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GCSE English Literature · key term
Punishment that sent convicted people overseas to a penal colony.
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Paper 1
A punishment in which a convicted person was sent overseas to a penal colony, often to perform forced labour.
Revise: ContextThe distinction matters: Dickens’s Victorian readers were looking back at an earlier world of prison ships, transportation and public punishment.
A punishment that sent convicted people overseas to a penal colony, often to work. Magwitch is transported to New South Wales for life.
Connect transportation and class prejudice to particular moments rather than adding a separate paragraph of historical facts.
Make context explain the passage: transportation makes Magwitch’s return a capital offence, while public executions help explain Dickens’s presentation of punishment as spectacle.
Either question type: connect context to the particular moment you analyse—for example, transportation explains the danger Magwitch accepts to see Pip. Avoid a separate paragraph of unrelated historical facts.
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Punishment by sending a convicted person overseas to a penal colony, often to perform compulsory labour.
The punishment of sending a convicted person overseas to a penal settlement.
Paper 2
A punishment that sent convicted people overseas. Magwitch’s life sentence required permanent exile from Britain.
Paper 1
A punishment in which convicted people were sent overseas to colonies, including Australia, to serve their sentences.
Revise: ContextTransportation sent convicted people overseas to serve sentences in colonies. Magwitch is transported to Australia, where he eventually gains liberty and makes money through farming and other work. His success demonstrates abilities that his earlier life had given him little opportunity to develop.
A punishment in which convicted people were sent overseas to a penal colony. Magwitch was transported to Australia for life and faces execution if caught after returning.
A punishment in which convicted people were sent overseas. Magwitch’s return to England after transportation for life exposes him to a death sentence.
A punishment in which a convicted person was sent overseas to a penal colony. Magwitch is eventually transported to New South Wales for life.
Punishment by sending a convicted person overseas to a colony. Magwitch is transported to Australia and faces death for returning to England.
