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OCR · GCSE · English Literature · Higher

The reactions to someone going missing

Q06.1 20 marks

Question 6: DNA by Dennis Kelly and Eclipse by Simon Armitage. For part a, candidates focus only on the printed extracts.

Compare how the reactions to someone going missing are presented in these two extracts. You should consider: the situations and experiences faced by the characters; how the characters react to these situations and experiences; how language and dramatic features create effects.

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Marking points

  1. 1 Compares both extracts on reactions to someone going missing.
  2. 2 Explains relevant group dynamics and 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 Leah's uneasy monologue and Phil's silence with the group's guarded exchanges in Eclipse. It would discuss grief, guilt, suspicion and the parents' appeals, using references such as 'grief is making them happy', 'What have we done, Phil?', 'get it straight' and the called-off search, while analysing dramatic structure and language.

Why this answer loses marks

Everyone is upset because a person has gone missing.

This misses the group dynamics, the parents' consequences and the dramatic methods used to shape the reactions.