Chapters 36 to 46 — OCR GCSE English Literature J352
OCR GCSE English Literature · J352
Chapters 36 to 46
The plot, part by part
What you need to know
Elizabeth's response to the letter, the regiment's move to Brighton with Lydia following, the visit to Pemberley and Darcy's changed manners, and the news of Lydia's elopement.
Key quotations: 'How despicably have I acted!', 'Till this moment I never knew myself', 'Lord! how I should like to be married before any of you', 'We shall have no peace at Longbourn if Lydia does not go to Brighton', 'she could not have formed a very pleasing picture of conjugal felicity or domestic comfort', 'to be mistress of Pemberley might be something!', 'He is the best landlord, and the best master', 'Never in her life had she seen his manners so little dignified', 'She respected, she esteemed, she was grateful to him', 'She has no money, no connections, nothing that can tempt him'.
Setting: Pemberley's grounds as a reflection of their owner, and the housekeeper's praise as a new view of Darcy.
Structure: the letter as the novel's turning point, and the news of Lydia's elopement arriving just as Elizabeth and Darcy grow closer.
Context: the militia camp at Brighton, and why Elizabeth fears what Lydia will do there.
OCR's question on this novel is one essay, from a choice of two, for 40 marks: an extract-based question on the printed extract and the novel elsewhere, or a discursive question on a view of the novel, using at least two moments. Response (AO1) and language, form and structure (AO2) carry the most weight and equal weight, context (AO3) counts when it is relevant to the question, and 4 marks are for vocabulary, sentence structures, spelling and punctuation (AO4). An extract-based answer that never leaves the extract, or a discursive answer built on one moment, cannot go above Level 3. Each worked paragraph and exam tip is labelled with the question it is for.
