The poem’s central conflict
The poem’s central conflict
Mary Casey presents a speaker confronting someone who believes class can be identified from speech, clothing, housing and manners. The poem turns this judgement around: the observer becomes the person being examined.
Step-by-step lessons on Edexcel GCSE English Literature 2.2.12 The Class Game by Mary Casey. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Work through your set texts (Shakespeare, the post-1914 text, the 19th-century novel, and the poetry anthology) alongside regular unseen-poetry practice, since the unseen and comparison sections are usually the most time-pressured on exam day.