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GCSE English Literature · key term
The presentation of characters as mirrors of one another, using similarities and differences to reveal their qualities.
Used by AQA and Edexcel
Paper 1
A narrative technique in which two characters mirror one another, revealing similarities beneath their apparent differences.
Revise: RevengeCreator and creation now depend on the same destructive emotion. Their similarity is an example of doubling: Shelley makes the boundary between the supposedly civilised man and the supposedly monstrous being less secure.
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Paper 2
The presentation of two characters as parallels whose similarities help reveal their qualities or the text’s concerns.
The use of characters who mirror one another, allowing their similarities and differences to develop the text’s meaning.
