AQA GCSE English Literature · 8702
Paper 1
The central character whose experiences organise a narrative.
Revise: ScroogeEbenezer Scrooge is the protagonist of Dickens’s A Christmas Carol: the novella follows his movement from a wealthy, isolated miser to a generous member of his community. At first, he measures almost everything through money. Christmas seems wasteful, his clerk’s holiday seems an unfair expense, and helping strangers seems none of his business.
- Revise: Victor Frankenstein
The central character whose actions and experiences drive a narrative.
- Revise: Elizabeth Bennet
The central character whose experiences and choices organise a story.
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- Revise: Pip
The central character around whom a story’s main action develops.
- Revise: Jane Eyre
The central character whose experiences and decisions drive a literary work. Jane is the protagonist of Jane Eyre.