Wuthering Heights: A Level York Notes

Comment

AO1 A clear and methodical approach, weighing up evidence in a basic but consistent way. Needs to push the analysis further to move it beyond broad observations, but the fundamentals of critical reading are in place. Points are not always relevant to the question or developed thoroughly, and expression is rather informal at times.

AO2 The writer exhibits some sense of the ways in which meaning is shaped in Wuthering Heights and the poems. A more sustained attention to language and technique, and improved expression would have raised the level of the analysis.

AO3 Makes reference to historical context but critical engagement with it needs further development. Not absolutely relevant to the question as it stands so the argument needs to be made more thoroughly.

AO4 Connections with other literary texts are made but are rather simplistic – could be further developed.

AO5 This answer demonstrates a basic critical understanding of the texts and an ability to read them sensitively. It fails to engage with more sophisticated critical perspectives.