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OCR · GCSE · English Literature · Higher

The need for revenge

Q07.1 40 marks

Section B - 19th century prose. Answer one question from this section. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. Choose ONE question. You are advised to spend about 45 minutes on this section. This question is marked [40]*, including 36 marks plus 4 SPaG marks.

Explore the ways in which Dickens presents the need for revenge in this extract and elsewhere in the novel.

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Marking points

  1. 1 Responds to the extract and the wider novel.
  2. 2 Analyses Dickens' methods and effects.
  3. 3 Uses relevant context.
  4. 4 Writes accurately and clearly for SPaG.

Why this answer loses marks

Orlick wants revenge because Pip has wronged him, and revenge appears in other characters.

This covers the idea but needs Dickens' methods and relevant context to turn it into analysis.