AQA GCSE English Literature · 8702
Paper 1
Revise: Mr DarcyAusten’s resolution rewards humility and consideration, not wealth alone.
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GCSE English Literature · key term
Recognition of one’s limitations and faults, rather than an assumption of superiority.
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Paper 1
Revise: Mr DarcyAusten’s resolution rewards humility and consideration, not wealth alone.
Paper 2
Recognition of one’s limitations and faults, rather than assuming superiority over other people.
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Paper 1
Recognition of the limits of one’s knowledge, power and importance, rather than an assumption of superiority.
Revise: Human complacency and humilityHumility means recognising that humanity is neither all-powerful nor the centre of the universe. Wells makes the invasion a violent challenge to human assumptions: people who believe they control their world discover that they can be displaced as easily as other animals.
Component 2
Recognition of one’s limitations and lack of automatic superiority over others.
Revise: Human complacency and humilityHumility, by contrast, means recognising limits. The invasion forces the narrator to reconsider both humanity’s power and its place in the universe.
The acceptance that one’s judgement and importance have limits, together with a willingness to acknowledge faults. Darcy develops humility after Elizabeth rejects his first proposal.