Welcome to Comics and Lit-your go-to channel for English literature revision videos featuring the comic art style drawings of Robert Simpson, English teacher and illustrator.
My aim is to deliver captivating and visually stunning revision materials specifically designed for literature students who are preparing for their literature exams. With my unique comic art style illustrations, I strive to breathe new life into a range of texts, making them come alive for a new generation of students.
Currently, I'm hard at work crafting beautifully illustrated readings for the AQA Power and Conflict collection. Additionally, I'm producing insightful analysis videos that delve into the intricate themes and elements found within power and conflict poetry and Shakespeare's Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet.
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I don’t know if you’re reading this but I genuinely thank you, even though I don’t have a test I was a bit behind on the class, now I’m actually ahead of my classmates thank you dude
Hope you get the eventually get the recognition you deserve for these videos. It's unfortunate that since the majority of your viewers are GCSE students, you effectively lose a large chunk of viewers each year and have to rebuild again
1 day before my exam and this video is the only revision ive done. a wise person once said, 'revision is doubting ones ability to perform under pressure'
Monday is paper 1 which for you will be one essay question on Macbeth then a second on Jekyll and Hyde. Paper 2 is the following week. That will be An Inspector Calls and poetry for you.
I wander through each charted street Near where the charted Thames does flow And mark in every face I meet Marks of weakness Marks of woe In every cry of every man In every infants cry of fear In every voice In every ban The mind forged manacles I hear How the chimney sweepers cry Every blackening church appalls And the hapless soldiers sigh Runs in blood down palace walls But most through midnights street I hear How the youthful harlots curse Blast the newborn infants tear And blights which plagues the Marriage hearse
What is the GCSE English literature term for a morality play/play with a moral theme? I want to include it in my essay but I can’t remember what the term was.
Morality play is a correct form. However, I'd encourage you to analyse it as a Shakespearian tragedy. And discuss Macbeths immoral actions within the context of his hamartia (error), which is overreaching ambition. You can also consider elements of propaganda since the play was written as a critique of treasonous plotters and Shakespeare altered the historical facts to appease King James.
Always hard to predict... if I was guessing I'd go for kingship or ambition. There hasn't been a question about kingship and ambition is the most prevalent theme in the play.
