‘Oedipus The King’ by Sophocles is a phenomenal text about the tension between free will and fate that is studied around the world, but it can be a lot to wrap your head around. The majority of the play is spent focusing on uncovering past events, which can make the timeline of events somewhat confusing. To make studying this text easier, we have broken down the ‘true’ timeline of events and the ‘plots’ timeline of events.

Have you been wandering what your teachers mean when they ask, what are the author’s intentions? What view or value is being shown here?

Well look no further, in this post we will dissect what authorial intent means, how to find it and how to write it in your essays.

What is the role of the Femme Fatale in Billy Wilder’s 1950 film noir, ‘Sunset Boulevard' ?

In this post, we will dissect the historical context of this iconic film, unpack its depiction of women and, most notably, the ‘femme fatale.’

In Episode 1 of our ‘Breaking Down’ series we got into the nitty gritty details of VCAA’s Reading and Responding to Texts, otherwise known as the Text Response. We focused on Year 12/ VCE Unit ¾ to show you what VCAA truly mean when they write their study design documents. Check out this summary of the first episode!

Steps on how to analytically ‘read’ your text to ace your text response!