Deception and truth
What Deception and truth means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Mak steals a sheep and his wife Gill hides it in a cradle, pretending it is a newborn child, in a comic subplot that parodies the Nativity.
Mak steals a sheep and hides it in a cradle, a deceitful parody of the biblical Nativity.
Topics that use Deception and truth
- Component 3: Poetry – Section B: Specified Poetry Pre- or Post-1900 – Pre-1900 – The Medieval Period – English Mystery Plays: A Selection, editor Peter Happé (Penguin Classics, 1975) (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
- Component 3: Poetry – Section B: Specified Poetry Pre- or Post-1900 – Pre-1900 – The Medieval Period – Everyman and Medieval Miracle Plays, editor A C Cawley (Everyman, 1993) (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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