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'By the Sword' by Mercedes Lackey. Its an excellent story, set in Medieval times. It begins on the night of a wedding celebration, when the party is attacked by a gang of hired louts. The bride...

Plath is one of my favourite authors, and I was wondering your views on her.

Also, I am trying to find a poem by her, but I can't remember what it is called - she finds a dead snake and describes...

I don't think there's any hatred in the poem. there is some regretful pity to it - eg. Prufrock's unwillingness to age
(I grow old . . . I grow old . . .
I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers...

thank you mono! I only found it because I was bored and watching a poetry programme on channel four ((for children's education, as it so happens!))

A poem about heaven. There is a mother with wheat coloured hair, who is 23. the father is 25. the dog is 2. she pours milk out of a hp bottle, with a screw of paper for a cork.

I can't...

I've never read any of his poetry, but I have read his plays - if anyone else has read his plays, you will realise that they are easier to understand if you study them like poetry.

I always vocalise words in my head, and I also picture places and people from the descriptions

Could we maybe have a 'Book Reviews' Section ((maybe as part of Gen Lit?)). Not to necessarily discuss a book, but to actually critique, do a proper review, with recommendations and things...

I will generally make my way all the way through, but I will read another book while I'm doing it... I usually have three or four books on the go at once anyways... That way, when I get bored with...

Jonathon Swift 'A modest Proposal' is sort of a short story... an excellent example of satire, anyways...

Well I watched Van Helsing and then read the novelisation... but that's not really the same thing! :D

Victorian Literature or Terry Pratchett - everytime you get to a word you don't know, look it up, that's how I improved my vocabulary.







And not by 'reading the dictionary' as my cruel...

oop, I tell a lie, I finished this one too... I was so relieved once I got to the end, it made me feel more depressed than I ever had before ((and I hit some pretty deep lows))

Sorry to say I can't really join in - it's a pity, because I like a good debate.

I'm not a big fan of American Literature, it doesn't sit right with me at all. The only one I ever finished all...

I had to read Wuthering Heights for my A-levels last year. I was dreading it - I was sure it would either be sappy or boring.



I was completely wrong.


I can see why it was Emily's only...

I'm an old-fashioned kinda girl - I can't bear to read a screen unless its fanfiction and I'm forced to.

'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightime' by
Mark Haddon

Brightly Burning by Mercedes Lackey still makes me cry, even tho I've read it about 50 times

Random pages for Macbeth ((hope they help))

http://www.falconedlink.com/Macbeth.html

http://www.clicknotes.com/macbeth/ ((study notes type page))

http://www.allshakespeare.com/macbeth.php...

This is an analysis of Macbeth, might give you some ideas

I haven't done Macbeth for over four years, but I'll try and help anyways...


This is an online version of Macbeth, click 'edit' in your tool bar then click 'Find on this page' and type in a word...

Well, I have the Complete Works, its only something like £10.99

well, it depends on what you mean by creativty. some authors are gifted with plots, some with character development, some with other worlds. I doubt there are many writers who are great at all of...

"The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

I think Emilia was the only decent female character in Othello - at least she stood up to men