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GCSE English Literature · key term
An unequal distribution of resources, opportunities or power between people or groups.
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Paper 1
Revise: Poverty and wealthDickens offers a powerful example of practical improvement, but wider inequality remains significant. The strongest conclusion holds both points together: Scrooge’s actions matter because they address real material needs, while the family’s dependence reveals the unequal distribution of power.
Paper 2
Social responsibility concerns how people should respond to those inequalities. Dickens connects the two through Scrooge’s position as an employer: his decisions directly affect the Cratchits’ lives.
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Paper 1
Revise: Poverty and wealthScrooge’s treatment of Bob Cratchit makes inequality visible before the ghosts appear. The narrator describes Bob working in “a dismal little cell” in Stave One. “Dismal” suggests misery, while “little” emphasises confinement.
Component 2
