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Wuthering Heights (ii)
(ii) “Emily Brontë makes effective use of both Nelly Dean and Mr Lockwood in a variety of
ways.”
Discuss this statement, supporting your answer with suitable reference to the novel,
Wuthering Heights.
Mark ex 60 by reference to the criteria for assessment using the following breakdown of marks.
P 18
C 18
L 18
M 6
60 marks A+ B C D E-
100% 60 – 51 42 33 24 23 – 0
30% 18 – 16 13 10 8 7 – 0
10% 6 – 5 4 3 3 2 – 0
Candidates are free to agree and/or disagree with this statement, but they should engage (though not
necessarily equally) with Brontë’s use of both Nelly Dean and Mr Lockwood (either separately
and/or together).
Candidates should deal with more than one effective/ineffective way.
Code UN +/– for effective/ineffective use of Nelly Dean
Code UL +/– for effective/ineffective use of Mr Lockwood
Possible points:
- Brontë controls our response by filtering events through both narrators
- Lockwood introduces readers to the chaotic/supernatural atmosphere
- as characters, they are effective/ineffective counterweights to emotional extremes
- they advance the plot in a convincing/unconvincing fashion
- Nelly provides reliable/unreliable insights into both “houses”
- literary devices to structure the narrative Etc.
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