Revise and learn about the characters in William Golding's Lord of the Flies with BBC Bitesize GCSE English Literature (Eduqas).

Characters Simon in Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies focuses on a number of young schoolboys who try to exist in their own society. Some behave well, while others become little better than savages.

During the show's ninth season, The Simpsons parodied Lord of the Flies, giving it a comedic twist as Bart, Lisa, and friends ended up stranded on an island.

When I saw that William Golding’s Lord of the Flies was turning 70, I bought myself a new copy. I hadn’t read it for a while — 30 years, give or take — and I wondered what its effects ...

It scarcely explores the complex character of Simon--prophet and martyr--whose murder follows his dialogue with the Lord of the Flies.

“Yellowjackets” makes “Lord of the Flies” seem like Dr. Seuss — “Old Wounds” goes beastie-mode Golding didn't see a place for women in savagery back in 1954. This show would have ...

The sow’s head becomes the Lord of the Flies, and tells a hallucinatory Simon that the beast on the island — first identified by the birthmarked little boy — actually resides inside the boys.

This copy of “Lord of the Flies” was previously owned by a girls’ school teacher, Angharad Ryder, who collected signed first editions of many of her favorite 20th century novelists.

It might remind you of the famous novel—Lord of the Flies, by William Golding—but as you'll see, the outcome of this real-life story could not have been more different. The story begins in 1965.

Renowned British novelist William Golding’s “Lord of the Flies” is to be adapted for television for the first time by Eleven and multi-BAFTA award-winning screenwriter Jack Thorne, known for ...