The English Revision Podcast

An Inspector Calls: context

An Inspector Calls: Narrative Structure

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: Victorian context

context - Victorian England (social problems) and Victorian values (strict moral code)

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: good and evil

summary of the theme of good and evil

Macbeth: tragedy

a summary of the genre of tragedy.
Key terms: hubris, hamartia, fatal flaw, central figure, protagonist, divine right of kings, moral/morality, redemption, cyclical

Macbeth Context

some contextual information here for the play Macbeth. I discuss when it was written (1606) and set in 11th century Scotland.
• topical allusion to gun powder plot
• the real Macbeth
• religion
• civilised Scotland?
• attitudes to women
• James I

How does Stevenson shape the novella Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde?

exploration of detective genre, gothic genre and multiperspectivity in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
• how does Stevenson engage the reader?
• structural features
• some context

Macbeth

A summary overview of the character of Macbeth and how his character develops in the play