Assessment Objectives

AO1 -
● Essentially, you are telling me what the writer means with the text and giving an
argument about a character/text.
● What is the writer trying to say through the text? For example, when Wilfred Owen used
Exposure to expose the horrible conditions that the soldiers were fighting in and to
criticise the government.
● Use quotes as evidence for your argument rather than analysing them. So, you don’t
need to zoom in on specific words and you don’t need to explore language/structure
features.

AO2
● Only analysing the quotes - so, you are zooming in on words, exploring language
features such as similes, metaphors etc. and exploring the structure e.g. punctuation
and sentence types etc.

AO3
● Context - bringing in information from outside of the text into your argument e.g. for
Macbeth you’d be talking about Patriarchal society, Divine Right of Kings etc.

AO4 - maximum of 8 marks for the An Inspector Calls question. Not assessed on this for
Macbeth or A Christmas Carol.
Essentially marking you on your vocab, spelling and sentence construction.

Paper One = Macbeth and An Inspector Calls

Macbeth
A) AO2 (20 marks) - you want a brief introduction telling me what you’re going to look at
e.g. Lady Macbeth’s guilt is shown through her language choices as well as the way her
speech is presented through structural elements such as caesuras and irregular rhythm.
Then, you want three paragraphs demonstrating a different way that the
language/structure shows that Lady Macbeth feels guilty.
B) AO1 and AO3 (20 marks) - you want a brief introduction explaining which moments of
guilt you’re going to focus on. Three paragraphs for each instance and link the context
into those paragraphs. Use quotes as evidence - ideally at least two per paragraph.

An Inspector Calls
1) AO1 and AO3 (32 marks) and AO4 (8 marks) - A brief introduction and then five
paragraphs for your actual argument. Link in the context to your paragraphs. For your
conclusion, think about why Priestley has written this play - what’s the wider implication?

Paper Two = A Christmas Carol and Poetry

A) AO2 (20 marks) - Three paragraphs
 B) AO1 (20 marks) - Three paragraphs but you don’t have to link to any context. Just focus
on the question. Ideally quotes from the rest of the novella.

Macbeth - Literature Paper One

Act 5, Scene 1

Lady Macbeth
Out, damned spot, out, I say. — One, two — why,
then, 'tis time to do't. — Hell is murky. — Fie, my
lord, fie, a soldier, and afeard! What need we
fear who knows it, when none can call our power to
account? Yet who would have thought the old man
to have had so much blood in him?

AO1 -
When Lady Macbeth declares ‘who would have thought the old man to have had so much
blood in him?’ the audience can see that she feels guilty over her part in the murder of
King Duncan.

AO2 -
● Point to the punctuation and how it shows her speech is faltering and halting e.g.
not fluid
● Point to repetition and how it shows her desperation
● Point to her reference to Hell and how it shows she fears that she’s going to Hell
● Point to her questions which show that she’s questioning her answers

Doctor
Do you mark that?

Lady Macbeth
The Thane of Fife had a wife; where is she now?
What, will these hands ne'er be clean? — No more o'
that, my lord, no more o' that; you mar all with
this starting.

Doctor
Go to, go to. You have known what you should not.

Gentlewoman
She has spoke what she should not, I am sure of
that. Heaven knows what she has known.

Lady Macbeth
Here's the smell of the blood still. All the
perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little
hand. Oh, oh, oh.

Doctor
What a sigh is there. The heart is sorely charged.

Gentlewoman
I would not have such a heart in my bosom for the
dignity of the whole body.

Doctor
Well, well, well.

Gentlewoman
Pray God it be, sir.

Doctor
This disease is beyond my practice; yet I have known
those which have walked in their sleep, who have died
holily in their beds.

Lady Macbeth
Wash your hands, put on your nightgown; look not so
pale. — I tell you yet again, Banquo's buried; he
cannot come out on's grave.

Doctor
Even so?

Lady Macbeth
To bed, to bed; there's knocking at the gate.
Come, come, come, come, give me your hand. What's
done cannot be undone. — To bed, to bed, to bed.

a) How does Shakespeare demonstrate the guilt that Lady Macbeth feels?
b) How does Shakespeare demonstrate guilt elsewhere in the play?

Part A Mark Scheme

Part B Mark Scheme
An Inspector Calls - Literature Paper One

EITHER

7
Eric: ‘Because you’re not the kind of father a chap could go to when he’s in trouble.’

Explore the importance of the Birling family relationships in An Inspector Calls.

You must refer to the context of the play in your answer.
(includes 8 marks for the range of appropriate vocabulary and sentence
structures, and accurate use of spelling and punctuation)
(Total for Question 7 = 40 marks)

OR

8
Birling: ‘There’s no Inspector Goole on the police. That man definitely wasn’t a police
inspector.’

In what ways is the Inspector significant in the play?

You must refer to the context of the play in your answer.
(includes 8 marks for the range of appropriate vocabulary and sentence
structures, and accurate use of spelling and punctuation)
(Total for Question 8 = 40 marks)

Model Answer

Inspector Goole is a vital character in An Inspector Calls. ‘We are members of one body’ -
Priestley uses the Inspector during this quotation to express his socialist views to the audience.
The quotation means that we all contribute to what the world becomes and every one of our
actions can take its toll on someone’s life. Priestley uses pronouns, for example ‘we’, which
engages the reader into focusing on that specific sentence. This helps the audience to
understand Priestley’s message throughout the entire play. The use of the word ‘one’ is to
create a sense of unity for the audience. This helps to emphasise the effect of the quote that
Priestley tries to create.

During the play, the Inspector tries to create an emphasis on the amount of different people in
the world: ‘there are millions and millions of Eva Smith’s and John Smith’s’. Priestley uses this
quote to show that there are millions of lower-class people and emphasises this through the
common name of ‘John Smith’. The use of this name is to show that everyone has something in
common and that everyone is equal.

The Inspector continues to discuss what everyone has in common: ‘their lives, their hopes and
fears, their chance of happiness’. Priestley uses the Inspector to show that everyone has the
same emotions and the same problems in life. The use of ‘chance of happiness’ is to try and
make the audience sympathise with Eva Smith and Priestley does this to make the audience
question how they treat each other due to social class. From this, Priestley hopes that the
Inspector creates a large effect on the people of the world and that socialism will become
important to society.

The Inspector is also used as a very blunt character: ‘you all helped kill her. Remember that’.
Firstly, the use of the quotation is to show that the Inspector, as a socialist, is not intimidated by
the ‘higher class’, for example Mr. Birling. This is used to emphasise that everyone should be
treated equally and so if the Birlings are rude and blunt then he is allowed to treat them
differently. The second reason for this quotation is that the Inspector believes that it is never one
person’s fault for something to happen as everything causes effects on people. This is also
used to create hate towards capitalists as they are shown to be ignorant and oblivious to the
effects of their actions. Priestley uses the short, blunt sentence of ‘Remember that’. It is short to
emphasise how important what he is trying to say is as it stands out from previous lines.

The Inspector is very important during the play. The play was released shortly after World War
II. It is very effective in its timing as it is showing people that socialism is important. ‘Don’t
stammer and yammer at me’ - this quotation is again used to emphasise the lack of intimidation
the Birling’s create on him. Priestley uses this to show that you don’t have to accept disrespect
from anyone whether they are of a supposedly higher class than you or not. This helps to
emphasise the main theme of the play which is socialism.

Priestley uses the Inspector throughout the whole play to be a ‘mouthpiece’ for his socialist
views. ‘Blood, fire, and anguish’. This quotation is used to show many things. Firstly, the
quotation is used to show how if capitalism continues to thrive then the world is going to end.
This is shown through the words ‘blood’ and ‘fire’. They both connotate death and hell which
creates a large negative aspect to the play. Also, the quotation is used to show that if people
don’t learn to live together and respect each other then the world will remain a horrible place full
of violence and hatred.

Inspector Goole is a consistent character during the play. He continues to have very strong
socialist views which is shown through the signs of unity and being a part of a team. This is very
important to the play as both Mr and Mrs Birling are consistent characters as well. They remain
capitalists at the end of the play. This comparison is vital as it portrays to the audience what
people can become if they continue with the wrong beliefs about status and class.

Marks:

25/32 and 7 out of 8

Mark Scheme
A Christmas Carol

Question

Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol

Read the following extract from Chapter 4 of A Christmas Carol and then answer the
question that follows.
In this extract, Scrooge meets the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come.

The Phantom slowly, gravely, silently, approached. When it came near him,
Scrooge bent down upon his knee; for in the very air through which this Spirit
moved it seemed to scatter gloom and mystery.
It was shrouded in a deep black garment, which concealed its head, its face, its
form, and left nothing of it visible save one outstretched hand. But for this it
would have been difficult to detach its figure from the night, and separate it from
the darkness by which it was surrounded.
He felt that it was tall and stately when it came beside him, and that its
mysterious presence filled him with a solemn dread. He knew no more, for the
Spirit neither spoke nor moved.
“I am in the presence of the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come?” said Scrooge.
The Spirit answered not, but pointed onward with its hand.
“You are about to show me shadows of the things that have not happened, but
will happen in the time before us,” Scrooge pursued. “Is that so, Spirit?” The
upper portion of the garment was contracted for an instant in its folds, as if the
Spirit had inclined its head. That was the only answer he received.
Although well used to ghostly company by this time, Scrooge feared the silent
shape so much that his legs trembled beneath him, and he found that he could
hardly stand when he prepared to follow it. The Spirit paused a moment, as
observing his condition, and giving him time to recover.
But Scrooge was all the worse for this. It thrilled him with a vague uncertain
horror, to know that behind the dusky shroud, there were ghostly eyes intently
fixed upon him, while he, though he stretched his own to the utmost, could see
nothing but a spectral hand and one great heap of black.
“Ghost of the Future!” he exclaimed, “I fear you more than any spectre I have
seen.
But as I know your purpose is to do me good, and as I hope to live to be
another man from what I was, I am prepared to bear you company, and do it with
a thankful heart. Will you not speak to me?”

Question A) How does Dickens present the Spirit in this extract?

Question B) How does Dickens present fear in the novella as a whole?

Part A Mark Scheme

Part B Mark Scheme