English Literature A-Level
Dreams and fortune
What Dreams and fortune means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Dreams and fortune
Check what you remember
Read the wording for your board, then hide it and explain Dreams and fortune in your own words. Rough notes are fine. This is a self-check, with no mark or grade.
Reference: AQA
Material Chaucer draws on through dream lore and the reversal of fortune, shaping the tale's moral ambiguity.
Topics that use Dreams and fortune
- Aspects of comedy - Set texts: Drama and further texts (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Comedy and satire
- Death, mortality and mock-elegy
- Epigrams
- Expectation versus reality
- Love, seduction and gender relations
- Memory and narrative perspective
- Migration and belonging
- Myth, art and rewriting tradition
Using Dreams and fortune in the exam
Check the command word and mark scheme for your exact question. After comparing your explanation with the reference, use the term in an answer on the linked topic. This practice does not predict an exam mark.
Practise English Literature questions
Create a free account to answer exam-style questions on this topic and get feedback on your answers.
Start free
All English Literature A-Level termsA week of Premium from your first lesson · Then the free plan continues · No card, no charge