A Streetcar Named Desire Archives | Sound of Pen

bRiTnEy SpEaRs & bLaNcHe dUbOiS: tHiS LoNeLiNeSS iS KiLLiNg Me

JCAugust 21, 2024

What do pop icon Britney Spears and Tennessee Williams' Blanche DuBois have in common? Uh, how about A LOT! Raised in Southern America, forced to adhere to a r... Read More...

A-LevelStudyText MessagesText Specific 4

cOnTeXt WiTh NiRvAnA

JCMay 10, 2024

When we read a text, we have to consider the time at which it was written. We need to understand whether the author's ideas aligned with the majority - or if t... Read More...

A-LevelGCSEStudyWriting With Style 4

bLaCk WiTh LoLo, MaGGiE LiNdEmAnn, dAvE, cArLiE hAnSoN & GiRLfRiEnDs

JCSeptember 15, 2022

Looking at writers' use of colour is a worthwhile exercise - how many pieces of writing don't refer to a colour of one sort of another at some point?! Today, we're going to explore the colour, black. MUSIC FOCUS: Maggie Lindemann, LOLO, Dave, Car... Read More...

A-LevelGCSELanguage AnalysisStudyText MessagesVocab 4

ToP TeN sOnGs: CoLoUr

JCAugust 31, 2022

A lot of songwriters make use of colour in their lyrics - and some of those artists employ blacks, whites, greens, pinks etc. as potently as actual painters. H... Read More...

A-LevelGCSELanguage AnalysisStudyText Messages 4

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AgAiNsT ThE cUrrEnT & TyPiCaLiTy

JCApril 10, 2022

The more you read, the easier your life as an English student gets. And yet sometimes the thought of actually picking up a book which is not on the A-Level ... Read More...

A-LevelLanguage AnalysisStudy 4

yOnAkA: WoRmHoLes

JCJuly 18, 2021

The 3 purple links below serve as wormholes. They'll take you straight into the pages of the texts you're studying at school. Use YONAKA's ideas to develop your understanding of 'A Streetcar Named Desire', light imagery and gender inequality! As ... Read More...

A-LevelGCSEWormholes 2

YoNaKa: ToNe

JCJuly 15, 2020

YONAKA's delivery is key. Theresa and the gang use different tones to convey a whole range of emotional states and ideas. https://youtu.be/HnkY2oTwnm8 ... Read More...

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