Question 8
OLIVER GOLDSMITH : She Stoops to Conquer
Discuss three humorous incidents in the play.
Observation
Many candidates attempted this question. Most of them were able to discuss the humorous incidents in the play..
The following points should be developed by candidates:
- Tony’s deliberate misdirection of Young Marlow and Hastings to Mr Hardcastle’s house as an inn.
- Mr and Mrs Hardcastle’s agreeable disagreements.
- Tony’s playing of pranks on his mother and his stepfather whose wig he fastens to a chair.
- Young Marlow mistaking Miss Hardcastle for a barmaid.