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O-LevelLiterature in EnglishDrama2010/11 · May/June 2010 · Q825 Marks

Choose two moments in the play which you have found especially dramatic and explore in detail how Miller manages to make them so dramatic. (Do not use the passage printed in Question 7 in answering this question.)

  1. (a)Choose two moments in the play which you have found especially dramatic and explore in detail how Miller manages to make them so dramatic. (Do not use the passage printed in Question 7 in answering this question.)[25]

Mark scheme

Marking points from the official mark scheme (May/June 2010). The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.

  1. [25] This is, of course, an open question and the possibilities are many and varied.
  2. [25] Perhaps because they are, we should expect even for adequate reward that the episodes chosen are suitable and that the candidate does more than simply describe them, even in some detail.
  3. [25] Look for evidence of engagement with the drama and perhaps some awareness of the dramatist at work.
  4. [25] We should require this for high reward.
  5. [25] Refer to the band descriptors in arriving at your mark.

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Topic
Drama, O-Level Literature in English (syllabus 2010). Structured question, 25 marks.
Source
O-Level Literature in English, May/June 2010 Paper 1 Variant 1, question 8.

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