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In our second My Name is Leon episode, we look at whether the protagonist should be considered an admirable character. As with all good 'to what extent' questions, the first thing to get into is what admirable really means. Certainly not a word ever used to describe Mr Forster, but one that must be explored to unlock a more complex and thoughful essay response. 

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We take on a brand new text for your revising pleasure today in the form of the excellent novel My Name is Leon. Our question appears simple on the surface, but like all good literature explorations, if you think a little deeper about it, you will find there is a very interesting essay to be written.

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Our tenth episode on Romeo and Juliet means that we are starting to explore some of the more niche questions that could come up. But remember, just because this question is an unlikely one, there is a whole lot of stuff in here that could be used in other essays as well. So come with us as we explore how the passage of time - and particularly the speed of its passing - has such a huge effect on our eponymous star-crossed lovers.

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A dear friend in your time of need, or a traitor and a coward? No, not a question about Mr Forster - although, you'd have a point - but instead an exploration of a seemingly minor but actually very important character within the play: the Friar.

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Fate... the idea that everything is predestined, that the very fact that you are here listening to this podcast was somehow preordained and written into the cosmos.

Hopefully you will find the next twenty-five minutes less painful than the fated journey of our eponymous star-crossed lovers, and emerge confident in how to write an essay about this tricky but not too tricky theme.

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Hope is a beautiful thing. It rings through Dickens' novella like the bells of Christmas day, but is it the right kind of hope? Let's look at how a relatively simple idea can be transformed into a top-level essay response.

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Can you become a better person without the help of four spirits? Perhaps so, but it might not be as fun or filled with powerful imagery. Lock in for a spooky journey, as we look at how you turn Dickens' ghostly figures into a top level response.

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You can't really write about A Christmas Carol without getting into Dickens' social message; so why not turn it into an entire essay, we thought. Enjoy!

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The best essays will move around a text and show a detailed understanding of the work as a whole. And you will need to be able to do this to ace this question. Can a man who murders his king be called a hero? In order to be a true villain, do you perhaps need something of the hero about you? Complex questions lead to great essays.

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A change is as good as the rest, they say. But is that true for our star-cross'd lovers? Mr Forster and Mr Gallie explore how you would construct and execute a top level essay on what Shakespeare's tragedy teaches us about the power of change.

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