Edexcel A Level English Literature Paper 1: Drama October 2020 question paper 9ET0/01

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

OR

Explore how Shakespeare presents the theme of death 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 presents family relationships in King Lear. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical reading.

OR

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

Othello

EITHER

Explore how Shakespeare uses imagery in Othello. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical reading.

OR

Explore how Shakespeare presents the theme of honour 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 fairies 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 social status 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 Shakespeare’s presentation of Lucio in Measure for Measure. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical reading.

OR

Explore how Shakespeare presents the ending of 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 the ways in which Shakespeare presents social conventions in The Taming of the Shrew. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical reading.

OR

Explore how Shakespeare makes use of clothing and costume 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 the ways in which Shakespeare presents Malvolio in Twelfth Night. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical reading.

OR

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

Explore the extent to which Marlowe presents Doctor Faustus as a play about self-destruction. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

The Duchess of Malfi, John Webster

EITHER

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

OR

Explore how Webster makes use of setting 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 presents the play’s ending in The Home Place. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

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Explore the ways Friel develops the theme of isolation in The Home Place. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams

EITHER

Explore how Williams presents marriage in A Streetcar Named Desire. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

OR

Explore how Williams presents the play’s opening 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 gender roles in The Importance of Being Earnest. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

OR

Explore how Wilde makes use of theatrical props 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 the theme of education in The Pitmen Painters. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

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Explore Hall’s presentation of characters facing difficult choices 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

EITHER

Explore how Behn presents the relationship between Willmore and Hellena in The Rover. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

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Explore how Behn presents the ending of The Rover. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett

EITHER

Explore how Beckett presents Waiting for Godot as a tragicomedy. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

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