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English Literature
AQA GCSE English Literature
The 19th-century novel
Great Expectations

AQA GCSE English Literature · 8702

Great Expectations

Dickens's novel Great Expectations, studied as a whole text.
Students answer one question: write in detail about an extract, then about the novel as a whole.

Subtopics

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Context
Introduction
2
Plot overview
Introduction
3
Chapters 1 to 9
The plot, part by part
4
Chapters 10 to 19
The plot, part by part
5
Chapters 20 to 29
The plot, part by part
6
Chapters 30 to 39
The plot, part by part
7
Chapters 40 to 49
The plot, part by part
8
Chapters 50 to 59
The plot, part by part
9
Pip
Characters
10
Estella
Characters
11
Miss Havisham
Characters
12
Magwitch
Characters
13
Joe and Biddy
Characters
14
Jaggers and Wemmick
Characters
15
Herbert Pocket
Characters
16
Social class and the gentleman
Themes
17
Ambition and self-improvement
Themes
18
Crime, guilt and justice
Themes
19
Love and rejection
Themes
20
Parents and childhood
Themes
21
Redemption and forgiveness
Themes
22
Writer's methods
Writer's methods
23
Key quotations
Key quotations

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