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OCR · GCSE · English Literature · Higher

Hope and despair

Q04.1 40 marks

Explore the ways in which Shakespeare presents hope and despair. Refer to this extract from Act 4 Scene 1 and elsewhere in the play.

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  1. 1 extract
  2. 2 elsewhere
  3. 3 methods
  4. 4 context
  5. 5 clear writing

Why this answer loses marks

Juliet feels despair because she might marry Paris, and Friar Lawrence gives her hope.

This retells the extract but misses wider-play links, Shakespearean methods and contextual interpretation.