Summary of main themes and characters in Act one. I also discuss the presentation of women in Act one and what makes this a tragedy. I make comparisons with Chaucer's The Merchant's Tale
Tuesday, 22 November 2022
Teacher revision video on The Bloody Chamber Collection
This covers contexts that you should know, particularly the literary context and how to write about it.
I also look at the following areas:
The writer's intentions.
Carter's use of the short story form, the gothic form and fairy tale genre.
I give a brief overview of things to know about in:
The Bloody Chamber, Snow Child, Lady in The House, Mr Lyon and Tiger's Bride and Erl King.
Finally I look at how to consider the collection as a journey. I do not cover the Wolf stories
Monday, 14 November 2022
The Merchant's Prologue and tale: 5 minute revision on everything you need to know
You have just completed your end of unit mock.
Abi, Lily and Feyza combine their knowledge to produce a 5 minute video on everything covered for The Merchant's Prologue and Tale. This is for the OCR A level Literature Poetry and Drama comparative question.
Additionally, here is a link to our Padlet revision page on this text. https://padlet.com/joshea30/sjeema4y2crm4or4