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Character Insights: The Nurse

November 13, 2019December 19, 2019Oxford English Team
Insights into The Nurse in Romeo and Juliet

Part of our series of posts that focus on a key character from exam set texts. Offering alternative interpretations and insights, these are ideal for sharing with students as they revise and prepare for their English Literature exams. “I am the drudge and toil in your delight” When we first meet the Nurse in Act […]

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Character Insight: Friar Lawrence

November 12, 2019April 15, 2021Oxford English Team
Friar Lawrence

Part of our series of posts that focus on a key character from exam set texts. Offering alternative interpretations and insights, these are ideal for sharing with students as they revise and prepare for their English Literature exams. “Virtue itself turns vice, being misapplied” When we are introduced to Friar Lawrence, it is via his […]

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