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Women talking to their mothers about romantic relationships
Extract 1 from My Mother Said I Never Should is at the start of Act 1 Scene 7, with Margaret telling Doris about Ken while they fold a sheet. Extract 2 from Time and the Conways is set in 1919 after the First World War, with Mrs Conway talking to Hazel and Carol about marriage and work.
Compare how women talking to their mothers about romantic relationships are presented in these two extracts. You should consider: the situations and experiences faced by the characters; how the characters react to these situations and experiences; how language and dramatic features create effects.
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Marking points
- 1 Compares both mother-daughter conversations.
- 2 Explains family/social contexts around work, marriage and women.
- 3 Analyses language and dramatic features.
Why this answer loses marks
Both mothers talk about love and marriage with their daughters.
This identifies the topic but misses the contrasting family pressures and the language or stagecraft that creates them.