Edexcel A Level English Literature Paper 1: Drama June 2024 question paper 9ET0/01

Explore how Shakespeare presents Cleopatra 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 the relationship between Hamlet and Ophelia in Hamlet. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical reading.

OR

Explore the extent to which Shakespeare’s Hamlet is a play full of doubt and confusion. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical reading.

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

Othello

EITHER

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

OR

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

Explore the extent to which Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a play about the disruption of the social order. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical reading.

Measure for Measure

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

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

Explore the presentation of romance in Shakespeare’s 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 extent to which Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night is a dark comedy. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical reading.

OR

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

Explore Hansberry’s use of symbolism in Les Blancs. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Doctor Faustus, Christopher Marlowe

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Explore the extent to which Marlowe presents Faustus as a rebel in Doctor Faustus. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

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

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

The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde

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Explore the presentation of women’s behaviour in Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

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Explore the extent to which Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest is a play about trivialities. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore how Behn uses features of comedy in The Rover. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams

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Explore Williams’ use of stagecraft in A Streetcar Named Desire. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

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Explore how Williams presents the relationship between Blanche and Mitch in A Streetcar Named Desire. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore the presentation of betrayal in Nottage’s Sweat. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett

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

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