English Literature A-Level
Death, mortality and mock-elegy
What Death, mortality and mock-elegy means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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A concern of the anthology in which a dead general is mocked through mock-praise in a mock-elegy, showing humour can carry serious critique of mortality.
Topics that use Death, mortality and mock-elegy
- Aspects of comedy - Set texts: Drama and further texts (AQA A-Level)
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