English Literature GCSE
Conflict
What Conflict means in English Literature GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Conflict
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A struggle between humanity and nature, or a psychological conflict, which the poem can be read as exploring through an extended metaphor.
Topics that use Conflict
- Poetry anthology: Power and Conflict (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Ambiguity
- Bathos
- Caesura
- Conflict and control
- Cultural pride
- Cyclical Structure
- Dehumanisation
- Dramatic Irony
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