helped a lot, thanks for explaining everything 🙌
young vs old generation IS A GOD SENT you are very lucky to even have hints.
whaaat !!! you guys get told what the question will be before the exam, so lucky
sir you are absolutely brilliant
Hiya Mr Salles. I was wondering when you were going to give us your input on predictions for this summer’s exams. Which themes for Macbeth, AIC, and. A Christmas Carol do you think are more likely to come up?
Thank you!
Literaly the one character i dread coming up next year made easy
Hello Mr Salles, what are your predictions about the english literature questions this year (power & conflict poem, macbeth, inspector calls + frankenstein)?
yes i really want to know for frankenstein as well
Would it be possible for you to do a prediction question video on inspector calls?
Hi sir,
Could you please read my narrative and give my advice. I plan on remembering it to bring into the exam with me:
Placing his empty shot glass on the bar table in front of the flustered bartender, he spun round towards the men in black with an eminent glare and ripped his shirt into shreds,embracing the Hercules that was caged behind.
"At me you male hags!"An authoritative roar broke out.
His gladiator arms ,filled with malice aforethought, stretched out beside him with , as though he was crucified on the right hand side of Christ, and displayed the divine body of a Greek God as the men watched in perceptive hypervigilance.
His unmatched perspicacity, coupled with his sheer indefatigability made him a feared opponent in any realm of human endeavour.
The alcohol that beamed through the men's blood made to sought out the dilution of him being suspended in the air by angelic wings, stolen from Lucifer himself. His eldritch eyes, touched in with a burning hell of blood red, had intensely black pupils, and were fixed upon the drunk men with a look of beast-like hate. All eyes darted towards the shirted men whom stood stumbling! Even their affluent attires couldn't deceive the room of anticipated onlookers from their overflowing trepidation!
Phrases i plan to use
His fists would get drunk on foolish blood
The police glanced in his eyes and could confirm that a burning flare remains
An even blanket of imperilment washed over the room and dried the men with a towel of fear
Archangel Azrael
Words I plan to use
Uncanny
Transcendental
Preternatural
Sacred
Deity
Salient- outstanding
Prominent - noticeable
Eminent- outrank in a quality
Plummet
I am generally a grade 5 😢student and wish to get hopefully a 7😊
(I'm a he btw)
This is just the into
The vocabulary is too over the top. Rewrite it so that it could be a page in a book you like. Imagine it is a character in Harry Potter for example
also watch out people might copy this since you sent it in the chat. So change it up like Mr salles said but do not resend it. Just to be extra safe
you don't need 15 quotations to get into the top band (26+) I do it with 5-8 (and referencing points in the play) and have never gotten x>27
Do you mean
@@subbhy3791 no I mean x=my mark x> 27
Are you able to do other prediction questions videos for A Christmas Carol , Macbeth, Inspector Calls and Power and Conflict before our exams. Even if they are shorts videos they are always helpful 😊
Could you say that Gerald shifts into the role of an untrustworthy sleuth at the end of the play?
Yes
Please could you do the same style of video for A Christmas Carol
i love your videos can you please do a video like this for jekyll and hyde. It would really help for my exams . 🥺
Same here
THANK YOU MR SALLES
Sir do you have a sheet for language,structure and form for all power and conflict poems?
Love your videos Mr salles!
Glad you like them!
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish sir would it be possible if you did a video on unseen poetry? I struggle on that alot and I'm on a 5 I know with a push I could be on a 6. Thank you very much
Would it be possible for you to do a prediction question video on jekyll and hyde?
can anyone make a rough prediction on what the aic, macbeth or jekyll and hyde question could be this year just to structure my revision better?
Your videos are amazing tysm for them please do more
Mr salles could you please help if the question is about atmosphere in a Christmas Carol, what quotes would I use? the
thesis I have handled
Thanks Mr salles. Do we have to memorise all these quotes in your videos? Also Ill follow the plan and start writing an essay on Gerald after finishing this video. By the way sir can we just interpret the "ring" reference to the phone ringing and Gerald saying "ring" do we have to use the discourse marker "alternatively" to then reveal the interpretation? do we have to or can we just interpret it in our writing?
No, you don't have to remember them all, and you don't need the discourse marker. However, use tentative language, like may, perhaps, etc
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish thanks
Hi sir, please can you make a top 20 quotes video for Jekyll+Hyde?
wasnt gerald in the november 2021 paper
I hope we dont get him this year cuz hes such a shit one to do
Is it possible for a precision question or AIC and Macbeth?
Mr salles
Are the Questions similar/ same for all the exam boards for the literature exams since I do Edexcel do you think Gerald will come in that exam too?
Hi sir, could you make predictions for Macbeth & AIC?
This is amazing thank you so much!! I share your passionate hate for Gerald
Do you think there will be a theme question this year for AIC?
There always is
it's always a theme or a character question you get a choice of two for aic
@@bxngtanxx not necessarily, although it is likely, 2017 had two characters, Sybil Birling and the inspector
@@dhylbob8291 that was 2017 its 2023 now
2017 had a different specification@@dhylbob8291
hi sir, you told me to send over the essays I wrote and Im not sure if they properly sent through when I put them in the reply box as my TH-cam not loading them up. I will place them on this comment on the other in the reply section to make sure they actually sent through.
this first one I wrote as part of my mock, however my teacher only gave me 21/30 as she said that my poem choice didn't allow me to fully and clearly answer the questions. Im sure I could have been clearer in some of my points, however I would also be grateful to hear your feedback on it as if I'd scored higher I could potentially have been awarded a grade 9.
Compare how poets present the ways people are affected by difficult experiences in ‘Remains’ and in one other poem.
This essay is a comparative exploration as to how Remains by Simon Armitage and Tissue by Imitiaz Dharker present how people are affected by difficult experiences. Remains was written for a channel 4 documentary ‘The Not Dead’ that focused in the effect of PTSD on Guardsman Truman due to the Iraq War. Whereas Tissue, a more ambiguous metaphor for life presents how religion (Islam) is affected by war. Being part of her poem collection Terrorist at my Table, it can be seen as referencing 9/11 that caused the American ‘War on Terror’ (led to the Afghanistan and Iraq war) and the affect tis had on an increase of Islamophobia.
Remains begins in media res, ‘on another occasion’ through this Armitage places the reader directly into the action. This gives us a sense of uncertainty similar to how the soldier feels in a day on patrol, not sure who is friend or foe. The use of ‘another’ presents the tone that this is another day of what it is like in a war zone. It almost presents a disregard for the importance of the day, ironic as it is one that caused the soldier PTSD for the rest of his life, perhaps Armitage is criticising the lack of support soldier’s get when experiencing PTSD. As this line continues we find out that the looters are raiding a ‘bank’. ‘Bank’ can be seen as a metaphor which Armitage uses to criticise how capitalism funded war, and that the effect of war on people is seen as less by the government that their wealth.
Whereas Tissue begins with ‘paper that lets light shine through’. ‘Light’ can be in many ways seen as a presentation of God. ‘Paper’ has a more ambiguous meaning in this as it can be seen as presenting paper money. In this sense Dharker can be seen as criticising how capitalism and corruption of the Government has had a great effect on the lives of many people through war and that God is angry at us shining himself on this uncovering the corruption. Alternatively, the paper can be seen as presenting religious texts. Dhakrer was inspired to write this after finding her Father’s Koran. In this way Dhakrer can be criticising how the Government is attempting to blame the effects of war and suffering has for people on these texts - how 9/11 had an increase in Islamophobia and fear on terrorism, when these are in fact pure and God himself is seen as passing through them. It is the greed of the government that is causing suffering to people do why should a religious community be affected by this.
Structurally, Remains has a cyclical structure which Armitage uses to present the cycle of PTSD the soldier is trapped in as a result of war. Furthermore, the fact that it has a relatively organised structure that is juxtaposed by the use of enjambment (lines 5-6) can present the soldier’s attempt s to mask his feeling of PTSD on the outside, has an internal conflict in his mind due to the difficult experiences he had at war.
Similarly, Tissue has quite organised stanza lengths that are contrasted by her use of enjambment. Through this Dharker may be presenting how the Government attempts to cover their reasons for going to war filtering the media on the outside, like the lie of invading Iraq due to ‘nuclear weapons’ when in fact these wars cause great suffering and chaos, showing how war has a great effect on both soldiers and civilians if those countries west decide to attack.
Tissue is also written in free verse to parallel both the structure of the Koran and Bible, Dharker perhaps uses this link to criticise how ridiculous it is that certain religions are affected and persecuted by another fight, when in fact they are in many ways similar focusing on the good acts of God.
Remains ends with ‘his bloody life in my bloody hands’. In this last line we experience a volta through the poets use of ‘his’. Before this the soldier has only taken partial blame for shooting the looter as he deflected the blame talking of ‘we and all three of us. However, in this lune the speaker talks of the lotter’s life being in ‘his bloody hands’, showing the reader how deeply affected the soldier is by his PTSD that he takes full blame for the incident that is now haunting him. The repetition of ‘bloody’ has two separate meanings to present the effect of war had on the soldier. The first is a use of colloquial language, showing the soldiers anger. Perhaps Armitage through this is criticising the futility of war, and how it has such a big impact on those involved. The soldier is not only at war but predominantly himself, as this is the last line it leaves us with a feeling of depression of the soldier, he seems hopefully stuck in a cycle, angry at himself. The use of the second ‘bloody’ connotates more to the imagery of blood. It intertextually links to Lady Macbeth and the guilt she experienced after killing King Duncan. Armitage uses this imagery to show the pure guilt the soldier feels for the death of the looter even after he returned at home. This link to Lady Macbeth can further imply how the speaker feels he may never get over this, it has had such an effect on his mental health that he may even be contemplating suicide as Lady Macbeth does. On the whole, the last line of Remains finishes the poem very much in a feeling of despair, Armitage presents to the reader how deeply soldiers mental health is affected by the experience at war.
Finally, Tissue ends with ‘and turned into your skin’. Dharker uses this line not only as a way to conclude the poem but to almost connect us all together. The fact that we as humans are made of ‘Tissue’ it is the delicate material that links us all together allows Dharker to make the reader question why some are persecuted by others on the grounds of their faith where we are all made of the same Tissue. She can also be seen as criticising war as a whole as why are we destroying the thing on others that we too are made of. Perhaps, she could also be commenting on how ironic it is we as a race think it is ok to fight and destroy land civilisation and nature (God’s creation) when all living organisms are also made of tissue, ‘that turns into your skin’.
To conclude, both Dharker and Armitage use their poems to present ways In which people are affected by war, however, Armitage focuses more on the mental effects it has on an individual, while Dharker the effect it has on the Islamic community.
I also wrote a Lady Macbeth one based on your newsletter thing as part of my Easter revision
This essay is an exploration as to how Shakespeare presents ideas of females in society through Lady Macbeth in the Jacobean tragedy Macbeth. While it can be argued Shakespeare was a protofeminist and portrayed LM as subverting the stereotype of the time, he may also be seen as conforming with it, criticising LM aversion towards the patriarchal society and presenting her simply as a subservient wife to Macbeth. This may have been due to King James being highly misogynistic and in Daemonlogie stating women the ‘frailer’ sex are more likely to be tempted to evil, as Eve was by the snake.
‘Unsex me here, and fill me from the crown to the toe-top full of direst cruelty’, within this scene Shakespeare presents LM as calling on the evil spirits in order to prepare her to complete the horrific act of regicide. This line alludes to the biblical imagery of Eve being tempted by the snake and eating the fruit of knowledge in order to be filled with the knowledge - linking to King James’s idea in Daemonologie. The fact she calls the spirits to ’unsex’ presents in order for LM to become more powerful she must appear more masculine, which within the play’s society is associated with ‘cruelty’. Through this Shakespeare may be seen as criticising the patriarchy and how in order for women to gain any power they must become something unnatural and be rejected by society, similar to the weird sisters and their ‘beards’ symbolism of how women need to behave unnatural to gain power. However, Shakespeare may instead be more presenting a message more so supporting the patriarchal society, that femininity is weak and that the only reason LM is attempting to rid of it is to become a subservient wife and support her husband in his ambition.
The use of ‘crown’ alludes to the imagery of a monarch’s crown symbolising the power LM wishes to gain as a result of being supressed by a patriarchal society. Through this, Shakespeare may perhaps be seen as criticising how the patriarchy leads women desperate enough to commit a horrendous act such as regicide in order to gain power usually reserved only for men.
Finally, the use of the verb ‘fills’ shows us that through her ambition LM is attempting to fill a part of her that is hollow and empty, perhaps due to the grief of the death of her baby and inability to produce a child. In this sense, Shakespeare may not be presenting LM as a strong and feminist character but simply a woman unstable and mentally disturbed by the loss of her child - exploring the psychology of this. However, Shakespeare could be in fact seen as criticising women’s limiting role of in society of simply creating offspring and how without this, women are seen as useless, perhaps even cursed or evil - a witch.
Shakespeare presents LM as a strong character, more dominant than Macbeth, ‘he is too full of the milk of human kindnesses. Through this LM is presented as intelligent and dominant within their relationship. She associates her own husband who she should be subservient to with ‘feminine’ and ‘weaker’ imagery of ‘milk’. ‘Milk’ connotates to that of a mother caring for their child, so through this LM is seen as emasculating Macbeth, prying on his weakness, the insecurity he has of his masculinity in order to manipulate him to be her accomplice in regicide. Perhaps, Shakespeare uses this imagery of ‘milk’, a link to motherhood to show that LM is instead channelling her anger and guilt for herself, being unable to conceive a healthy child and placing it on Macbeth as a way to cope with her grief. In this sense, Shakespeare presents LM as an evil character yet not necessarily a strong female as she can in many ways be seen as having a ‘frailer’ state of mind than Macbeth even before the guilt of the murder sets in.
‘Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under it’, through this Shakespeare yet again alludes to the biblical imagery in Adam and Eve and how Eve gave into the temptations first, therefore she must be weaker. It plays with King James in Daemonlogie, which Shakespeare shows through presenting LM with the imagery of a ‘serpent’ when she manipulates Macbeth in Act 1 Scene 7. Through this, Shakespeare yet again flatters King James by referencing the medal he made after the gunpowder plot with a snake and flower on it - therefore Shakespeare may be using the misogynistic view on women to more so flatter King James, and secure himself and his family due to the probability of them being Catholic. This idea of reality vs appearance in this line may also be seen as presenting how in order for women to gain power in a patriarchal society they must disguise themselves as something else, that even when they have power is most likely kept behind closed doors with a man in front of it.
As the play progresses LM becomes much ‘frailer’ and weaker than Macbeth as she mentally begins to deteriorate from thee guilt - supporting King Jame’s ideas, ‘smell of blood still’. The imagery of blood, a symbol of guilt, showing how LM is beginning to take on the guilt of Macbeth her fractured mind paralleling his. In this same sleepwalking scene, LM ‘enters holding a taper’. The symbol of a taper (a candle), that can be seen as a symbol of life and death but also how in the dark and evil she is holding this light as a way of pleading redemption - showing the extreme extent of her guilt.
To conclude, Shakespeare uses the character LM quite ambiguously. He presents her as a conventionally weak female to conform with the patriarchal society of the time and King James’s views in Daemonlogie, but also as a strong female character that subverts the oppressing stereotypes of the patriarchal society - portraying Shakespeare in this sense as a protofeminist.
Can you do this for LOTF
i hate those hard eye dough face women
hi sir, your videos have helped me so much, and I received an 8 in my last mock! I have a couple of essays I have written and was wondering if you would mind if i send a few over to you? I know you are probably super busy but if you had time id greatly appreciate if you could go over them.
I may be able to look at them, so do send them over
this first one I wrote as part of my mock, however my teacher only gave me 21/30 as she said that my poem choice didn't allow me to fully and clearly answer the questions. Im sure I could have been clearer in some of my points, however I would also be grateful to hear your feedback on it as if I'd scored higher I could potentially have been awarded a grade 9.
Compare how poets present the ways people are affected by difficult experiences in ‘Remains’ and in one other poem.
This essay is a comparative exploration as to how Remains by Simon Armitage and Tissue by Imitiaz Dharker present how people are affected by difficult experiences. Remains was written for a channel 4 documentary ‘The Not Dead’ that focused in the effect of PTSD on Guardsman Truman due to the Iraq War. Whereas Tissue, a more ambiguous metaphor for life presents how religion (Islam) is affected by war. Being part of her poem collection Terrorist at my Table, it can be seen as referencing 9/11 that caused the American ‘War on Terror’ (led to the Afghanistan and Iraq war) and the affect tis had on an increase of Islamophobia.
Remains begins in media res, ‘on another occasion’ through this Armitage places the reader directly into the action. This gives us a sense of uncertainty similar to how the soldier feels in a day on patrol, not sure who is friend or foe. The use of ‘another’ presents the tone that this is another day of what it is like in a war zone. It almost presents a disregard for the importance of the day, ironic as it is one that caused the soldier PTSD for the rest of his life, perhaps Armitage is criticising the lack of support soldier’s get when experiencing PTSD. As this line continues we find out that the looters are raiding a ‘bank’. ‘Bank’ can be seen as a metaphor which Armitage uses to criticise how capitalism funded war, and that the effect of war on people is seen as less by the government that their wealth.
Whereas Tissue begins with ‘paper that lets light shine through’. ‘Light’ can be in many ways seen as a presentation of God. ‘Paper’ has a more ambiguous meaning in this as it can be seen as presenting paper money. In this sense Dharker can be seen as criticising how capitalism and corruption of the Government has had a great effect on the lives of many people through war and that God is angry at us shining himself on this uncovering the corruption. Alternatively, the paper can be seen as presenting religious texts. Dhakrer was inspired to write this after finding her Father’s Koran. In this way Dhakrer can be criticising how the Government is attempting to blame the effects of war and suffering has for people on these texts - how 9/11 had an increase in Islamophobia and fear on terrorism, when these are in fact pure and God himself is seen as passing through them. It is the greed of the government that is causing suffering to people do why should a religious community be affected by this.
Structurally, Remains has a cyclical structure which Armitage uses to present the cycle of PTSD the soldier is trapped in as a result of war. Furthermore, the fact that it has a relatively organised structure that is juxtaposed by the use of enjambment (lines 5-6) can present the soldier’s attempt s to mask his feeling of PTSD on the outside, has an internal conflict in his mind due to the difficult experiences he had at war.
Similarly, Tissue has quite organised stanza lengths that are contrasted by her use of enjambment. Through this Dharker may be presenting how the Government attempts to cover their reasons for going to war filtering the media on the outside, like the lie of invading Iraq due to ‘nuclear weapons’ when in fact these wars cause great suffering and chaos, showing how war has a great effect on both soldiers and civilians if those countries west decide to attack.
Tissue is also written in free verse to parallel both the structure of the Koran and Bible, Dharker perhaps uses this link to criticise how ridiculous it is that certain religions are affected and persecuted by another fight, when in fact they are in many ways similar focusing on the good acts of God.
Remains ends with ‘his bloody life in my bloody hands’. In this last line we experience a volta through the poets use of ‘his’. Before this the soldier has only taken partial blame for shooting the looter as he deflected the blame talking of ‘we and all three of us. However, in this lune the speaker talks of the lotter’s life being in ‘his bloody hands’, showing the reader how deeply affected the soldier is by his PTSD that he takes full blame for the incident that is now haunting him. The repetition of ‘bloody’ has two separate meanings to present the effect of war had on the soldier. The first is a use of colloquial language, showing the soldiers anger. Perhaps Armitage through this is criticising the futility of war, and how it has such a big impact on those involved. The soldier is not only at war but predominantly himself, as this is the last line it leaves us with a feeling of depression of the soldier, he seems hopefully stuck in a cycle, angry at himself. The use of the second ‘bloody’ connotates more to the imagery of blood. It intertextually links to Lady Macbeth and the guilt she experienced after killing King Duncan. Armitage uses this imagery to show the pure guilt the soldier feels for the death of the looter even after he returned at home. This link to Lady Macbeth can further imply how the speaker feels he may never get over this, it has had such an effect on his mental health that he may even be contemplating suicide as Lady Macbeth does. On the whole, the last line of Remains finishes the poem very much in a feeling of despair, Armitage presents to the reader how deeply soldiers mental health is affected by the experience at war.
Finally, Tissue ends with ‘and turned into your skin’. Dharker uses this line not only as a way to conclude the poem but to almost connect us all together. The fact that we as humans are made of ‘Tissue’ it is the delicate material that links us all together allows Dharker to make the reader question why some are persecuted by others on the grounds of their faith where we are all made of the same Tissue. She can also be seen as criticising war as a whole as why are we destroying the thing on others that we too are made of. Perhaps, she could also be commenting on how ironic it is we as a race think it is ok to fight and destroy land civilisation and nature (God’s creation) when all living organisms are also made of tissue, ‘that turns into your skin’.
To conclude, both Dharker and Armitage use their poems to present ways In which people are affected by war, however, Armitage focuses more on the mental effects it has on an individual, while Dharker the effect it has on the Islamic community.
I also wrote a Lady Macbeth one based on your newsletter thing as part of my Easter revision
This essay is an exploration as to how Shakespeare presents ideas of females in society through Lady Macbeth in the Jacobean tragedy Macbeth. While it can be argued Shakespeare was a protofeminist and portrayed LM as subverting the stereotype of the time, he may also be seen as conforming with it, criticising LM aversion towards the patriarchal society and presenting her simply as a subservient wife to Macbeth. This may have been due to King James being highly misogynistic and in Daemonlogie stating women the ‘frailer’ sex are more likely to be tempted to evil, as Eve was by the snake.
‘Unsex me here, and fill me from the crown to the toe-top full of direst cruelty’, within this scene Shakespeare presents LM as calling on the evil spirits in order to prepare her to complete the horrific act of regicide. This line alludes to the biblical imagery of Eve being tempted by the snake and eating the fruit of knowledge in order to be filled with the knowledge - linking to King James’s idea in Daemonologie. The fact she calls the spirits to ’unsex’ presents in order for LM to become more powerful she must appear more masculine, which within the play’s society is associated with ‘cruelty’. Through this Shakespeare may be seen as criticising the patriarchy and how in order for women to gain any power they must become something unnatural and be rejected by society, similar to the weird sisters and their ‘beards’ symbolism of how women need to behave unnatural to gain power. However, Shakespeare may instead be more presenting a message more so supporting the patriarchal society, that femininity is weak and that the only reason LM is attempting to rid of it is to become a subservient wife and support her husband in his ambition.
The use of ‘crown’ alludes to the imagery of a monarch’s crown symbolising the power LM wishes to gain as a result of being supressed by a patriarchal society. Through this, Shakespeare may perhaps be seen as criticising how the patriarchy leads women desperate enough to commit a horrendous act such as regicide in order to gain power usually reserved only for men.
Finally, the use of the verb ‘fills’ shows us that through her ambition LM is attempting to fill a part of her that is hollow and empty, perhaps due to the grief of the death of her baby and inability to produce a child. In this sense, Shakespeare may not be presenting LM as a strong and feminist character but simply a woman unstable and mentally disturbed by the loss of her child - exploring the psychology of this. However, Shakespeare could be in fact seen as criticising women’s limiting role of in society of simply creating offspring and how without this, women are seen as useless, perhaps even cursed or evil - a witch.
Shakespeare presents LM as a strong character, more dominant than Macbeth, ‘he is too full of the milk of human kindnesses. Through this LM is presented as intelligent and dominant within their relationship. She associates her own husband who she should be subservient to with ‘feminine’ and ‘weaker’ imagery of ‘milk’. ‘Milk’ connotates to that of a mother caring for their child, so through this LM is seen as emasculating Macbeth, prying on his weakness, the insecurity he has of his masculinity in order to manipulate him to be her accomplice in regicide. Perhaps, Shakespeare uses this imagery of ‘milk’, a link to motherhood to show that LM is instead channelling her anger and guilt for herself, being unable to conceive a healthy child and placing it on Macbeth as a way to cope with her grief. In this sense, Shakespeare presents LM as an evil character yet not necessarily a strong female as she can in many ways be seen as having a ‘frailer’ state of mind than Macbeth even before the guilt of the murder sets in.
‘Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under it’, through this Shakespeare yet again alludes to the biblical imagery in Adam and Eve and how Eve gave into the temptations first, therefore she must be weaker. It plays with King James in Daemonlogie, which Shakespeare shows through presenting LM with the imagery of a ‘serpent’ when she manipulates Macbeth in Act 1 Scene 7. Through this, Shakespeare yet again flatters King James by referencing the medal he made after the gunpowder plot with a snake and flower on it - therefore Shakespeare may be using the misogynistic view on women to more so flatter King James, and secure himself and his family due to the probability of them being Catholic. This idea of reality vs appearance in this line may also be seen as presenting how in order for women to gain power in a patriarchal society they must disguise themselves as something else, that even when they have power is most likely kept behind closed doors with a man in front of it.
As the play progresses LM becomes much ‘frailer’ and weaker than Macbeth as she mentally begins to deteriorate from thee guilt - supporting King Jame’s ideas, ‘smell of blood still’. The imagery of blood, a symbol of guilt, showing how LM is beginning to take on the guilt of Macbeth her fractured mind paralleling his. In this same sleepwalking scene, LM ‘enters holding a taper’. The symbol of a taper (a candle), that can be seen as a symbol of life and death but also how in the dark and evil she is holding this light as a way of pleading redemption - showing the extreme extent of her guilt.
To conclude, Shakespeare uses the character LM quite ambiguously. He presents her as a conventionally weak female to conform with the patriarchal society of the time and King James’s views in Daemonlogie, but also as a strong female character that subverts the oppressing stereotypes of the patriarchal society - portraying Shakespeare in this sense as a protofeminist.
These quotes lookin kinda silly after the final literature test td
Really? You didn’t watch my prediction video which nailed the question then!
Jekyll and hyde?
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hi, im a big fan of your videos, would be able to take a look at one of my essays for me please
Could you do top 10 quotes from jekyll and hyde?
12:47 Can I put this in the exam? 😂
Yes
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish do you have any predictions for Romeo and Juliet or A Christmas Carol? Thanks!!
Little set of rooms 🙈