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Heart of Darkness (Conrad, 1994) is a story inspired by its author’s own life. In a way, it could be considered Joseph Conrad’s...

A brief history of the first, second and third wave of feminism and an analysis of Kate Chopin's Desiree's Baby.

Ever since the same-sex marriage law was effected in Argentina, the process of gestational surrogacy has been the subject of some...

Cycles exist because they are excruciating to break. It takes an astronomical amount of pain and courage to disrupt a familiar pattern....

As I was saying in my Instagram account (@deconstructingenglish), every once in a while I read a book that’s not a classic. Unlike what...

So, here’s the thing, 2019 has been more than challenging and heart breaking for me in all its positive and negative ways. One of the...

Despite the end of imposed dominance, many post-colonial societies are still being held back by the tacit belief that the Imperial centre...

The concept of the male gaze was coined by feminine film theorist Laura Mulvey, who, in her essay “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema”,...

Although language1 does not seem to have any major relevance in the four novels analysed (The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati...

On this particular occasion, I had to deliver a speech about Film Noir. I chose to focus my main attention not so much on its history,...

Here is a very short presentation I had to give at University about the history of some of the most well-known editing techniques. It is...

Those who have had the extenuating pleasure of reading the Early Modern English versions of his plays are probably aware that...

Depending on the times in which readers were born, the character of Shylock in The Merchant of Venice may produce either feelings of...

Dear teachers of English, it is a pleasure to see you all once again 😀 Since I have been delving into Shakespeare’s plays for over a...

When Niccolò Machiavelli wrote his political treatise, Il Principe, he remarked that “a man who wishes to act entirely in a virtuous way...

Group: Junior II (learners who are starting their second year of English) Ages: 11-14 years old Date: March, 2018 Lesson: 2, Unit 1...

Group: Junior I (aimed at learners who have never had English at school) Ages: 10-13 years old Date: March, 2018 Lesson: 2, Unit 1...

Hello 🙂 I hope you’re all doing well. I certainly am since I’ve been envisioning my current March 2018 life for the entire summer (yes,...

Group: Juniors II (learners who are starting their second year of English) Ages: 11-14 Date: March, 2018 Lesson: 1 Unit 1 Duration: 75...

Group: Junior I (aimed at learners who have never had English at school) Ages: 10-13 years old Date: March, 2018 Lesson: 1, Unit 1...