Claudius

AislingMarie

Claudius is just an example but...

If a question came up (and I'm, of course oversimplifying a question here!) like "Claudius is evil/negative character.Discuss." do you think you would lose marks if you disagreed with the statement and disagreed well?

J_E

You're allowed to agree, disagree, or even both on these sort of questions. They're not marking you on that. What you need to be able to do though is back up your views and develop your points well. Don't disagree for the sake of it, disagree if you're able to prove "No, I don't think he is". Make sure you make your view clear in the first sentence.

RHunce

No you could argue the fact that he is an able king, he is decisive, he takes his chance when it comes to him, he tries to act like a father figure to hamlet before hamlet tries to kill him and he is loyal to the crown (my crown, mine own ambition and my queen).

Right there you have five points and five paragraphs.

You can make any argument you like as long as you back it up.

Best of luck Thursday

mpdg

You can respond however you like. In 2008's Marking Scheme, they said:

"OTHELLO – William Shakespeare1
(i) “Othello’s foolishness rather than Iago’s cleverness leads to the tragedy of
Shakespeare’s Othello.”
Discuss this statement supporting your answer with the aid of suitable reference to
the text.
Mark ex 60 by reference to the criteria for assessment using the following breakdown of
marks.
P 18
C 18
L 18
M 6

Expect candidates to engage with the balance of responsibility for the tragedy, focusing
on Othello’s foolishness and Iago’s cleverness. Candidates are free to agree and/or
disagree, but they must engage with both aspects of the statement, though not necessarily with equal emphasis."

AislingMarie

RHunce wrote: »

No you could argue the fact that he is an able king, he is decisive, he takes his chance when it comes to him, he tries to act like a father figure to hamlet before hamlet tries to kill him and he is loyal to the crown (my crown, mine own ambition and my queen).

Right there you have five points and five paragraphs.

You can make any argument you like as long as you back it up.

Best of luck Thursday

Thanks!..
Ye I have no problem backing up my points and opinions its just last minute panic on things that you can and can't do!...
I hate the idea of making a stupid mistake when I know I'm capable of doing well!

Thank you!!

AislingMarie

Thanks everyone!=)xx