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OCR · GCSE · English Literature · Higher

The importance of reputation

Q09.1 40 marks

Section B - 19th century prose. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. 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 how Austen presents the importance of reputation in this extract and elsewhere in the novel.

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Marking points

  1. 1 Explores reputation in the extract and wider novel.
  2. 2 Analyses Austen's methods.
  3. 3 Uses relevant social context.
  4. 4 Writes accurately and clearly for SPaG.

Why this answer loses marks

Lydia ruins her reputation and embarrasses the Bennets.

This is a starting point, but it needs wider-novel development, Austen's methods and social context.