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GCSE English Literature · key term
Responsibility for breaking a law, established through a legal process. Dickens distinguishes this from a person’s moral worth.
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Paper 1
Revise: Crime, guilt and justiceLegal guilt means responsibility for breaking a law; a guilty conscience is the feeling that one has done wrong. Justice concerns whether people are treated fairly and receive an appropriate response to their actions. These do not always coincide.
Distinguish legal guilt, guilty feelings and moral responsibility: they are not interchangeable in this novel.
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