A task becomes a private ritual
A task becomes a private ritual
In Carol Ann Duffy’s Warming Her Pearls, a maid wears her mistress’s necklace during the day so the pearls will be warm for an evening engagement. What looks like a practical duty becomes an intimate way for the maid to feel close to someone she desires.
Step-by-step lessons on OCR GCSE English Literature 2.1.14 Warming Her Pearls by Carol Ann Duffy. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Work through your set texts (Shakespeare, the 19th-century novel, the modern text, and the poetry cluster) alongside regular unseen-extract practice, since both components include unseen comparison questions that are usually the most time-pressured.