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The Complete
Works of William Shakespeare |
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Mr. William
Shakespeare and the Internet A comprehensive site - Shakespeare's works, life & times, the Elizabethan theatre, criticism . . . http://daphne.palomar.edu/shakespeare/default.htm |
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The Shakespeare
Classroom Teaching materials, study questions and assorted information. http://www.jetlink.net/~massij/shakes/ |
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The Works
of the Bard More complete works! With Shakespeare links. http://www.psrg.cs.usyd.edu.au/~matty/Shakespeare/ |
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Shakespeare
on the Internet Sites of Interest - various text versions, research tools, performance notes, criticism, study materials. http://www.engl.uvic.ca/Faculty/MBHomePage/ShakSites1.html |
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Shakespeare by
Sparknotes Comprehensive notes by Sparknotes on all Shakespearean plays http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/.dir/ |
Literature on the Web
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Short
Fiction on the WWW - the English Server's Fiction Collection - short fiction, novels, magazines & literary criticism. http://eserver.org/fiction/ |
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Children's
Literature Web Guide - Internet Resources related to books for children & young adults. Includes stories on the web - folklore, myth & legend, songs & poetry, children's classics. http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html |
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Poetry - An Index of Poets in Representative Poetry OnLine - A University of Toronto site with the selected poetry of over 300 poets, from Anonymous to Wordsworth. http://library.utoronto.ca/www/utel/rp/indexauthors.html |
General Text Links . . .
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Australian Book Review - reviews online. Check out the latest issue, or search the index for previous reviews. http://home.vicnet.net.au/~abr/Welcome.html |
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OzLit Literary Links - links to literary resources, literary magazines, online book groups, references on Greek mythology . http://home.vicnet.net.au/~ozlit/literat.html |
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Literature Webliography - Authors - an A-Z of Authors, from Jane Austen to William Butler Yeats. http://www.lib.lsu.edu/hum/authors.html |
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The Encyclopaedia Mythica - a comprehensive guide to mythology, folklore and legend. With the traditional Greek and Roman myths (and a genealogy table of the principle Greek gods), it also has sections on Aztec, Celtic, Chinese, Egyptian and Native American mythology. http://www.pantheon.org/mythica/ |
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Cool Books for Tough Guys: 50 Books Out of the Mainstream of Adolescent Literature That Will Appeal to Males Who Do Not Enjoy Reading. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ALAN/fall94/Baines.html |
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NSW HSC on-line English Courses Contains links and discussion questions on a wide range of texts. http://www.hsc.csu.edu.au/english/courses/ |
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SparkNotes This site contains summary spark notes on an extensive range of works in English Literature |
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Gradesaver Literature by ClassicNotes. The ultimate study guide collection written exclusively by Harvard students. ClassicNotes - the best online literature notes available! |
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Classic notes on variety of novels http://www.novelguides.com/ClassicNotes/ |
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Novelguide.com http://www.novelguide.com/ |
| Studying film in the Stage 6 syllabus, by Neil McDonald http://www.newhsc.schools.nsw.edu.au/pdf/csnews9/cseng9.pdf Excellent article on how to approach film study | |
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Text Talk' VCE English & Literature Articles This is link to the archive of all the articles on VCE English texts which have appeared in the The Age's weekly 'Text Talk' column. |
| VCAA English 3 Written Examination VCAA English 3 Written Examination http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/VCE/ASSESS/REPORTS/00cycle2/exams/english/ Report for teachers on text response 2000. Includes Cabaret, Angela's Ashes Report for teachers on text response 2000. Includes Cabaret, Angela's Ashes |
Weblinks for texts studied at Melbourne HS
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The Age of Innocence |
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Amadeus |
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Antigone |
| Antigone by
Sophocles – Textkit PDF
version http://textkit.com/learn/ID/10/author_id/6/ | |
| Study guide for
Sophocles
Antigone http://www.temple.edu/classics/antigone.html | |
| Antigone in
Greek
mythology http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/antigone/ | |
| Antigone
(Sophocles) –
Wikipedia http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antigone_(Sophocles) | |
| Classic
note on
Antigone http://www.classicnote.com/ClassicNotes/Titles/antigone/ | |
| Antigone
– Classic Literature
E-text http://classiclit.about.com/library/bl-etexts/sophocles/bl-soph-ant.htm | |
| Novel analysis
Antigone http://www.novelguide.com/antigone/ | |
| Antigone, by Sophocles – Harvard
classics http://www.bartleby.com/8/6/ | |
| Free book notes on
Antigone http://www.antistudy.com/free_book_notes/Antigone.php | |
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The Bacchae |
| Euripides' Bacchae | |
| Dionysus and the Bacchae | |
| Euripedes'
Bacchae Appendix Three: Three outlines of the Bacchae. Appendix Four: Outlines of several key speeches and scenes in the Bacchae. | |
| Euripides, The Bacchae | |
| Online
Literary Criticism Collection Euripides Sites about these individual works by Euripides Andromache. Bacchae. Hippolytus. Ion. Medea. Phoenician Women. Troades. Criticism about Euripides. (c. 484 B.C.E. - c. 406 B.C.E.) | |
| Euripides'
Bacchae Who make up the Chorus of the Bacchae? What relationship does it have in Dionysiac dress? What criticism does Teiresias make of Pentheus? | |
| Bacchae Biblio Online Resources | |
| Euripides, Bacchae | |
| Euripides, The Bacchae, Sophists, Nomos versus Physis, Classics - CONTENTS | |
| Euripides, The Bacchae | |
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Bend it Like Beckham |
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Blade Runner (Director's Cut) |
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Blake, William - Selected Poetry |
| The William Blake
archive http://www.blakearchive.org/main.html | |
| William
Blake
online http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/exhibitions/blakeinteractive/ | |
| William Blake on
the
web http://www.betatesters.com/penn/blake.htm | |
| William Blake,
WebMuseum,
Paris http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/blake/ | |
| Blake digital
text
project http://www.english.uga.edu/wblake/home1.html | |
| William
Blake http://members.aol.com/lshauser2/wmblake.html | |
| The Blake List
homepage http://www.albion.com/blake/ | |
| William Blake, a
helpfile http://www.newi.ac.uk/rdover/blake/ | |
| William
Blake (Poet’s
Org) http://www.poets.org/poets/poets.cfm?45442B7C000C07040E | |
| William Blake; the
Literature
Network http://www.online-literature.com/blake/ | |
| The
complete poetry and prose of William
Blake http://www.english.uga.edu/nhilton/Blake/blaketxt1/ | |
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Brave New World |
| BookRags Book Notes on Brave New
World http://www.bookrags.com/notes/bnw/ Comprehensive Study Guide with many useful internal links. | |
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Spark Notes on Brave New World
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| Brave New World ? A
Defence Of Paradise-Engineering http://www.huxley.net/ Discussion of themes in novel. | |
| List of Online Resources for Brave New World http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/KSD/KR/LIBRARY/LIT/brave_new_world.html | |
| Brave New World http://members.tripod.com/~siser/ Student site dedicated to the Aldous Huxley book. Includes chapter summaries, author profile, contextual notes , character analysis, and links. | |
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NovelGuide: Brave New
World | |
| Brave New World by
Aldous Huxley : Barron's Notes http:// www.huxley.net/studyaid/bnwbarron.html Barron's notes to Brave New World by Aldous Huxley | |
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Breaker
Morant |
| Harry
Breaker Morant
(?1864-1902) http://www.middlemiss.org/lit/authors/moranth/moranth.html#bibliography Brief biography and bibliography with links to his poetry | |
| Breaker
Morant; Oaklahoma City University Law
Review http://www.utexas.edu/law/lpop/etext/okla/kershen22.htm | |
| Law in Popular Culture Collection. Analysis of the film.or | |
| Film and
the law: Breaker
Morant http://www.usc.edu/dept/polsci/gillman/kershen.html | |
| Breaker
Morant http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~pyle/pla4020/Breaker.html Includes the article: Horsman gone by, by Leah Krevit | |
| Breaker
Morant
(1979) http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/BreakerMorant-1003038/reviews.php Links to articles and reviews | |
| Military
stories and anecdotes; the Bushfeldt
Carbineers http://www.lighthorse.org.au/military/bushveldt.htm The Australian Light Horse Association | |
| A new war for
a new
century http://www.largesock.com/writing/wbreaker.html | |
| Breaker
Morant http://wwwmcc.murdoch.edu.au/ReadingRoom/film/dbase/2002/breaker.htm Includes cast and production details, awards and nominations, links to interviews with Bruce Beresford and reviews. | |
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Cabaret |
| Cabaret
Very short synopsis of the film with small notes about the actors portrayal of the characters. | |
| Cabaret
by Hollis Alpert
http://ruby.fgcu.edu/courses/Tdugas/IDS3305/Fall98/download/alpertcab.htm Includes some ideas on the making of the film | |
| Cabaret
http://course1.winona.msus.edu/pjohnson/h140/studentsf01/cabaret/ Includes discussion questions | |
| Cabaret
101; a history, by John Kenrick
http://www.musicals101.com/cabaret.htm Historical view of cabaret performance | |
| Wizard
guide to text response
http://www.wizardbooks.com.au/examhelp/section1.pdf http://www.wizardbooks.com.au/examhelp/section1.html Includes general guide with sections on various texts and revision guide | |
| Cabaret http://www.rottentomatoes.com/movie-1003356/ Rotten Tomatoes.com - film reviews | |
| The German
Cabaret
http://www.nodanw.com/shows_c/cabaret_essay.htm | |
| Media
Study - Nazism in feature films
http://www.shunsley.eril.net/armoore/gcsemedia/nazis.htm | |
| Bob Fosse an
unauthorized biography
http://www.dezworld.com/fosse.htm | |
| Cabaret
by Peter Kemp
http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/00/5/cteq/cabaret.html | |
| A
review by Damian Cannon
. http://www.film.u-net.com/Movies/Reviews/Cabaret.html | |
| Song,
dance and the Nazi regime, by Roger Stitson
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/08/28/1030508067379.html | |
| VCAA
English 3 Written Examination
http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/VCE/ASSESS/REPORTS/00cycle2/exams/english/ Report for teachers on text response 2000. Includes Cabaret, Angela's Ashes | |
| Studying
film in the Stage 6 syllabus, by Neil McDonald
http://www.newhsc.schools.nsw.edu.au/pdf/csnews9/cseng9.pdf Excellent article on how to approach | |
| Cabaret http://www.bfi.org.uk/collections/release/cabaret/ British Film Institute Archives | |
| Cabaret,
by Hollis
Alpert http://ruby.fgcu.edu/courses/Tdugas/IDS3305/Fall98/download/alpertcab.htm Includes some ideas on the making of the film | |
| Cabaret http://course1.winona.msus.edu/pjohnson/h140/studentsf01/cabaret/ Includes discussion questions | |
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The Castle |
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The Castle http://www.enhancetv.com.au/study_it/Castle.pdf Extensive study guide to the film, by EnhanceTV | |
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The Catcher in the Rye |
| SparkNotes: The Catcher in the Rye http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/catcher/ Study guide for the J.D. Salinger novel, including character analysis, chapter summaries, study questions, and notes on major themes |
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| The Catcher in the Rye http://nths.newtrier.k12.il.us/academics/english/catcher/catcher.html Resources and activities for the novel. |
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| The Catcher in the Rye – Novel analysis. http://www.novelguide.com/thecatcherintherye/ A comprehensive book analysis of The Catcher in the Rye including a complete summary of the book and a biography of the author. |
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| The Catcher in the Rye – praise and criticism http://www.levity.com/corduroy/salinger1.htm An analysis of reviews of the novel. |
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| The Catcher in the Rye Study Guide http://www.bellmore-merrick.k12.ny.us/catcher2.html |
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| The Catcher in the Rye Yahoo Directory of Sites http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/Literature/Authors/Literary_Fiction/Salinger__J_D_/Catcher_in_the_Rye__The/ A comprehensive list of useful and relevant sites | |
| The Catcher in the Rye – Study world Study notes http://www.studyworld.com/studyworld_studynotes/complete/studynotes/Titles/catcherrye/shortsumm.html Includes a biography of J.D.Salinger. |
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The Cherry Orchard |
| Anton Chekhov The Cherry Orchard http://www.asmilan.org/teachers/jstoner/eng11/co.html Overview, discussion questions and themes. | |
| Nebraska Center for Writers Chekhov site http://mockingbird.creighton.edu/NCW/chekhov.htm | |
| Gradesaver Classic Notes http://www.gradesaver.com/ClassicNotes/Titles/cherry/about.html Study guide, themes, good detailed summary | |
| Spark Notes on The Cherry Orchard http://www.sparknotes.com/drama/cherryorchard/ Detailed study guide, offering analysis of characters and themes, and act by act discussion. |
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Dead Letter Office |
| Dead
Letter Office Directed by John Ruane Writing credits Deborah Cox starring - Miranda Otto, George Del Hoyo An Artist Services production Ms Pink An Australian film starring Miranda Otto, George DelHoyo, Nicolas Bell, Georgina Naidu, Syd Brisbane | |
| Art Film 1998 - Dead
Letter Office Short synopsis of the film. Director: John Ruane. Dead Letter Office Australia, 1998. Screenwriter: Deb Cox Dir. of photography: Ellery Ryan Music: Roger Mason Cast: Miranda. | |
| 22nd
São Paulo Internation Film Festival - "Dead Letter Office", by John
Ruane Summary of the film Dead Letter Office. Australia. In the Post Office Returned Mail Section, there are countless envelopes that have never been opened, and that have never reached their destination. | |
| http://www.theage.com.au/movies/week/980821/othernew.html
Dead Letter Office. (95 mins) M. Since she was a little girl, Alice (Miranda Otto) has been sending letters to her vanished father, who never got them. | |
| Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice review [2/5] | |
| Urban Cinefile (Australia) review | |
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Dead White Males |
| Dead White Males A discussion of power and mateship in the play and of two main male characters. (From a feminist perspective.) | |
| Dead
White Males Some useful on-line links. NSW on-line English site http://hsc.csu.edu.au/english/extension1/thinking/postmodernism/dead_white_males/dwm_directory.html | |
| Heresy
to ridicule but with Dead White Males in 1995 he also began to
question intellectual and moral
orthodoxies http://www.lib.latrobe.edu.au/AHR/archive/Issue-July-1996/mcgillick.html | |
| Dead White Males http://english.eliz.tased.edu.au/literature/dwm/default.htm Sample Essays and More Results From: english.eliz.tased.edu.au | |
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Deadly Unna |
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Fahrenheit 451 |
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The Fat Man in History |
| Peter
Carey http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/carey.htm | |
| Author Interview
http://www.powells.com/authors/carey.html An interview with Peter Carey in which he discusses some of the themes in his writing. | |
| The fiction of Peter Carey
http://www.qub.ac.uk/en/imperial/austral/careybib.htm A bibliographic project by Nicholas Dunlop | |
| An overview of Peter Carey
http://www.scholars.nus.edu.sg/landow/post/australia/carey/careyov.html | |
| Robert Birnbaum interviews Peter Carey http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/personalities/birnbaum_v_peter_carey.php | |
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Gattaca |
| Study guide
to
Gattaca http://www.becal.net/toolkit/damaris/gattaca.html Includes discussion ideas, links to reviews, sites on bioethics | |
| Gattaca
(1997) http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/Gattaca-1080254/ Includes links to a variety of short reviews | |
| Gattaca,
a fim review byJames
Berardinelli http://movie-reviews.colossus.net/movies/g/gattaca.html | |
| Gattaca,
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19971024/REVIEWS/710240303/1023 Review by Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times | |
| Learning
guide to
Gattaca http://www.teachwithmovies.org/guides/gattaca.html Extensive discussion questions | |
| Gattaca';
a fully imagined
future http://www.nytimes.com/library/film/102497gattaca-film-review.html Review by Janet Maslin, New York Times | |
| Gattaca:
a not-so-perfect
specimen http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1997/10/24/DD14694.DTL Review by Mick La Salle, San Francisco Chronicle | |
| Gattaca;
genes never go out of
fashion http://www.shootthemessenger.com.au/u_jan_98/film/f_gattaca.htm | |
| Gattaca http://www.filmvault.com/filmvault/nash/g/gattaca1.html Review from Nashville Scene 27/10/97 | |
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The Great Gatsby |
| Spark notes – a
comprehensive guide on all aspects of The Great
Gatsby http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/gatsby/ | |
| The Great Gatsby
- Homework
online http://www.homework-online.com/tgg/index.asp Included in this site are summaries and explanations, character analysis, discussion of themes and a user's forum where readers can discuss and ask questions | |
| Classic notes
on The Great Gatsby. http://www.gradesaver.com/ClassicNotes/Titles/gatsby/ | |
| The Great
Gatsby http://www.online-literature.com/fitzgerald/greatgatsby/ A chapter by chapter summary of the novel. | |
| The Great Gatsby
Website http://www.geocities.com/andrew_dilling/ Detailed information on the novel, The Great Gatsby , written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. | |
| The Great Gatsby: the
movie http://www.imbp.com/title/tt0071577/ This site contains information about the 1974 movie version of The Great Gatsby starring Mia Farrow and Robert Redford. | |
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Hamlet |
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Enjoying
Hamlet | |
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Hamlet
Navigator | |
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All Shakespeare:
Hamlet | |
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Hamlet
– comprehensive notes on all aspects of the play and
Shakespeare. | |
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Plot
synopsis, themes, key speeches, dramatic
questions | |
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Hamlet – discussion
pages | |
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Heart of Darkness |
| The Joseph Conrad
Foundation http://members.tripod.com/~JTKNK/index.htm | |
| Heart of darkness:
an adaptation for radio by Tim Crook, August
1989 http://www.irdp.co.uk/darkness.htm#Joseph | |
| Classic
notes on Heart of
darkness http://www.gradesaver.com/ClassicNotes/Titles/heartofdarkness/ | |
| Pink
Monkey literature notes on Heart of
Darkness http://www.pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/monkeynotes/pmHeartDarkness01.asp | |
| Joseph
Conrad on the Victorian
Web http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/conrad/conradov.html | |
| Study
guide to Joseph Conrad’s Heart of darkness, by Lyman A. Baker,
1999 http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~lyman/english320/sg-Conrad-HD.htm | |
| Owl Eyes term paper helper Heart
of dearknee http://owleyes.org/heart.htm | |
| Joseph
Conrad’s Heart of darkness: white
lies http://www.hk-r.se/fou/forskinfo.nsf/35BC671C87DB0E5AC1256612004904F2/87E4E3B4A2B21C06C12568A3002CA9AE | |
| Reforming the
Heart of darkness: the Congo Reform Movement in England and the
U.S. http://www.boondocksnet.com/congo/index.html | |
| Africa
and Africans in Conrad’s Heart of darkness, by Candice Bradley,
1996 http://www.cx.unibe.ch/ens/cg/africanfiction/conrad/bradley/bradley.html | |
| Geography
and some
explorers http://users.bathspa.ac.uk/conrad/geography_and_some_explorers.htm | |
|
Joseph
Conrad from Heart of darkness, by Paul
Brians | |
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In the Lake of the Woods |
| In the Lake of the Woods Penguin Reading guide http://www.penguinputnam.com/static/rguides/us/lake_of_the_woods.html Includes synopsis, biographical details and interview with the author, and discussion questions. | |
| Challenged
Reading Materials
http://users.owt.com/crbatish/REQUESTS.HTM#The%20Handmaid's%20Tale U.S. Richland School District challenge to the appropriateness of In the Lake of the Woods for use as a class text | |
| Plausibility of denial; Tim O'Brien, My Lai and America, by H. Bruce Franklin http://newark.rutgers.edu/~hbf/obrien.html | |
| Web English teacher on Tim O'Brien http://www.webenglishteacher.com/obrien.html Includes Tim O'Brien lecture on issues of truth and fiction | |
| Bookreporter.com Author: Tim O'Brien http://www.bookreporter.com/authors/au-obrien-tim.asp Includes 1998 interview with O'Brien | |
| The Vietnam War http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/vietnam/index.html |
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In the Name of the Father |
| The Guildford Four - from Irish Political Prisoners Information page. http://larkspirit.com/ipow/ | |
| In
the Name of the Father Long review by James Berardinelli. Handles the film's themes excellently . | |
| Bloody Sunday Trust - Explore this site to learn something of the history, the responses and the intensity, of the events that occurred nearly 30 years ago | |
| Irish History on the Web - This site includes timelines, general historical topics and specific information about Northern Ireland and its troubled history | |
| Blair
apologises to Guildford Four http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/northern_ireland/newsid_778000/778940.stm | |
| Guildford
Four members demand settlement http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/northern_ireland/newsid_478000/478929.stm | |
| Northern
Ireland Special Report http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/nireland/stories/timeline891020.htm | |
| BBC News
| UK | Life of Crime | Miscarriages of Justice http://www.innocent.org.uk/misc/bbclifeofcrime.html | |
| Reel
Justice and Real Courtrooms http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/coall/scuttle/winter2000/reel.htm | |
| In the Name of the Father http://www.indiana.edu/~girgenti/inthename.html In this site scroll down to the Reviews.Many links from there . | |
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Julius Caesar |
| Sparknotes
on Julius Caesar Summary of the play - use the pull-down menu on the left hand side of the page to navigate the site. http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/juliuscaesar/ | |
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Kath and Kim | |
| Kath and Kim http://www.abc.net.au/kathandkim/series1/default.htm Series 2 website | ||
| Kath and Kim http://www.abc.net.au/kathandkim/ Official ABC site with profiles, image galleries, downloadable files for users | ||
| Kath and Kim Review
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/10/08/1097089556096.html?from=storyrhs&oneclick=true
Sydney Morning Herald newspaper review | ||
| Jane Turner and Gina Riley http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/EdDesk.nsf/All/CEE348CA4118B308CA256DCB00078B2E Behind the cultural nightmare that is Kath and Kim stand two extraordinary comediennes with a finger on the pulse and an eye on Australian suburban rectitude . | ||
| Foxy Ladies Fansite
http://www.foxymorons.net/ | ||
| Kath and Kim – Pronunciation
Guide http://www.abc.net.au/kathandkim/series1/glossary.htm | ||
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King Lear | |
| King Lear
http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/lear/ Comprehensive notes on plot, characters etc | ||
| King Lear
http://home.pacific.net.au/~greg.hub/lear.html Study site covering all aspects of the play and Shakespeare | ||
|
King
Lear | ||
| Enjoying King Lear
http://www.pathguy.com/kinglear.htm Help for students approaching Shakespeare's dark play. | ||
| All Shakespeare: King Lear
http://www.allshakespeare.com/kl/ Features summary, essays, themes, quotes, and a searchable text | ||
| Shakespeare's
Tragedies http://shakespeare.about.com/library/bllearscenes.htm Features Shakespeare FAQs and soliloquy analysis | ||
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Lantana | |
| Triple
J film review of the movie http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/review/film/s390748.htm | ||
| Interview with Andrew Bovell who wrote the screenplay for Lantana http://www.safilm.com.au/content.aspx?p=92 | ||
| Film review with links to interviews with Anthony Lapaglia and Andrew Bovell http://www.urbancinefile.com.au/home/view.asp?a=5267&s=Reviews | ||
| This site includes a critical analysis of the movie as well as excerpts from reviews. http://wwwmcc.murdoch.edu.au/ReadingRoom/film/dbase/2004/lantana.htm | ||
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Looking for Alibrandi | |
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Lord of the Flies | |
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Macbeth |
| All Shakespeare Home Page
Welcome to the web's premier Shakespeare destination! Students, teachers, and scholars, we have the content you need. Writing a paper? Trying to understand a play? Look no further! Enjoy the site and see what others have said about All Shakespeare! http://www.allshakespeare.com/ | |
| Shakespeare
in Education Links to sites designed to teach Shakespeare over the Internet and in the classroom, and sites which contain mostly non-print educational materials (such as CD, other software, posters and illustrations, etc. for purchase). http://daphne.palomar.edu/shakespeare/educational.htm | |
| Complete Works of
William Shakespeare This site contains the complete works of William Shakespeare online, a discussion area, Bartlett's Shakespearean quotations and a link to other Internet resources. Categories include comedy, history, tragedy and poetry. http://tech-two.mit.edu/Shakespeare/ | |
| Shakespeare Theme
Page "This "Theme Page" has links to two types of resources related to the study of Shakespeare. Students and teachers will find curricular resources (information, content...) to help them learn about this topic. http://www.cln.org/themes/shakespeare.html | |
| Birnham Wood on
The Net The student's guide to online resources on William Shakespeare's Macbeth. http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Styx/5025/ | |
| Macbeth.com
http://www.igs.net/~chrisharr/macbeth/index2.html | |
| Macbeth
Student Study Notes Major Themes in
Macbeth http://www.geocities.com/macbethstudynotes/themes.html | |
| Penguin
Study Guide to Macbeth Print or read on-line http://www.penguinputnam.com/academic/resources/guides/macbeth/ | |
| Everything
Shakespeare Summaries, essays and links about Macbeth http://www.field-of-themes.com/shakespeare/indexmain.html | |
| Macbeth
Navigator Detailed notes on first 2 acts Index of Themes and Motifs | |
| Macbeth:
Explained In Modern English
http://www.chattanooga.net/baylor/academic/english/studentwork/lucas/shakes/ | |
| The Macbeth Page
http://www.falconedlink.com/Macbeth.htm | |
| Macbeth
A ThinkQuest site that provides background about Shakespeare's Macbeth, a summary of the play, characters, essays, vocabulary, quizzes and games, film versions, full text of the play, readings and further links. English Literature. http://library.thinkquest.org/19539/macbeth.htm | |
| Study
Questions for Macbeth Twelve interesting questions covering the whole play. http://www.jetlink.net/~massij/wssq/macbeth.html | |
| Macbeth An annotated, on-line version of the Shakespearean tragedy.Good in-depth analysis. Glossary. Summaries. http://library.thinkquest.org/2888/ | |
| Shakespeare Macbeth Guide Macbeth by Shakespeare with a study guide. http://www.allshakespeare.com/plays/macbeth/index.php | |
| The
Macbeth Page Brief page of notes relating to Macbeth by William Shakespeare | |
| Macbeth: Tragic
hero or Tyrant? Macbeth changes from a loyal heroic warrior, to 'hell hound.' Before he dies he regains some of his earlier stature. Macbeth is therefor a masterfully crafted tragic hero, far more than a simple tyrant http://www.literatureclassics.com/essays/371/ | |
| Multimedia Macbeth Project http://www.lcc.ca/multimedia%5Fmacbeth/ Online multimedia essays, exploring aspects of the play. |
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Matrix, The |
| The
matrix http://www.fl.net.au/~pressco/movies/matrix.html Review of the movie | |
| The
Matrix
analysis http://actionadventure.about.com/library/weekly/aa112900a.htm | |
| The
simulation argument www.simulation-argument.com/ Site examining the hypothesis that we are currently living in an "ancestor simulation" run by a future. | |
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McTeague |
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The Merchant of Venice |
| Spark notes on The Merchant of Venice http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/merchant/ |
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| Book rags Notes on The Merchant of Venice http://www.bookrags.com/notes/mov/ |
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| The Merchant of Venice http://www.online-literature.com/shakespeare/merchant/ A searchable online version. Includes author information. |
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Nineteen eighty-four |
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1984: Introduction Extensive chapter by chapter summaries and analysis of the themes of totalitarianism | |
| Nineteen Eighty-Four An encyclopedic-style website, with links to glossary terms and a good doscussion of the influences of the novel on later media | |
| Nineteen Eighty-Four: Orwell A teacher's resource to support discussion of both the novel and the film. The site offers some interesting questions and concepts for discussion | |
| Nineteen Eighty-Four seems like yesterday Relevance of some of the novel's concepts today | |
| Nineteen Eighty-Four: Internet links and resources Detailed site with extensive links http://www.ucsolutions.com/nef/index2.htm | |
| The Literature Network: 1984 http://www.online-literature.com/orwell/1984/ | |
| George Orwell: Work summaries and interpretations: Nineteen eighty-four http://www.k-1.com/Orwell/index.cgi/work/summaries/1984.html | |
| Nineteen Eighty-Four Interesting site by which a whole community decides to read and on-line discuss the novel. Further internet links and a list of non-fiction references |
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Oedipus Rex |
| Oedipus
trilogy, by
Sophocles http://www.literatureproject.com/oedipus/ E-text | |
| Oedipus
the
king http://www.novelguide.com/oedipustheking/index.html Novelguide.com text analysis | |
| The Oedipus
trilogy http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/oedipus/ Wizard guide | |
| Classic
notes on
Sophocles http://www.classicnote.com/ClassicNotes/Authors/about_sophocles.html | |
| Study
guide for Sophocles' Oedipus the King, by Robin
Mitchell-Boyask http://www.temple.edu/classics/oedipus.html | |
| Enjoying
Oedipus the king, by Sophocles, by Ed
Friedlander http://www.pathguy.com/oedipus.htm Extensive background with good links. | |
| Ancient
Greek
theatre http://users.panafonet.gr/ekar/index.html | |
| Oedipus the
wreck http://vccslitonline.cc.va.us/OedipustheWreck/ | |
| Introduction
to Greek
tragedy http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/netshots/tragedy.htm | |
| Litlinks;
Sophocles http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/litlinks/drama/sophocles.htm | |
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The Quiet American |
| Graham Greene
on The Quiet
American http://members.tripod.com/~greeneland/quiet.htm Author Graham Greene on his own book. | |
| A
haunting portrait of US-backed terror in 1950s Vietnam, by Richard
Phillips http://www.wsws.org/articles/2002/dec2002/tqam-d17.shtml This article reviews the movie, The Quiet American , and also gives background information on Greene and his political intentions in writing the novel. | |
| The Quiet
American http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Quiet_American This site gives comprehensive background information about the setting and context of the novel as well as information about the author. There are also numerous links to all aspects of Greene's writings and life. | |
| Short cuts, by
Thomas
Jones http://www.lrb.co.uk/v24/n22/jone01_.html London Review of Books on The Quiet American | |
| In
our time no man is a neutral, by Robert Gorham Davis
http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/02/20/specials/greene-quiet.html This review stresses the importance of the political and ideological circumstances of the novel. |
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Rabbit-Proof Fence |
| Atom study guide to the Rabbit-proof fence http://www.enhancetv.com.au/study_it/Fence.pdf Extensive study guide | |
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Rebel Without a Cause |
| Rebel Without a Cause- Film Review http://www.comcen.com.au/~agfam/alvy/rebel.html |
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| Rebel Without a Cause http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048545/maindetails Many useful links to external reviews. |
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| Rebel Without a Cause http://www.filmsite.org/rebel.html Detailed review, synopsis and discussion of thematic elements in the film. |
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| Rebel Without a Cause http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/00/5/finding.html A psychoanalytic study of the film. |
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| Rebel Without a Cause http://www.filmeducation.org/secondary/Representation/main_6.html Tasks and activities for study of the film. |
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| James Dean http://www.jamesdean.com/index.php The official James Dean website. |
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Romulus, My Father |
| Romulus Gaita http://www.abc.net.au/rn/arts/atbooks/gaita.htm Biographical information about Romulus and Raimond Gaita |
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| Raimond Gaita - Philosophy http://inet.acu.edu.au/node.cfm/D1994613-8E45-44AD-991AFEBB54209541 Collective responsibility and reconciliation with Australia's indigenous peoples |
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| Raimond Gaita http://abcasiapacific.com/nexus/stories/s1108493.htm Interview on Nexus: Raimond Gaita with Ian Henschke |
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A Sense of Belonging |
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The Shawshank Redemption |
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Shine |
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Short Story Favourites |
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Summer of the 17th Doll |
| Summer of the Seventeenth Doll – HSC Notes http://lardcave.net/tig/hsc/english.2ug.lawler.17thdoll.html Key themes explored as well as hints on writing essays on the play. |
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| Summer of the Seventeenth Doll - Activities http://scs.une.edu.au/TalentEd/EdSupport/summer.htm Activities for study of the play. |
| Summer of the Seventeenth Doll http://www.mcauley.acu.edu.au/staff/traceys/units/aust_drama/sevendoll.html Looks at various aspects of the play. |
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Third Man, The |
| The Third Man: A film review by James Berardinelli http://movie-reviews.colossus.net/movies/t/third_man.html James Berardinelli's review, considering The Third Man to be the best - ever film noir to come out of all Europe. | |
| The
Third Man A good discussion of the film's strengths, and the effectiveness of the location - using post-war Vienna | |
| Film Classic's The third Man http://www.thecityreview.com/thirdman.html Good film review, and assessment of Orson Welles' role. Extensive account of the film. | |
| Greatest
Film's The third Man review by Tim Dirks
http://www.filmsite.org/thir.html An excellent long essay on the film with extensive quotes from the scrip | |
| The Third
Man
http://www.imsa.edu/~mitch/titles/third_man.html The above site is a chatty, gossipy few words. The use of the English Language leaves a bit to be desired | |
| The Third
Man http://www.filmsite.org/thir.html |
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To Kill a Mockingbird |
| Schools of California Teacher Resource Guide - http://memorial.sdcs.k12.ca.us/LESSONS/tokil/mocktg.htm | |
| To Kill a Mockingbird Trivia Quiz | |
| Resources for To Kill a Mocking Bird. : Essay Writing: To Kill a Mocking Bird, Comprehension (set on a section of Chapter 9). Self Test Questions on Chapters 1 - 7, An exploration of Atticus, To Kill a Mockingbird: Studying the Novel on your own. | |
| The To Kill a
Mockingbird Student Survival Guide http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/Belmont_HS/tkm/ | |
| Harper Lee &
To Kill a Mockingbird http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Culture/HarperLee/ | |
| To Kill A Mockingbird
(1962) http://www.filmsite.org/toki.html | |
| SCORE: To
Kill A Mockingbird--Teacher Guide http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/tokil/mocktg.htm | |
| Learning
Guide to:To Kill A Mockingbird http://www.teachwithmovies.org/guides/to-kill-a-mocking-bird.html |
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Truman Show, The |
| An
Eye on The Truman Show Good discussion of themes of control and observation for entertainment, and a contrast with the film, "Being There." | |
| The Truman Show
Official film website. Entertaining presentation. No crtiticism. | |
| The Truman Show
transcript Full transcript of the film | |
| The
Truman Show http://www.transparencynow.com/trusig.htm Within this site scroll to end of first article to Next, which then leads to futher helpful articles. Click on the word Links (found at end of articles) this is also helpful | |
| The Truman Show http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120382 Movie overview |
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| The Truman Show http://www.becal.net/toolkit/damaris/trumansh.html Study Guide |
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| The Truman Show http://www.peterweircave.com/truman/ This website is devoted to all aspects of the film |
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| Newsgroup Reviews - The Truman Show http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120382/externalreviews A comprehensive list of reviews of the film. | |
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The Turn of the Screw |
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What's Eating Gilbert Grape |
| VATE Introduction to Gilbert Grape - http://edx1.educ.monash.edu.au/VATE/pub/halls.htm | |
| What's Eating Gilbert Grape Home Page - http://members.aol.com/GlimmrGrrl/frameset.html | |
| Review by Joan Ellis - http://ellis.nebbadoon.com/docs/joined_reviewfiles/WHAT'S_EATING_GILBERT_GRAPE.html | |
| Review - http://www.inconnect.com/~renshaw/gilbertgrape.html | |
| Photo Gallery - http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Studio/8848/gallery-eating-grape.html | |
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Witness |