Model Essay Keats & Death of a Salesman

An A* model response to the following question (AQA English Literature A Level Spec B, Tragedy):

‘Tragic heroes are invariably victims of betrayal’ To what extent do you agree with this view in relation to two texts you have studied? (25 marks)

Also includes a C Grade response for the purposes of comparison and analysis.
The texts analysed are Miller’s Death of a Salesman and the poetry of John Keats

Can be used in a variety of ways as a teaching and revision resource:
Students to identify how and where each of the assessment criteria are addressed in the A* response
Students to identify and describe how the A* response constitutes ‘perceptive and assured’ analysis
Students to identify the limitations of the C grade response and provide feedback on how the response could be improved, using the excerpted mark scheme
Students to complete an additional paragraph(s), maintaining the same standard of prose as the A* response