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H. G. Wells, the writer of “The Time Machine” was a socialist who was very concerned about the inequality and class divisions of his time. Like Priestley in his character the Inspector in “An Inspector Calls” he is irate with the working conditions of the working class. They worked in dark factories, often in underground basements […]

Two short stories titled the Red Room by H G Wells and Examination Day by Henry Slesar, have used different techniques to build up a fear and tension in their stories. The Red Room was set in the 19th century and was aimed at Victorian readers who liked ghost and mystery stories. The Red Room […]

HG Wells uses literacy techniques in The War Of The Worlds to add tension and create a better more frightening atmosphere. He uses four main types of literacy techniques that are: Juxtaposition Pathetic fallacy Omniscient viewpoint And cliffhangersThe meaning of these are as followed: Juxtaposition – this is where two completely different facts are put […]

H. G. Wells was a writer with several identities. Most of Wells’ short stories were written about the marvels of science, but the genre of this one, is based on a gothic mystery. A gothic story is a romantic fiction with its setting usually in a ruined gothic castle or abbey. It emphasised mystery and […]

The stories that we read are Roald Dahl’s, The Landlady and A Terrible Strange Bed by Wilkie Colins. The landlady is a 20th century short story whereas A Terrible Strange Bed was written in the 19th century. This is shown by the different words used in the two different story also the word order is […]

I stopped. A pallid silence came over the clearing as I was stepping out of the dilapidated old carriage. I began to survey my surroundings through the falling leaves. Silvery ghostly illuminations shimmered in the light from the sunbeams piercing the canopy. I thought to myself, this cant be so bad, where is the sinister […]

Everybody has experienced fear in their lives at one time or another and many people have irrational fears, for example people are scared of spiders even though human are bigger than them and they are unlikely to hurt them. But are fears useful and why do people have phobias, which can affect their day-to-day lives. […]

“The Red Room” was appealing to the Victorians as it was indeed quite a short story, Reading a story in less than say an hour gave them a great sense of achievement as they started and finished quite quickly. Through reading and understanding the plot and essence of the story they would be able to […]

Having read and analysed two short stories which both deal with the un-natural, I now intend to compare them in detail. The Red Room is a short story from the nineteenth century, which is about a man who visits a haunted house to prove that there is no ghost or anything of such a nature […]

Comparisons will be made between the following stories: The Monkey’s Paw by W. W. Jacobs, The Signalman by Charles Dickens, The Red Room by H. G. Wells, The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Sir Thomas Browne, and The Speckled Band: Sherlock Holmes Stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Despite being written around the same […]

Both ‘The red room’ by H. G. Wells and ‘Farthing house’ by Susan Hill are examples of ghost stories. But what makes a ghost story? Obviously, there has to be some sort of ghost whether it be literally a ghost or someone’s imagination, it doesn’t matter as long as there is some sort of suspense […]

The story was written in 1992/93. The story is about a residential home. The place has quite a history through the years. The story is about a lady who is visiting her aunt who lives in the residential home.The story of ‘The Red Room’ was written quite along way back. It was written in the […]

In ‘The Tell Tale Heart’, Edgar Allan Poe uses emotive vocabulary to build up a feeling of tension and excitement. His clever use of repetition builds up the feeling of madness and obsession that is experienced by the story’s central character; phrases such as ‘steadily, steadily’ 1 and ‘stealthily, stealthily’ 2. The distinct lack of […]

HG Wells was well known for writing such books as War of the Worlds, The Time Machine, The Invisible man and The Island of Doctor Moreau. They were famous and unique because of his innovating idea of science fiction therefore being remembered as ‘the farther of British Science Fiction’. However, he actually wrote in a […]

In this essay, I will be comparing a pre-20th Century novel, “The Time Machine” by H.G. Wells, and a 20th Century novel, “A Sound of Thunder” by Ray Bradbury. Both novels fit into the Science Fiction genre and both look at the effects man’s ignorance and ignorant intervention could have on the future. Science Fiction […]

In the ‘Time Machine’, H G Wells writes about what he depicts the future to be like. He explains in great detail his views of evolution and Dystopia. The world he has travelled to could for all he knows be another planet. It is the definition of a Dystopia, with to opposite species living against […]

Wells was born in the year ‘The Signalman’ was written. Like Dickens, he was of poor parents. He went to night school to better himself to be trained as a teacher. He was lectured by T. H Huxley, the famous Darwinist (The belief in the theory of evolution) and developed a life long interest in […]

In the novel The War Of The Worlds, there is a constant feeling of terror and dread, which is heavily influenced by the Victorian sense of anxiety and worry about the world around them and their sudden rise to almost absolute power. Wells manipulates the culture of the time and so creates a novel which […]

There has been significant discussion in recent times regarding the Parliament’s authority to enact legislation on any topic. This includes debates around Parliament’s ability to create laws that apply retroactively as well as its capacity to reform itself. One example of Parliament exercising this right is the War Crimes Act of 1991, which granted UK […]

Representative democracy is a form of democracy in which the electorate vote on who they want to run parliament. This is done by each party leader persuading the electorate to vote for them by presenting their manifesto, and based on that leaders likability by the electorate.This changes every four years, by holding a new vote, […]

At first, we generated multiple ideas that needed consideration, such as litter, climate change, gang violence, and drugs. Ultimately, I suggested the subject of child labour since it often stays concealed from public awareness. Within my group, there are four other members who have not been particularly engaged. My peers and I assumed the roles […]

The Whitlam government played a vital role in Australia’s post-war progression, addressing both domestic and international concerns while implementing pioneering reforms that transformed the nation. For Gough Whitlam, “It’s time” was more than just a catchphrase – it encapsulated his bold and controversial approach to instigating change during his time as Prime Minister. Whitlam, a […]