All you would need to know for Hamlet context and critics summarised so that revision is just that little bit easier… Contains: Context -> Shakespeare’s context and information on his life -> Origin of Hamlet -> Political, Social, Scientific Contexts -> Writing Style - VERY IMPORTANT FOR EXAM Critics -> Organised notes on critical views over time - even key notes from podcasts (BBC in our time) -> Production and receptions (David Tennant, Kenneth Branagh and a whole lot more!)

All of Hamlet Act 1 analysed with quotes and major themes explored in depth. Also includes a document containing potential extracts for practice! A great introduction to Shakespeare’s style of writing - making everything a lot easier to digest. Buy if you want a holistic view of the start of the play going over major events and a break down of how each of the initial scenes feed into the rest of the play.

An amazing set of A compiled notes of key American contexts going into detail about Literary movements that are essential for the OCR A Level!* Important technique analysis of literary movements (eg Realism, Sentimentalsim etc) for YOU TO ACE YOUR EXAM Also contains research into major literary texts for the Unseen part of the exam: -> My Antonia by Willa Cather -> Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser -> A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner -> The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James -> The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain -> Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway -> Native Son by Richard Wright -> The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald (see other notes for text analysis)

An A* student’s compilation of a comprehensive set of notes for The Great Gatsby (see other resource for comparison with the Age of Innocence) These notes comprise: –> Analysis and summary of all chapters -> Developed context A02 (a main objective for the exam) -> Critics from various time periods -> Analysis of location/environment it is set in -> Potential AS questions These notes are detailed and include enough collated information for you to SMASH your exams…

An A* student’s compilation of a comprehensive set of notes for Paradise Lost (not widely available on the Internet and most resources tend to be long-winded, difficult to read) These notes comprise: –> Context (Compiled Context, Milton’s Technique, Milton’s Writing) and Ideal Husband –> Compiled Critics –> Recommended Resources –> Potential Essay Questions –> Themes with explicit comparisons and quotes These notes are detailed and include enough collated information for you to SMASH your exams… **The Paradise lost single notes contain extra character analysis

An A* student’s compilation of a comprehensive set of notes for The Great Gastby and Age of Innocence comparison. This is a throughly developed and well put together resource as seen below! These notes comprise: –> Detailed Context for each text (Main A02 with most marks) -> Critics for each text (with Film adaptations & Podcasts) -> Detailed analysis for 10 themes with explicit comparisons and quotes These notes are detailed and include enough collated information for you to SMASH your exams… Good Luck!! :)

An A* student’s compilation of a comprehensive set of notes for Paradise Lost (not widely available on the Internet and most resources tend to be long-winded, difficult to read) These notes comprise: –> Book 9 summary (in plain English) –> Character Analysis (Satan, Eve, Adam, God, Sin & Death, The Son & Angels –> Context (Compiled Context, Milton’s Technique, Milton’s Writing –> Compiled Critics –> Recommended Resources –> Potential Essay Questions –> Themes (Disobedience, Free Will, Gender Roles, Heroism, Hierarchy & Order, Love & Marriage, Seduction & Manipulation, Sin & Innocence, Symbols) These notes are detailed and include enough collated information for you to SMASH your exams…

These are the notes that I have taken with key points after watching the Massolit paid courses for the books. This is free so that you don’t have to purchase access to the courses but are useful in getting you thinking about each of the following texts: Paradise Lost The Great Gatsby Hamlet N.B These are rough notes and not edited in any way as my other resources are!