Overview
Each book in the Study & Revise series is designed as a year-round course companion to instill in-depth textual understanding. By the end of each book, students will have developed their understanding of plot, characterization, themes and language.
Written by experienced teachers and examiners, the books contain targeted advice on planning and structuring a successful essay, detailed commentary and contextual information, and thought-provoking questions that encourage students to form their own responses for building critical and analytical skills.
Using this guide
Introduction
1. Synopsis
2. Scene summaries and commentaries
3. Themes
4. Characters
5. Writer's methods: form, structure and language
6. Contexts
7. Working with the text
Assessment Objectives and skills
Building skills 1: Structuring your writing
Building skills 2: Analysing texts in detail
Extended commentaries
Top ten quotations
Taking it further
Martin Old is currently Curriculum Manager at Hartlepool College of Further Education and has been teaching English Literature in schools, colleges and universities for the last 28 years. He has directed Shakespeare plays in the USA and has appeared on American radio and television in a number of roles. In the UK Martin has been Principal Examiner/Principal Moderator for English Literature for a major exam board since 1996.