Examination and Syllabus

http://www.examinations.ie/index.php?l=en&mc=en&sc=ep (Examination Material Archive)

http://www.education.ie/servlet/blobservlet/lc_english_sy.pdf?language=EN (Leaving Certificate English Syllabus)

Portal Sites

http://www.scoilnet.ie/ (Comprehensive Site of English Resources for Junior and Senior Cycle)

http://www.skoool.ie/ (Comprehensive Site of English Resources for Junior and Senior Cycle)

Drama

http://www.rte.ie/radio1/drama/ (RTE Radio website – focuses on radio drama. You can listen to a wide range of plays, from playwrights such as Shakespeare, Beckett and Friel)

http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/macbeth/ (Contains analysis of characters, themes, motifs and symbols)

http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/hamlet/ (Contains analysis of characters, themes, motifs and symbols)

King Lear

http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/lear/ (Contains analysis of characters, themes, motifs and symbols)

http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/resources/units/lear/home.html (includes quizzes to give, a table to keep track of the plot lines, notes and links on characters, themes, imagery, etc.)

http://nfs.sparknotes.com/lear/ (One page original text, opposite page in normal English)

http://home.pacific.net.au/~greg.hub/lear.html (themes and imagery)

http://www.shakespeare-parodies.com/lear.html (Parody of the whole play – Hilarious!)

http://www.english.emory.edu/classes/Shakespeare_Illustrated/LearPaintings.html (10 paintings of King Lear with description)

http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/othello/ (Contains analysis of characters, themes, motifs and symbols)

Comparative Studies

Bel Canto .

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/belcanto (Contains summary, characters and analysis)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bel_Canto_(novel) ( summary, characters and links )

http://www.thenewcanon.com/bel_canto.html (review of Bel Canto )

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/belcanto/bibliography.html (important quotations explained, themes, summaries and characters )

http://www.bookbrowse.com/author_interviews/full/index.cfm?author_number=645 (What inspired Ann Patchett to write Bel Canto )

Secret Life of Bees.

http://www.suemonkkidd.com/Reflections.aspx?t=b&i=36 (inspiration for this book.)

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/secretbees/ (summaries, characters, themes,symbols ,important quotations analysed)

http://mybookshelf.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/the-secret-life-of-bees-sue-monk-kidd/ (Book review )

Cinema Paradiso.

http://mybookshelf.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/the-secret-life-of-bees-sue-monk-kidd/ (review of the film )

http://hum3.blogspot.com/2004/12/cinema-paradiso-essay.html (an essay on Cinema Paradiso )

http://course1.winona.edu/pjohnson/h140/cinema.htm (approaches to film with slideshow )

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time.

http://www.reviewsofbooks.com/curious_incident_of_the_dog/ (A site where you can access book reviews of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night)

The Girl with a Pearl Earring

http://www.tchevalier.com/gwape/ (A great informational site for all you need to know about The Girl With a Pearl Earring)

Film

http://www.irishfilm.ie/educ/index7_07.asp (Irish Film Institute's website containing study guides for a host of films that are on the comparative course)