English Literature A-Level
Sympathy and moral judgement
What Sympathy and moral judgement means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Sympathy and moral judgement
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The shaping of sympathy and the raising of moral questions through the inclusion of suffering, which can complicate our judgement of the criminal.
Topics that use Sympathy and moral judgement
- Elements of crime writing (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Ambiguity and unresolved endings
- Betrayal
- Class and social voice
- Closure and resolution
- Crime across literary periods
- Crime as narrative driver
- Crime as social critique
- Elements
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