How do you prepare for a literature exam? Did you know that listening to a podcast is a great way to learn something new and build on what you already know? English teacher Sophie Toovey explores themes, characters and context for popular GCSE texts, and helps you to understand them more deeply. Use that bus journey to get key quotes into your memory by listening on the go.
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How do you prepare for a literature exam? Did you know that listening to a podcast is a great way to learn something new and build on what you already know? English teacher Sophie Toovey explores themes, characters and context for popular GCSE texts, and helps you to understand them more deeply. Use that bus journey to get key quotes into your memory by listening on the go.
Why is marriage so important in ’Pride and Prejudice’?
Teach me Lit Podcast
17 minutes 45 seconds
3 years ago
Why is marriage so important in ’Pride and Prejudice’?
Why does everyone want or need to get married in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice? In this episode I unpack more about the situation of Mrs Bennet, young unmarried girls like Jane, Elizabeth and Charlotte Lucas, and then why men like Mr Collins would also be under pressure to find a wife. I explore why Bingley's sisters want him to marry Georgiana, and why Lady Catherine wants Darcy to marry her daughter Anne. What is Austen's viewpoint about this social pressure to marry? GCSE English Literature revision
Teach me Lit Podcast
How do you prepare for a literature exam? Did you know that listening to a podcast is a great way to learn something new and build on what you already know? English teacher Sophie Toovey explores themes, characters and context for popular GCSE texts, and helps you to understand them more deeply. Use that bus journey to get key quotes into your memory by listening on the go.
