Edexcel A Level English Literature Paper 1: Drama June 2017 question paper 9ET0/01

Explore Shakespeare’s presentation of Antony in Antony and Cleopatra. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical reading.

Hamlet

EITHER

Explore how Shakespeare presents suffering in Hamlet. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical reading.

Explore how Shakespeare makes use of the play within the play in Hamlet. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical reading.

Answer ONE question on the text you have studied. Begin your answer on page 6.

King Lear

EITHER

Explore the ways in which Shakespeare treats the theme of madness in King Lear. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical reading.

Explore Shakespeare’s presentation of Edmund in King Lear. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical reading.

Othello

EITHER

Explore Shakespeare’s presentation of the relationship between Othello and Iago in Othello. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical reading.

Explore how Shakespeare treats the theme of love in Othello. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical reading.

Answer ONE question on the text you have studied. Begin your answer on page 6.

COMEDY

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

EITHER

Explore Shakespeare’s treatment of power in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical reading.

Explore how Shakespeare makes use of different plot lines in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical reading.

Measure for Measure

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Explore how Shakespeare makes use of the movement between different settings in Measure for Measure. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical reading.

Explore Shakespeare’s presentation of the Duke in Measure for Measure. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical reading.

Answer ONE question on the text you have studied. Begin your answer on page 6.

The Taming of the Shrew

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Explore Shakespeare’s presentation of courtship in The Taming of the Shrew. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical reading.

Explore how Shakespeare makes use of play acting and disguise in The Taming of the Shrew. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical reading.

Twelfth Night

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Explore the ways in which Shakespeare presents the relationship between Orsino and Olivia in Twelfth Night. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical reading.

Explore the idea that Shakespeare presents Twelfth Night as a festive comedy. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical reading.

Explore Marlowe’s presentation of the character of Wagner in Doctor Faustus. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

The Duchess of Malfi, John Webster

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Explore Webster’s presentation of a corrupted court in The Duchess of Malfi. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore how Webster creates uncertainty in The Duchess of Malfi. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Answer ONE question on the text you have studied. Begin your answer on page 20.

The Home Place, Brian Friel

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Explore how Friel exploits conflicting loyalties in The Home Place. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore the ways Friel creates a sense of nostalgia in The Home Place. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams

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Explore how Williams allows us to see different points of view in A Streetcar Named Desire. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore the ways Williams portrays the rise of a new social order in A Streetcar Named Desire. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Answer ONE question on the text you have studied. Begin your answer on page 20.

COMEDY

The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde

EITHER

Explore how Wilde presents social status in The Importance of Being Earnest. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore how Wilde treats the theme of personal identity in The Importance of Being Earnest. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

The Pitmen Painters, Lee Hall

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Explore how Hall makes use of the projections in The Pitmen Painters. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore Hall’s presentation of community in The Pitmen Painters. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Answer ONE question on the text you have studied. Begin your answer on page 20.

The Rover, Aphra Behn

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Explore how Behn plays with the unconventional in The Rover. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore Behn’s presentation of the character of Belvile in The Rover. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett

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Explore Beckett’s use of humour in Waiting for Godot. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore Becket’s presentation of the theme of survival in Waiting for Godot. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.