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.