Literature-In-English Paper 3 WASSCE (PC 2ND), 2018

Question 8

    OLIVER GOLDSMITH: She Stoops to Conquer

    How do Young Marlow and Hastings view Tony Lumpkin in the play?


Observation

 

Many candidates attempted this question. However, many of them gave a mere narration of how Tony seemed to mislead Marlow and Young Hastings without highlighting the result of the misdirection.

Candidates were expected to discuss the following points:

  • The journey of young Marlow and George Hastings to the Hardcastles’
  • The preconceived notion of Tony Lumpkin as a spoilt child.
  • Hastings’ modified perception of Tony who hatches a plan for Hastings and Constance to elope.
  • Hastings’ perception of Tony as a traitor and loss of confidence in Tony.
  • Young Marlow’s unchanging perception of Tony as a spoilt child, though Hastings’ opinion changes.

 

Candidates’ performance in this question was fair.