Observation

A good number of candidates attempted this question. Most of the candidates’ responses were filled with mere narration.

The required answers should include:

• Relation to the themes of love and marriage in a typically Upper/Middle class society; deception and reconciliation.
• Character identification: Marlow is the son of Sir Charles Marlow; He is a close friend of George Hastings
• Young Marlow has come to woo Kate by his father’s arrangement;
• The deception by Tony Lumpkin, stepson of Mr. Hardcastle who describes Mr Hardcastle‘s home as an inn
• Young Marlow takes Mr Hardcastle for an inn keeper and behaves insolently towards him.
• He meets with Kate Hardcastle whom he mistakes to be a barmaid and talks down to her
• Mr Hardcastle is confounded by the dismissive attitude of Mr Hastings and Young Marlow’s attitude towards him

Candidates’ performance in the question was good.