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GCSE Classics · key term
An audience’s emotional reaction to, or judgement of, a text, such as admiration, pity, pride or disapproval.
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Paper 5
Revise: Ancient Audience Responses to Military ThemesEvaluating a possible response means explaining what an audience might feel or judge, supporting that interpretation with a particular detail, and considering what complicates it.
Link each possible response to a precise detail or short quotation, then explain why it could matter to that audience.
Distinguish characters’ reactions within a poem from the responses of people hearing or reading it.
Consider mixed responses: an audience could admire military courage while being disturbed by cruelty or loss.
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