Eng Lit - what happens if you write a good answer about the wrong thing?

i asked my teacher this, if you answer the wrong thing ur capped at 16/30, so ig if u do a rly good mrs b essay u would get 16/30

Sorry but actually it depends on the level of your answer....u can even get 30/30....(as i did after making a similar such blunder this year)

Usually I do think they cap your answer (but I don't know how at what mark) but AQA decided this year (and whatever year Mrs Birling was the AIC question previously) that they would mark someone's answer who mistook Mrs Birling for Mr Birling as if it were a question on Mr Birling because on both years so many people misread the question. If you wrote an answer on Sheila rather than Mrs Birling for example, then your response doesn't answer the question head on so you'd be capped (as less of your answer is relevant to the question).

But I didn't make that mistake actually... I wrote abt social change but not abt the inspector at all...I just spoke abt the birlings....so I don't think it really matters....things happen on a case to case basis and think it is unfair to scare people into believing that their destiny is just being stuck within the tiny spectrum of marks with the cap and make them think they've lost out on a grade....believe me, it can be severely disturbing

Idk in the exam I was like the Inspector, the inspector, make sure you talk about the inspector! But if you include other characters that's good too - particularly if you link it back to the inspector, contrasts, parallels or whatever, it's better if there's an obvious direct link to the question as then it's less likely the examiner will think you're waffling about anything you know about the texts. My teacher taught me this from the getgo when I learned the hard way in my first year 10 mock.
Yea sorry I shouldn't have been so insensitive. I was just trying to relay that you need to link your argument to the question (as otherwise you're answering another question) but obviously your essay doesn't have to be entirely focussed on the 1 character in the question