Wider Reading Love Through the Ages/Literature in Shared Contexts 0.0 / 5 ? English LiteratureWider ReadingA2/A-levelAQA Created by: Vee ChanCreated on: 22-05-19 08:54 The Yellow Wallpaper- Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 1891 Themes: Restriction in Marriage, Madness, Role of Women as subordinate 1 of 17 American Psycho- Bret Easton Ellis, 1991 Themes: Brutality, Bigotry, Consumerism, Obsession, Madness 2 of 17 Porphyria's Lover, Robert Browning, 1836 Themes: Obsession, Possession of women, pathetic fallacy "The rain set early in to-night" 3 of 17 The Woman in Black, Susan Hill, 1983 Gothic. Themes: Isolation, The Past, Supernatural, Madness, familial love-betrayal 4 of 17 The Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller, 1949 Themes: Death of the American Dream, Abandonment, Betrayal, Lies, Pride 5 of 17 I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream, Harlan Ellison, 1967 Themes: Brutality, Hatred, Inhumanity, Fears of Context (Cold War), Destruction of civilisation. 6 of 17 Funeral Blues, W.H.Auden, 1936 Modern Elegy, large scale of imagery. Themes: Death, Natural World, Silence, grief 7 of 17 Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare Renaissance Themes: Eternal love, Patriarchy, Forbidden Love, 8 of 17 An Inspector Calls, J.B.Priestly, 1945 Modern Themes: Death, Lost Love, Social Responsibility, The Past/Memory, Age 9 of 17 A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, 1843 Victorian Themes: Plight of the Poor, Class division, Lost Love, Youth. 10 of 17 If, Rudyard Kipling, 1895 Themes: Victorian Stoicism, Role of Men, Paternalism, Rationality. 11 of 17 The Crucible, Arthur Miller, 1953 Modern, Themes: Persecution, Mass Hysteria, Madness, Subjugation of women, conservatism, Christianity, 12 of 17 Pygmalion's Bride, Carol Ann Duffy, 1999 Post-Modern Themes: Role of Women, Objectification, Idealistic view of women, Superior role of women, Feminist overtones 13 of 17 Valentine, Carol Ann Duffy, 1993 Post-Modern Themes: Extended metaphor, Unconventional Love ("I give you an onion), Passion, Realistic view of Love, Possession, Marriage, 14 of 17 Dracula, Bram Stoker, 1897 Victorian. Themes: Supernatural v Christianity, Marriage, Role of women, Inhumanity, Reverence, Sexuality 15 of 17 Love's Philosophy, Percy Byshee Shelly, 1819 Romantic, Themes: Unrequited Love, Nature, Union, Religion, Obsession 16 of 17 Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night, Dylan Thomas, 1947 Themes: Familial Love, Death, Denial, Role of men, stoicism, Refrain, Imperative, call to action, Father and Son 17 of 17
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