HL essay exemplar 2: Madame Bovary
The following essay, based on the famous novel by Flaubert, identifies a clear and focused topic, which allows the student to explore the novel in a relatively detailed manner. It is a fairly strong response, although there are times when it veers towards the descriptive over the analytical. The candidate has an argument, but it might be helpful to ask students how this candidate could have taken the essay a little...