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The speaker's story

The speaker's story

Cousin Kate is a dramatic monologue in which an unnamed speaker tells Kate how a wealthy lord seduced her, rejected her, and then married Kate. The speaker's account creates sympathy, but her bitterness and rivalry also complicate the reader's response to her.

2.2.5 Cousin Kate by Christina Rossetti Lesson

  1. GCSE
  2. /English Literature
  3. /2.2.5 Cousin Kate by Christina Rossetti

Step-by-step lessons on Edexcel GCSE English Literature 2.2.5 Cousin Kate by Christina Rossetti. 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.

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