AQA GCSE English Literature · 8702
Paper 2
- Revise: Eric
A character’s development across a text, including changes in behaviour, understanding or values.
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GCSE English Literature · key term
The development of a character’s attitudes, behaviour or understanding across a text.
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Paper 2
A character’s development across a text, including changes in behaviour, understanding or values.
Paper 1
The development or change a character undergoes across a text.
Viv can reproduce the knowledge school rewards while knowing little about her Jamaican heritage or her mother’s past. Her character arc moves from meeting other people’s expectations towards choosing an education that might also meet her own needs. Alongside this change, she remains a caring daughter and sister who tries to hold the family together.
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Component 2
Revise: SheilaThe final telephone call, announcing a death and another inspector’s arrival, interrupts the family’s attempt to restore the opening celebration. This return to the prospect of questioning exposes the danger Sheila has warned against: refusing to learn may mean facing the same moral test again. Her character arc supports the play’s didactic purpose, showing that maturity involves acknowledging harm and choosing change.
The development of a character’s attitudes or behaviour over the course of a work.