English Literature A-Level
Ambition and power
What Ambition and power means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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The pursuit of power itself, whether as individual ambition, dynastic greed or ideological mission, together with the methods used and the moral cost.
Topics that use Ambition and power
- Elements of political and social protest writing (AQA A-Level)
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