AQA A Level English Literature A Paper 2B June 2024 question paper

Feminine Gospels – Carol Ann Duffy

Examine the view that this collection is dominated by conflict between women and men.

You must write about at least two poems in your answer.

Feminine Gospels – Carol Ann Duffy

‘In the collection, Duffy presents women as always showing great personal courage.’

Examine this view.

You must write about at least two poems in your answer.

Skirrid Hill – Owen Sheers

‘ In Skirrid Hill, Sheers presents masculinity as being always toxic.’

Examine this view of the collection.

You must write about at least two poems in your answer.

Skirrid Hill – Owen Sheers

Examine the significance of pain in Skirrid Hill.

You must write about at least two poems in your answer.

Explore the significance of loneliness and social isolation in this extract.

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

Compare the significance of loneliness and social isolation 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 the relationship between Blanche and Stella in the play.

A Streetcar Named Desire – Tennessee Williams

Examine the significance of music and songs in A Streetcar Named Desire.

Top Girls – Caryl Churchill

‘In Top Girls, Churchill presents a world in which there is no hope for the powerless.’

Examine this view.

Top Girls – Caryl Churchill

Examine the significance of resistance in Top Girls.

Explore the significance of loneliness and social isolation in this extract.

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

Compare the significance of loneliness and social isolation 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 significance of the novel’s Fenland setting.

Waterland – Graham Swift

Examine the view that men are presented as brutal oppressors of women in Waterland.

The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood

Examine the significance of the Aunts in the novel.

The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood

Examine the significance of mothers and motherhood in The Handmaid’s Tale.

Explore the significance of loneliness and social isolation in this extract.

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

Compare the significance of loneliness and social isolation 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.