AQA A Level English Literature A Paper 2B June 2018 question paper

Feminine Gospels – Carol Ann Duffy

Examine the view that Duffy presents women as dangerous and destructive in the collection.

You must refer to at least two poems in your answer.

Feminine Gospels – Carol Ann Duffy

Examine the view that in Feminine Gospels women are presented as lonely individuals cut off from mainstream society.

You must refer to at least two poems in your answer.

Skirrid Hill – Owen Sheers

‘In Skirrid Hill Sheers is more concerned with continuity than with change.’

Examine this view of the collection.

You must refer to at least two poems in your answer.

Skirrid Hill – Owen Sheers

‘Sheers presents relationships between men and women as more painful than pleasurable in Skirrid Hill.’

Examine this view of the collection.

You must refer to at least two poems in your answer.

Explore the significance of conflict in this extract.

Remember to include in your answer relevant detailed analysis of the ways that Smith shapes meanings.

Compare the significance of conflict in two other texts you have studied.

Remember to include in your answer reference to how meanings are shaped in the texts you are comparing.

You must use one drama text and one prose text in your response.

A Streetcar Named Desire – Tennessee Williams

Examine the significance of Belle Reve in A Streetcar Named Desire.

A Streetcar Named Desire – Tennessee Williams

‘Blanche is no tragic heroine, just an infuriating, self-pitying snob.’

Examine this view of Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire.

Top Girls – Caryl Churchill

‘ Top Girls is a dated play stuck in the 1980s.’

Examine this view.

Top Girls – Caryl Churchill

Examine the significance of the relationship between Marlene and Joyce in the play.

Explore the significance of conflict in this extract.

Remember to include in your answer relevant detailed analysis of the ways that Smith shapes meanings.

Compare the significance of conflict in two other texts you have studied.

Remember to include in your answer reference to how meanings are shaped in the texts you are comparing.

You must use one prose text and one poetry text in your response, at least one of which must be a text written post-2000.

You must write about at least two poems.

Waterland – Graham Swift

Examine the view that in Waterland Swift presents the young as ignorant fools rather than innocent victims.

Waterland – Graham Swift

‘A disturbing story dominated by suffering and horror.’

Examine this view of Waterland.

The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood

‘The Commander should be pitied. He is a victim of the Gileadean system too.’

Examine this view of Atwood’s presentation of the Commander.

The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood

Examine the significance of rebellion in The Handmaid’s Tale.

Explore the significance of conflict in this extract.

Remember to include in your answer relevant detailed analysis of the ways that Smith shapes meanings.

Compare the significance of conflict in two other texts you have studied.

Remember to include in your answer reference to how meanings are shaped in the texts you are comparing.

You must use one drama text and one poetry text in your response, at least one of which must be a text written post-2000.

You must write about at least two poems.