English Literature GCSE
Class and social expectation
What Class and social expectation means in English Literature GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Class and social expectation
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The play explores this through Jo, a working-class teenager in Salford, and through the limited social and economic opportunities available to working-class women.
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