English Literature GCSE

Memory, Guilt and Trauma

What Memory, Guilt and Trauma means in English Literature GCSE, as defined for AQA.

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The photographer is haunted by what he has seen, and the poem explores traumatic memories resurfacing in a safe, domestic setting, as in 'Remains'.

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