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Secrecy — Edexcel GCSE English Literature Definition

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GCSE English Literature · key term

Secrecy

Definition

Deliberately keeping information or behaviour hidden from other people.

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Edexcel GCSE English Literature · 1ET0

Paper 2

Secrecy can preserve both by preventing uncomfortable truths from becoming public. Stevenson explores the danger of treating a good name as proof of a good character.
Revise: Reputation and secrecy

Edexcel English Literature past papers

Related key terms

Duplicity
Hypocrisy
Motif
Reputation
Respectability

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