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OCR · GCSE · English Literature · Higher

The treatment of women

Q04.1 20 marks

Question 4: An Inspector Calls by J. B. Priestley and Bronte by Polly Teale. For part a, candidates focus only on the printed extracts.

Compare how these two extracts present the treatment of women. You should consider: the situations and experiences faced by the characters; how the characters react to the situations and experiences; how language and dramatic features create effects.

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Marking points

  1. 1 Compares both extracts on treatment of women.
  2. 2 Explains relevant social and gender contexts.
  3. 3 Uses references from both drama extracts.
  4. 4 Analyses language and dramatic features.

Full-mark answer

A high-level answer would compare Eva Smith's economic vulnerability with the Bronte sisters' domestic and educational restrictions. It would use references such as 'cheap labour', 'they're people', 'Fathers and sons only' and Branwell's study, and analyse Priestley's dialogue and Teale's terse exchanges and staging.

Why this answer loses marks

Both extracts show that women are treated badly by men.

This is a broad claim without the social contexts, paired references or dramatic language that earn the marks.