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Edexcel A Level English Literature

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Twelfth Night

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Twelfth Night questions

Edexcel 9ET0 Twelfth Night 20 questions

Component 1: Drama June 2025, Question 15 35 marks

Twelfth Night

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

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Component 1: Drama June 2025, Question 16 35 marks

Explore how Shakespeare makes use of different types of comedy in Twelfth Night. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical reading.

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Component 1: Drama June 2024, Question 15 35 marks

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.

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Component 1: Drama June 2024, Question 16 35 marks

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

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Component 1: Drama June 2023, Question 15 35 marks

Twelfth Night

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

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Component 1: Drama June 2023, Question 16 35 marks

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

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Component 1: Drama June 2022, Question 15 35 marks

Twelfth Night

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

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Component 1: Drama June 2022, Question 16 35 marks

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.

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Component 1: Drama November 2021, Question 15 35 marks

Twelfth Night

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Explore how Shakespeare presents characters who are outsiders in Twelfth Night. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical reading.

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Component 1: Drama November 2021, Question 16 35 marks

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

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Component 1: Drama November 2020, Question 15 35 marks

Twelfth Night

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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.

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Component 1: Drama October 2020, Question 15 35 marks

Twelfth Night

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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.

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Component 1: Drama November 2020, Question 16 35 marks

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.

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Component 1: Drama October 2020, Question 16 35 marks

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.

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Component 1: Drama June 2019, Question 15 35 marks

Twelfth Night

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Explore how Shakespeare presents the ending of Twelfth Night. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical reading.

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Component 1: Drama June 2019, Question 16 35 marks

Explore the presentation of Maria in Twelfth Night. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical reading.

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Component 1: Drama June 2018, Question 15 35 marks

Twelfth Night

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

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Component 1: Drama June 2018, Question 16 35 marks

Explore how Shakespeare treats gender roles in Twelfth Night. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical reading.

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Component 1: Drama June 2017, Question 15 35 marks

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.

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Component 1: Drama June 2017, Question 16 35 marks

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.

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