Dr Emma Smith's lecture on The Tempest

Dr Emma Smith's talk on why we should study Shakespeare

English Language videos made by our lower 6 students

1. The Adventures of English

2. Descriptivism versus Prescriptivism

3. English Open Day

The Merchant's Tale and Duchess of Malfi context videos

These videos are useful for revising the various contexts of The Merchant's Tale and The Duchess of Malfi. This first one covers many different contexts and the following are more specific.






1. The Literary Context.


2. In Sickness and in Health




3. The Position of Women.


3.a The role of women in The Merchant's Tale and The Duchess of Malfi.


4. Pre and post Reformation


5. Religion in The Merchant's Tale and The Duchess of Malfi

6. The life and works of Chaucer and Webster

8. The Literary context of Chaucer and Webster






9. The Secular Hierarchy in The Merchant's Tale and The Duchess Of Malfi

Tempest Revision Videos created by lower 6th students

Here are some very useful revision turorial on The Tempest. They include character quotes, progression of character in the play and evidence for how the character supports different interpretations of the play.






                                         
                                                        1. Caliban in The Tempest

2. The Presentation of Women in The Tempest

3. Prospero in The Tempest

4. Subplots in The Tempest

Dracula and The Bloody Chamber student made revision documentaries

Here are some short video documentaries covering revision topics for The Bloody Chamber and Dracula

1. Contexts in The Bloody Chamber

                                           2.Masculinity in The Bloody Chamber and Dracula

3. Religion in The Bloody Chamber and Dracula

4. How females are represented in The Bloody Chamber and Dracula

5. Sexuality in The Bloody Chamber and Dracula

6. Subversion of the gothic in The Bloody Chamber and Dracula

7. Female representation in Dracula and The Bloody Chamber

8. Contexts in Dracula

9. How sin is presented in Dracula and The Bloody Chamber

10. The presentation of Men in Dracula and The Bloody Chamber

11. Sexuality in Dracula and The Bloody Chamber

12. Contexts in Dracula

12a. Biographical context of Dracula

13. Science and Technology in Dracula

                                                    14. Vampire Fiction before and after Dracula.