English Literature A-Level

Mental illness and societal alienation

What Mental illness and societal alienation means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for OCR.

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Esther Greenwood’s descent into mental illness, represented by the suffocating metaphor of the bell jar, which stands for both clinical depression and oppressive gender expectations.

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5d. Component 02 – Comparative and contextual study core and suggested set texts - Suggested set texts for Comparative and contextual study: Women in Literature (OCR A-Level)

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