OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation · J199
Paper 4
The way a writer presents their character, values and achievements to readers, shaping the image by which they wish to be known.
Revise: Pliny and his LettersPrivate feeling and public self-presentation can coexist: concern for a sick freedman may be sincere while its description also enhances the writer’s reputation. Publication is a reason to examine his choices carefully, not a reason to assume that everything is invented.
- Revise: Relationships and Roman society