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How do you write a commentary for english literature?

• I have written a recreational piece for my coursework on Macbeth and I don't know how to write the commentary for it. My tutor said not to write about my piece, but to write about the play. I don't understand how to write a commentary, what to do it about and I don't know how to get started. I would ask my tutor but it's the holidays and we cannot contact her. The deadline for this work is monday and I'd really like to get it done before the weekend, Thanks.

• Answer:

  There are many ways, but this is the generally accepted process: - Introduction (author's name, the given piece's title, the overall context of the piece, list some literary devices used, the tone of the piece) - Body (if it's poetry, then I usually do one paragraph for each verse. If it's prose, then each point with it's evidence [a quote from the piece] and affect on reader in a paragraph on its own) - Conclusion (state the tone at the ends of the piece, the reader's reactions, summarise what happened in the piece, i.e: someone died, a man cried, etc...)