Edexcel A Level English Literature Paper 1: Drama June 2022 question paper 9ET0/01

Explore how Shakespeare presents a clash of cultures 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 heroism in Hamlet. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical reading.

OR

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

OR

Explore how Shakespeare presents Goneril and Regan in King Lear. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical reading.

Othello

EITHER

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

OR

Explore Shakespeare’s presentation of the relationship between Desdemona and Emilia 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 presentation of the relationship between fantasy and reality in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical reading.

OR

Explore how Shakespeare presents gender roles in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical reading.

Measure for Measure

EITHER

Explore how Shakespeare presents the theme of justice in Measure for Measure. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical reading.

OR

Explore how Shakespeare makes use of features of comedy 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

EITHER

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

OR

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

Twelfth Night

EITHER

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

OR

Explore how Shakespeare presents challenges to contemporary expectations of gender in Twelfth Night. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical reading.

Explore the extent to which Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus is a play about free will. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

The Duchess of Malfi, John Webster

EITHER

Explore Webster’s use of imagery and symbolism in The Duchess of Malfi. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

OR

Explore how Webster makes use of features of revenge tragedy 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

EITHER

Explore how Friel makes use of confrontation in The Home Place. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

OR

Explore the ways in which Friel presents The Home Place as a play about myth . You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams

EITHER

Explore Williams’ presentation of an uncertain world in A Streetcar Named Desire. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

OR

Explore the ways in which Williams presents the tension between the past and the present 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 the ways in which Wilde presents deception in The Importance of Being Earnest. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

OR

Explore Wilde’s use of satire in The Importance of Being Earnest. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

The Pitmen Painters, Lee Hall

EITHER

Explore how Hall presents personal growth in The Pitmen Painters. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

OR

Explore the extent to which Hall’s The Pitmen Painters is a play of contrasts. 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

EITHER

Explore the ways in which Behn presents a conflict between freedom and control in The Rover. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

OR

Explore the significance of the title in Behn’s The Rover. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett

EITHER

Explore the extent to which Beckett’s Waiting for Godot is a political play. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

OR

Explore how Beckett makes use of variations in mood and tone in Waiting for Godot. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.