English Literature A-Level
Duty versus Desire
What Duty versus Desire means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Duty versus Desire
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The tension between societal obligation and the seductive pull of isolation that the speaker hesitates between in the frozen landscape.
Topics that use Duty versus Desire
- 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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- Alienation and isolation
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