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Historical overview  Romantic & Gothic Literature  The gothic literary movement is part of the larger Romantic Movement. Gothic literature shares many of the characteristics of romanticism, such as the emphasis on emotions and the imagination. Gothic literature goes beyond the melancholy evident in most romantic works, however, it gets into the areas of horror and decay, becoming preoccupied with death.  Both DRACULA by Bram Stoker and WUTHERING HEIGHTS by Emlily Bronte, are such powerful examples of gothic literature, as they both illustrate the features of romantic and gothic literature. However, they also share some relevant differences as the novel Dracula belongs to a gothic-fiction period and Wuthering Heights remebles as a gothic critique to the social injustice during the Romantic period in literature. One of the most defining characteristics on romanticism is the tendency to exalt both nature and the supernatural.  Some of the Gothic elemen...

 Test your knowledge! Follow the link below to test how much you can recall about Dracula's Gothic story... https://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=mtuznzi0oa0x2t Once you've finished post your score on the comments below. Good luck! 

Future reference 'Will' & 'going to' for future intentions Will  (future simple) is used to express future intentions that are decided at the time of speaking (spontaneous offers, promises and decisions): "Come on, I' ll help  you with those bags."   (seeing that someone is struggling with their shopping bags) Be going to  is used to express future intentions that have already been planned or decided before the time of speaking: "I can't make it on Saturday. I' m going to help  my parents around the house."   (referring to a decision that the speaker has made in the past) 'Will' & 'going to' for predictions Will  is used to make predictions that are based on personal judgement, opinion or intuition: "I'm sure you' ll have  a lovely time in Italy."  (opinion) Be going to  is used to make predictions that are based on present evidence. The predicted event is either very near...

Centuries after its 1847 publication,  Wuthering Heights,  Emily Brontë’s breathtaking literary classic, remains a seminal text to scholars, students, and readers around the world. Though best known for its depiction of romance between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw, it is also largely multidimensional, dealing with themes such as religious hypocrisy, the precariousness of social class, and the collision of nature and culture.  But how much do you know about this famous work of English literature? Follow those links to carry out the  online  tests  https://blog.oup.com/2015/03/wuthering-heights-quiz/

‘The best of both worlds’   – means you can enjoy two different opportunities at the same time. “By working part-time and looking after her kids two days a week she managed to get the best of both worlds.” ‘Once in a blue moon’   – an event that happens infrequently. “I only go to the cinema once in a blue moon.”   ‘When pigs fly’ –  something that will never happen. “ When pigs fly she’ll tidy up her room.”   ‘To cost an arm and a leg’ – something is very expensive. “Fuel these days costs and arm and a leg.”   ‘A piece of cake’ – something is very easy. “The English test was a piece of cake.”   ‘Let the cat out of the bag’   – to accidentally reveal a secret. “I let the cat out of the bag about their wedding plans.”   ‘To feel under the weather’   – to not feel well. “I’m really feeling under the weather today; I have a terrible cold.”   ‘To kill two birds with one stone’   – to solve two problems at o...

Read the grammar explanation and do the exercise. In reported speech the tenses, word-order and pronouns may be different from the original sentence. Reported speech  When we report someone’s words we can do it in two ways. We can use  direct speech  with quotation marks ( “I work in a bank” ), or we can use  reported speech  ( He said he worked in a bank .) In  reported speech  the tenses, word-order and pronouns may be different from those in the original sentence. Present simple and present continuous tenses Direct speech:  “I travel a lot in my job”  Reported speech:  He said that he travelled a lot in his job. The present simple tense ( I travel ) usually changes to the past simple ( he travelled ) in reported speech. Direct speech:  “Be quiet. The baby’s sleeping.”  Reported speech:  She told me to be quiet because the baby was sleeping. The present continuous usually changes t...