Rejected petition To remove 19th century and Shakesphere from AQA Gcse literature papers

19 th century and Shakesphere literature doesn't help at all in future life such as in Macbeth words e.g. "gall" and "unsex me here" it is not needed in the future

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Date submitted 12 March 2017
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