EDUQAS•C720
Eduqas GCSE English Literature
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Paper 1
1.1 Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet · Macbeth · Othello · Much Ado About Nothing · Twelfth Night · The Merchant of Venice · Answering the Shakespeare questions132 notes
1.1 Romeo and Juliet
1.1 Macbeth
1.1 Othello
1.1 Much Ado About Nothing
1.1 Twelfth Night
1.1 The Merchant of Venice
1.1 Answering the Shakespeare questions
1.2 Poetry from 1789 to the present day
Poetry anthology · Answering the anthology questions17 notes
1.2 Poetry anthology
Paper 2
2.1 Post-1914 prose or drama
An Inspector Calls · Answering the post-1914 question20 notes
2.1 An Inspector Calls
2.1 Answering the post-1914 question
2.2 19th-century prose
A Christmas Carol · Silas Marner · The War of the Worlds · Pride and Prejudice · Jane Eyre · Jekyll and Hyde · Answering the 19th-century prose question129 notes
2.2 A Christmas Carol
- Context
- Plot overview
- Stave One
- Stave Two
- Stave Three
- Stave Four
- Stave Five
- Scrooge
- Marley's Ghost
- The Ghost of Christmas Past
- The Ghost of Christmas Present
- The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
- Bob Cratchit and Tiny Tim
- Fred
- Social responsibility
- Poverty and wealth
- Redemption
- Christmas and family
- Writer's methods
- Key quotations
2.2 Silas Marner
- Context
- Plot overview
- Chapters 1 to 3: Silas and the Cass brothers
- Chapters 4 to 10: the stolen gold
- Chapters 11 to 15: Eppie comes to Silas
- Chapters 16 to 18: sixteen years later
- Chapters 19 to 21 and the Conclusion
- Silas Marner
- Eppie
- Godfrey Cass
- Nancy Lammeter
- Dolly Winthrop
- Dunstan Cass and Molly Farren
- Isolation and community
- Religion and faith
- Money and wealth
- Parents and children
- Social class
- Secrets and consequences
- Writer's methods
- Key quotations
2.2 The War of the Worlds
- Context
- Plot overview
- Book One, Chapters 1 to 6: the Martians arrive
- Book One, Chapters 7 to 13: the fighting begins
- Book One, Chapters 14 to 17: the exodus from London
- Book Two, Chapters 1 to 5: trapped with the curate
- Book Two, Chapters 6 to 10: dead London and the Epilogue
- The narrator
- The Martians
- The curate
- The artilleryman
- The narrator's brother and the Elphinstones
- The narrator's wife
- Imperialism and colonisation
- Science and evolution
- Religion and faith
- Civilisation and the breakdown of order
- War and violence
- Human complacency and humility
- Writer's methods
- Key quotations
2.2 Pride and Prejudice
- Context
- Plot overview
- Chapters 1 to 12
- Chapters 13 to 23
- Chapters 24 to 35
- Chapters 36 to 46
- Chapters 47 to 52
- Chapters 53 to 61
- Elizabeth Bennet
- Mr Darcy
- Mr and Mrs Bennet
- Jane Bennet and Mr Bingley
- Mr Collins and Charlotte Lucas
- Wickham and Lydia
- Lady Catherine de Bourgh
- Pride and prejudice
- Love and marriage
- Class and wealth
- Women and gender
- Family and reputation
- Writer's methods
- Key quotations
2.2 Jane Eyre
- Context
- Plot overview
- Chapters 1 to 4: Gateshead
- Chapters 5 to 10: Lowood
- Chapters 11 to 27: Thornfield
- Chapters 28 to 35: Moor House
- Chapters 36 to 38: Ferndean
- Jane Eyre
- Mr Rochester
- Bertha Mason
- St John Rivers
- Helen Burns and Miss Temple
- Mrs Reed and Mr Brocklehurst
- Gender and independence
- Social class
- Religion
- Love and marriage
- Passion and reason
- The supernatural
- Writer's methods
- Key quotations
2.2 Jekyll and Hyde
2.2 Answering the 19th-century prose question
2.3 Unseen poetry
Unseen poetry2 notes
2.3 Unseen poetry
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