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Advantages: An different aspect to the Bronte sisters
Disadvantages: All too short

Best Poems of the Bronte Sisters by Emily Bronte, Anne Bronte and Charlotte Bronte I would hazard a guess that everyone reading this review has heard of one or all of the Bronte sisters. They are better known of course for their novels including Wuthering Heights, Agnes Grey and Jane Eyre. These multi talented sisters Emily, Anne and Charlotte, as well as writing their famous and widely read novels, also wrote poetry. In this small anthology, “Best ...
...with examples of their work. Published by Dover Publications on April 1st 1997 and edited by Candace Ward. The book contains 47 poems in total; 23 of Emily’s, 14 of Anne’s and 10 of Charlotte’s. It is however not the first analogy of poems by the sisters to be published. History of the Bronte Sister’s Poetry Emily and Anne invented their make-believe world of Gondal writing poems and stories to entertain themselves and each other. Charlotte inadvertently ... Read review

Advantages: It will make you believe in love.
Disadvantages: You may feel you are prying.

Ted Hughes was always reticent about his marraige to Sylvia Plath and it seems beautifully appropriate that he should finally choose to talk about it in poetry. The poetry itself is polished, moving and thought-provoking but I suspect the real interest lies in its subject matter and you may find yourself trying to match poems to known biographical details. At times, indeed, you may feel that you are prying, and it is,of course, a very one sided account ... Read review

Advantages: short and interesting
Disadvantages: short

...to terrorize the population and Beowulf goes off to fight it. He only just manages to slay the dragon but he dies of his wounds and enters the myths and legends of his people. We know about the book completely by chance as it is only on one piece of manuscript, which only just survived a fire in the 18th century. It has then been translated, transliterated, taught and adapted so that it is know a well known Anglo - Saxon classic. Even though an ... Read review

Advantages: Powerful and gripping storyline, Great contributions of all characters
Disadvantages: None that I have found

Written by Arthur Miller in the early 1950s during the time of the McCarthyism when the government blacklisted accused communists. Miller was also summoned in court and he wrote this play as a parable and links the Salem witch-hunt and the McCarthy trials which took place nearly 250 years apart. A very powerful play and an excellent one to study for GCSE English Literature for its revoloutionary work in the theatre and its portrayal of the human ...
...man's struggle to find and do what is right by him. With just 4 Acts and 5 important characters, this truly is a masterpiece. Proctor, a hard-working family man finds in the middle of lying and confessing to witchcraft, both of which go against his newly developed religious beliefs. ... Read review

Advantages: Interesting concept behind the plot
Disadvantages: Slow paced

Author: George Bernard Shaw was an Irish playwright born in 1856, and who died in 1950. Although he write music as well, he most enjoying writng plays, with the prupose of putting across a social message, and making it more memorable with the use of comedy, whilst doing so. Some of his plays addressed the issue of education, religion and government, however one topic he often considered was the exploitation of the working class. As a socialist, ...
...a British socialist movement, writing brochures and leaflets for them. He even married a fellow member of the Society, called Charlotte Payne-Townshend. He was an eloquent orator, and gave speeches on equal rights in politics for men and women, how to live healthy lifestyles, and condemning the attitudes of the rich towards the poor. This socialist attitude of Bernard Shaw influenced many of his writings, including Pygmalion, which has become a classic. ... Read review