Propaganda and language
What Propaganda and language means in English Literature GCSE, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
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The manipulation of language, seen in Squealer's speeches, which manipulate the animals through rhetorical devices.
The pigs use language and propaganda, especially through Squealer, to control the other animals.
Topics that use Propaganda and language
- Modern texts (AQA GCSE)
- Component 1: Shakespeare and Post-1914 Literature - Set Texts: Post-1914 British play or novel (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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- Class and social inequality
- Nature versus nurture
- Power and corruption
- Allegory
- Belonging and independence
- Bildungsroman
- Capitalism
- Capitalism versus socialism
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