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Examiners' reports - June (PDF, 440KB) - OCR

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<strong>OCR</strong> Report to Centres – <strong>June</strong> 2013<br />

4 This proved to be a popular question, although not always answered well. Weaker<br />

answers failed to compare the epics throughout, affecting the AO2 mark. They often<br />

missed the idea of importance and listed examples from each. Stronger responses<br />

included some thoughtful analysis of the cultural importance of family and how this<br />

translated differently in each context. With questions involving comparisons between<br />

epics, it is worth encouraging candidates to find common points of comparison between<br />

the two epics and to discuss these – for instance, mother/son, father/son, husband/wife<br />

etc.<br />

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