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OCR · GCSE · English Literature · Higher

The importance of social class

Q07.1 40 marks

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. Choose one question. You should spend about 45 minutes on this section. Extract-based question: Pip is visiting Satis House for the first time.

How does Dickens present the importance of social class, in this extract and elsewhere in the novel?

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Marking points

  1. 1 Uses the extract and wider novel.
  2. 2 Explores social class, shame and ambition.
  3. 3 Analyses Dickens' language and structure.

Why this answer loses marks

Pip feels ashamed after visiting Satis House.

This names the extract idea but misses wider evidence, Dickens' methods and social context.