GCSE English Literature: Writing About Characters & Themes

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About Course

Write top-quality essays about characters and themes in plays, novels and poems. Learn how writers build characters, how to trace change across a text, how to link characters to themes and the writer’s purpose, and how to plan a clear, argued response.

This course is for general learning and revision. It is written by Tutwoo and is not produced or endorsed by any exam board. Always check your own exam board’s specification and your teacher’s guidance.

What Will You Learn?

  • Analyse the methods writers use to create characters Track how characters and themes develop through a text Link characters to themes and the writer’s purpose Plan and write a focused, argued literature essay

Course Content

Course Lessons

  • How writers create characters
  • Themes and the writer’s purpose
  • Planning and writing the essay

Sources & Further Reading
The official guidance this course is based on.

Final Assessment

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