AQA GCSE English Literature · 8702
Paper 1
- Revise: Benedick
Prejudice against women, expressed through hostility, contempt or generalised assumptions about them.
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GCSE English Literature · key term
Prejudice against, contempt for or hatred of women.
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Paper 1
Prejudice against women, expressed through hostility, contempt or generalised assumptions about them.
Paper 1
Hostility towards, contempt for or prejudice against women.
Revise: BenedickBenedick exaggerates this fear for comic effect, but his refusal to trust women also expresses misogyny. Shakespeare lets the audience laugh at his certainty while preparing to overturn it.
Paper 2
Hostility towards women or attitudes that treat women as inferior to men.
Component 1
Revise: IagoIago’s treatment of Emilia reveals the misogyny beneath his friendly public performance. In Act 2 Scene 1, he addresses the women as “pictures out of doors”. This image reduces them to decorative appearances.
Prejudice against women, expressed through contempt, hostility or discriminatory treatment.
Hatred of, contempt for or prejudice against women.
Prejudice against or contempt for women.
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