English Literature A-Level
Care and responsibility
What Care and responsibility means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Care and responsibility
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The final judgement on whoever left the colt outside turns a brief encounter into a question of care and responsibility.
Topics that use Care and responsibility
- Component 3: Poetry – Section B: Specified Poetry Pre- or Post-1900 – Post-1900 – The Modernist Period – The Great Modern Poets, editor Michael Schmidt (Quercus, 2014) (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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