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GCSE English Literature · key term
A person responsible for caring for a child in place of their parents.
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Paper 1
Revise: Mrs Reed and Mr BrocklehurstMrs Reed is her guardian at Gateshead: her late husband was Jane’s maternal uncle, and she promised him that she would bring Jane up as one of her own children. Brocklehurst is the clergyman who manages Lowood, the charity school to which Mrs Reed sends Jane. Both present their treatment as necessary correction, yet Brontë shows how their authority produces fear, exclusion and suffering.
Paper 2
A person who takes responsibility for caring for a child whose parents cannot do so.
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Mrs Reed is her guardian at Gateshead; Brocklehurst is the clergyman who manages Lowood charity school. Instead, both interpret Jane’s distress and resistance as evidence that she is bad. Their authority allows them to punish her while presenting themselves as morally responsible adults.
Paper 1
A member of staff responsible for teaching and caring for the students at Hailsham. Guardians take the place of parents but also prepare the students for donation.
Revise: Part One: Hailsham (Chapters 1 to 9)Yet the children have guardians rather than parents, and unusually strong emphasis is placed on creativity and physical health. Frequent medical checks and the horror surrounding smoking become ominous once we understand that the students’ organs are being preserved for other people.
A teacher responsible for the students at Hailsham. The title suggests protection, although the school prepares the students for enforced organ donations.
A member of staff responsible for educating and caring for the cloned children at Hailsham in Never Let Me Go.
A person responsible for caring for a child in place of the child’s parents.
Component 2
A person who has responsibility for caring for a child when the child’s parents cannot do so.
Revise: Mrs Reed and Mr BrocklehurstMrs Reed is her guardian at Gateshead: her late husband, Jane’s maternal uncle, required her to bring Jane up as one of their own children. Brocklehurst is a clergyman and the manager and treasurer of Lowood, the charity school to which Jane is sent. Instead of offering security, both adults make her dependence a reason to demand obedience and deny her affection.
