Have a look at the following series of videos from BBC Bitesize HIGHER, or follow the link to read the notes and find details of other websites. The first is concerned with the BACKGROUND to the novel:
The second is concerned with the THEMES in the novel:
The third is concerned with CHARACTER:
There are two others on SETTING and STYLE and notes on PLOT, but you will need to follow the link for those, whereupon you will find some useful revision notes, a means of testing your knowledge and of checking on how well your revision is going, so do take a look: http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/learning/bitesize/higher/english/great_gatsby/
Don't forget to look again at the '60second recap' video clips; there are three in the archive but by going to this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa8BqsGswA0
so bloody useful thank you thank you thank you I may now get my target grade
ReplyDeleteway to go - how come you brits are so good with us lit??? anyhow thanx your sit is very useful cm ur a star!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI love TGG these resources are fantastically useful, thank you for bringing them to my attention.
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