Atonement notes

An A-Level English Literature Essay from the Elements of Crime section of the course, focusing on Atonement. Answers the question: To What Extent Do You Agree that McEwan Present Briony as a Sympathetic Character? Graded 25/25 (A*) by my teacher.

An A-Level English Literature essay from the Elements of Crime section of the course, focusing on Atonement. Answers the question: Within the Opening Chapters of Atonement, to what extent does McEwan establish the elements of crime writing? Was graded 24/25 (A*) by my teacher.

This essay is based on the first three chapters of McEwan's Atonement. Its main focus is the crime elements of the novel.

A full revision guide to the book 'Atonement' by Ian McEwan, taught in AS literature

A comprehensive list of key quotes with brief inferences from Atonement, carefully selected according to the requirements of the AQA A Level English Literature B Crime exam.

‘Victims are always powerless in crime fiction.’ To what extent do you agree with this view? Incorporating the AQA Crime Poetry Anthology and Atonement.

‘In crime writing some of the innocent always suffer.’ Explore the significance of the innocent in two crime texts you have studied. Incorporating the AQA Crime Poetry Anthology and Atonement.

To what extent is justice served in the crime narratives you have read? Incorporating the AQA Crime Poetry Anthology and Atonement.

To what extent do you agree with the view that Briony deserves her punishment for the crime she commits?

'Briony's privileged life worsens her crime.' To what extent do you agree with this view?