Revision Notes

AmbitionPowerGuiltSupernatural

Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare

LoveFateConflictFamily

The Tempest

William Shakespeare

PowerColonialismForgivenessMagic

Much Ado About Nothing

William Shakespeare

DeceptionLoveHonourGender

The Merchant of Venice

William Shakespeare

JusticeMercyPrejudiceAppearance vs Reality

Othello

William Shakespeare

JealousyRaceManipulationHonour

RedemptionPovertySocial ResponsibilityChristmas

19th-Century Novels

Novels from the 1800s studied for the prose component

A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens

Novella

DualityRepressionScienceSecrecy

Jekyll and Hyde

Robert Louis Stevenson

Novella

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

CreationResponsibilityIsolationAmbition

Great Expectations

Charles Dickens

ClassAmbitionIdentityLoyalty

Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë

IndependenceClassGenderLove

Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen

LoveClassPrideMarriage

The Sign of the Four

Arthur Conan Doyle

JusticeEmpireReason vs EmotionWealth

Silas Marner

George Eliot

CommunityRedemptionClassIsolation

Modern Texts

20th-century plays and novels studied for the modern text component

An Inspector Calls

J.B. Priestley

ResponsibilityClassGenderMorality

Lord of the Flies

William Golding

Civilisation vs SavageryPowerFearInnocence

PowerCorruptionRevolutionPropaganda

Animal Farm

George Orwell

Allegory

Blood Brothers

Willy Russell

ClassNature vs NurtureSuperstitionFriendship

Never Let Me Go

Kazuo Ishiguro

IdentityMortalityEthicsMemory

The Woman in Black

Susan Hill

FearIsolationRevengeSupernatural

The Crucible

Arthur Miller

HysteriaReputationPowerIntegrity

A View from the Bridge

Arthur Miller

JusticeImmigrationMasculinityBetrayal

LonelinessThe American DreamFriendshipPrejudice

Of Mice and Men

John Steinbeck

Novella

Poetry Anthologies

Set poetry collections studied for the poetry component of GCSE Literature

Power and Conflict Poetry

AQA Anthology

Anthology

WarPowerIdentityNature

Love and Relationships Poetry

AQA Anthology

Anthology

LoveMemoryFamilyDistance