

Exam-ready analysis of Hamnet (Maggie O’Farrell) for the Leaving Cert English Comparative Study, Higher Level, written for students in continuous, readable prose.
A 32-page PDF covering all four Higher Level modes: Cultural Context, Literary Genre, Theme or Issue, and General Vision and Viewpoint. Every comparison point is partner-agnostic, so the book works whatever texts you pair the novel with.
What’s inside:- General introduction: the author and the novel, the world of the text, the story, the main characters, how the novel is told, and the major themes.
- Approaching the Comparative Question: how the exam section works and how to build comparative sentences.
- A full chapter on each mode, opening with a “Reading for this mode” primer and “What the examiners ask”, then working through the novel’s ground for that mode: households and the rule of fathers, marriage as negotiation, the lives of women, and living with the plague (Cultural Context); the present tense and the braided timeline, the unnamed husband, point of view, and the novel’s imagery of twins, hands and the kestrel (Literary Genre); grief in all its stages, from dread to the breaking to its transformation into art (Theme or Issue); the darkening of the vision and the ending’s consolation, bought at a price (General Vision and Viewpoint).
- Close readings of key moments in every chapter, with key-moment and technique tables for fast revision.
- A sample comparative paragraph in every mode, with slots for the student’s second text.
- "Setting this text against others" notes and a comparison grid ending each mode chapter: the Hamnet column is filled in, and the Text 2 and Text 3 columns are left for the student’s own combination.
- Original, SEC-style practice questions for every mode.
Clear enough for students to read independently and rich enough to teach from. Licensed for the purchasing teacher to copy for their own students. Pairs with the companion Teacher Guide (sold separately); buy both in the Complete Bundle and save.
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