Tennessee Williams - Guardian Article on Personal Letters

https://amp.theguardian.com/culture/2018/mar/30/tennessee-williams-lacked-confidence-letters-to-friends-reveal

Free Online Seminars - 'Hamlet'

http://peripeteia.webs.com

Hamlet starring Sherlock's Andrew Scott to air on BBC2 this Easter

Hamlet starring Sherlock's Andrew Scott to air on BBC2 this Easter

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-03-22/hamlet-andrew-scott-bbc2-easter-air-date-confirmed/

Happy viewing!

Mrs Stroud

Model Responses

Hello,

Below is the Dropbox link to model responses from the Summer. The examiner's marks and comments are in the 'commentaries' document.

Candidate 1 - A*
Candidate 2 - A
Candidate 3 - A
Candidate 4 - C
Candidate 5 - C

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/8hlt7o9g94wg5or/AAAo7oSUQftzFmr3W6etqnksa?dl=0

Enjoy!

Mrs Stroud

The Manipulative Nature of Claudius

http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/amp/150/the-manipulative-nature-of-claudius-in-shakespeares-hamlet

Thanks Lara!

Surveillance in Elizabethan England (useful also for a discussion of Polonius)

Hello Sixth Formers

I found a couple of brief online articles outlining the extent of Elizabeth I's spy network and some of the conspiracy theories around the death of Christopher Marlowe which I thought you might like to see.

I've also attached the portrait of Elizabeth I was talking about. It's called the Rainbow Portrait and it was made around the time of Elizabeth's high popularity just after the Spanish Armada when she was in her sixties. It portrays Elizabeth as a young woman, the ideal "Gloriana", in a dress covered with eyes and ears, representing her spy network and that she sees and hears everything that happens in her kingdom. She also wears an embroidered snake on her arm, the symbol of wisdom and cunning, and pearls at her neck, a symbol of virginity. In her hand she holds a rainbow, the symbol of peace and next to it in Latin it says "there is no rainbow without the sun", the "sun" being a metaphor for Elizabeth herself in it's traditional symbolic relationship with monarchy (sometimes even God, though that is a more medieval interpretation).

Have a good weekend,

Ms Bryce

Elizabeth's spies:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/tudors/spying_01.shtml

The death of Christopher Marlowe: http://mentalfloss.com/article/80556/mysterious-death-christopher-marlowe

Drop Box - Critical Reading

Hello YR12s and YR13s,

I am really impressed by all the academic articles that you are sourcing and sending me. I have created Drop Box folders to store them all in, which you are able to access via the links below.

I will keep updating as you send me articles, and do my best to add all the ones I have already posted to the blog. I will also add the ones we've read in class or for homework.

'Hamlet'
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4z4wn4k1zk8hx5p/AAA52yfppoh8Rbv_zT5AWzR7a?dl=0

'A Streetcar Named Desire'
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ujaifz0ob755xg8/AACH8ccUal60_a2OyFJKau6Za?dl=0

'Frankenstein'
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/sv7ii29j8mulqh2/AADgE-mmzBCNTOc3G0BnElKla?dl=0

'The Handmaid's Tale'
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/lrzkqpn5ifvfm5s/AADCTvqmLrQjnTNMHNQqMTX5a?dl=0

'The Romantics'
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/vonx3fkg5l4eqij/AAAFOr0u3w-vhcqqIsKkJDXHa?dl=0

Happy reading!

Mrs Stroud