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Mdm Yu is known for her Literature tuition and has helped countless students. In the words of one parent of a student from Chung Cheng High Main, “she is benefitting from the lessons!”
Couples trapped in unhappy marriages, dysfunctional marital unions are recurring themes in A level Literature texts for H3 paper, “The Mind and Self in Literature”. This is a recurring theme in Woman in Mind, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, and Ariel. Many names and labels have been given to the writers and of such works …
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Some useful historical background Early origins of one aspect of Ecocriticism – the origin of animal rights can be traced to Jeremy Bentham’s book Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation first printed in 1780 but not published until 1789. In it he wrote about utilitarianism where cruelty to animals was analogous to slavery. To …
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Acknowledged to be the greatest playwright in the English Language, Shakespeare has written 37 plays. A literary icon, yet he remains enduringly elusive – Shakespeare’s doctrines, political and social, are elliptical. His plays offer no clues as to whether he was a liberal or conservative, a rebel or a conformist. (Even)a computer would have difficulty …
Shakespeare’s Women by Literature Tutor Complexities about the portrayal of women in Shakespeare’s plays that students need to be aware of Shakespeare’s women demonstrate self-sufficiency, evade stereotypes, and assert their opinions. Think of Juliet Capulet, a feisty, sassy 14-year-old in Romeo & Juliet, think of Portia, a confident, wealthy heiress, educated, clever and witty in The Merchant of …
Texts are often changed, either replaced by new ones or by previously used titles. No matter what the changes are, there are certain common themes that occur in the texts. The common themes are: resilience, prejudice and discrimination, racism, relationships, conflict, love and courtship, friendship, family and community, and identity. The less common themes are …
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Snippets about Arthur Miller. The post consists of some interesting snippets of his life and death.
It is Miller time again for both secondary and A-level students. Arthur Miller, to be precise, continues to enjoy a sustained presence in schools across SG. “Death of a salesman” was an O-level text more than 7 years ago. There was “All my sons”, which enjoyed a long bout as one of the JC texts …
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