Exam-ready analysis of Girl on an Altar (Marina Carr) for the Leaving Certificate English Comparative Study, Higher Level, written for students, in continuous, readable prose.

What’s inside:

• General introduction — the play, its world, the story, the characters and the major themes
• A full chapter on each comparative mode — Cultural Context, Literary Genre, Theme or Issue, and General Vision & Viewpoint
• Key-moment and technique tables for fast revision and essay planning
• “Setting this text against others” notes in every chapter — partner-agnostic comparison points that hold whatever you pair the play with
• Exam Focus boxes that turn understanding of the play into comparative answers
• Short, accurate quotations throughout, ready to learn and use as evidence

Marina Carr’s modern reworking of the Agamemnon and Clytemnestra myth is a rich Higher Level text; this book takes students through it clearly and confidently, from the sacrifice at Aulis to the killing at Mycenae.

16 pages. Print or photocopy for your own students under the teacher licence. Pairs with the Teacher Guide (sold separately) — bundle and save.