AQA A Level English Literature A Paper 1: Love through the ages June 2024 question paper 7712/1

Othello – William Shakespeare

‘In Othello, Iago’s skills make him a likeable anti-hero rather than a hateful villain.’

In the light of this view, discuss how Shakespeare presents Iago’s attitudes to love in this extract and elsewhere in the play.

The Taming of the Shrew – William Shakespeare

‘Grumio and other servants are crucial to the development of the love stories in The Taming of the Shrew.’

In the light of this view, discuss how Shakespeare presents Grumio and other servants in this extract and elsewhere in the play.

Measure for Measure – William Shakespeare

‘An audience can only be appalled by Angelo’s abuses of power in leadership and love.’

In the light of this view, discuss how Shakespeare presents Angelo in this extract and elsewhere in the play.

‘The relationships between women are the strongest bonds of love in the play.’ In the light of this view, discuss how Shakespeare presents relationships between women in this extract and elsewhere in the play.

Compare and contrast the significance of ending a relationship in the following love poems.

‘In the literature of love, opposites attract.’

In the light of this view, compare how lovers and their attraction to one another is presented in two texts you have studied.

You must write about at least two poems in your answer as well as the prose text you have studied.

Compare how the authors of two texts you have studied present deception in love relationships.

You must write about at least two poems in your answer as well as the prose text you have studied.