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GCSE English Literature · key term
Comfort that eases suffering without necessarily removing its cause.
Used by Edexcel and OCR
Paper 2
Revise: Nature and the sublimeIn Chapter 10, Victor describes the glacier, vast mountains and sounds of breaking ice: “These sublime and magnificent scenes afforded me the greatest consolation that I was capable of receiving.” The statement celebrates nature’s emotional power, but its qualification matters. This is the greatest comfort available to him, not complete happiness.
Paper 1
Comfort that helps someone cope with suffering or loss.
Part (b), AO1: distinguish temporary consolation from lasting recovery. Victor’s grief returns, and the Arctic eventually threatens his life.
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A justified conclusion is that memory offers real consolation, but cannot make Kathy immune to loss.
