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GCSE English Literature · key term
Love of and loyalty to one’s country.
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Paper 1, Paper 2
Love of and commitment to one's country.
Revise: Honour and loyaltyAfter the assassination, Brutus publicly claims that he placed Rome above Caesar. His defence in Act 3 Scene 2 is delivered in prose, using balanced statements to organise his competing duties. His orderly language suggests that he believes friendship and patriotism can be weighed and ranked.
Build comparisons around the question’s idea, such as fear, patriotism or powerlessness, rather than listing techniques shared by both poems.
Part (b): Go beyond saying that patriotism causes war: explain how the repeated answer, bodily imagery and altered final stanza make that criticism convincing.
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Love of, loyalty to or pride in one’s country.
Paper 2
Love of, or loyalty to, one’s country.
