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Wednesday, 27 April 2016

The Globe's 2014 production of 'The Tempest' on youtube - great revision and A04!

Thanks to Sam for this excellent find- really useful revision and another perspective to include in your essays:




Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5XlfPw14Qw&list=PLWI8THsLoGZq08TnpK_rOa-fxQ4EMWgo2&index=6


 


Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V1MKIASLBo

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Some brilliant student's revision blog...

Excellent work on the poems and on Streetcar... tuck in!


https://blogasenglish.wordpress.com/2016/04/18/another-essay-on-blanche-a-streetcar-named-desire/
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Monday, 25 April 2016

Streetcar themes: mindmap homework

For your mind maps:  http://www.litcharts.com/lit/a-streetcar-named-desire/themes



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Justice and Injustice


Angelica's presentation:
http://www.slideshare.net/NDimechkie/justice-and-injustice
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Tuesday, 19 April 2016

Southern Gothic - summary of the conventions

This was a talk at the British Library on Souther Gothic recently. What do you learn about the conventions that apply to Streetcar?
http://www.bl.uk/events/darker-hauntings-imagery-of-the-southern-gothic


Clip on Southern Gothic:
http://study.com/academy/lesson/southern-gothic-literature-definition-characteristics-authors.html

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Get thee to the British Library! This looks good...


http://www.bl.uk/events/shakespeare-in-ten-acts?ns_campaign=shakespeare &ns_mchannel=bl_website&ns_source=news&ns_linkname=exhibition_open&ns_fee=0

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Monday, 18 April 2016

Shakespeare's women in love

http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/apr/18/bed-tricks-and-broken-women-shakespeares-guide-to-love
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Judi Dench on why Lady M isn't all bad...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03nxwmw
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