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Edexcel A Level English Literature

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Waiting for Godot

20 questions · 500 marks · about 19 hours

Waiting for Godot questions

Edexcel 9ET0 Waiting for Godot 20 questions

Component 1: Drama June 2025, Question 31 25 marks

Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett

EITHER

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

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Component 1: Drama June 2025, Question 32 25 marks

Explore the extent to which Beckett’s Waiting for Godot can be considered a comedy. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

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Component 1: Drama June 2024, Question 31 25 marks

Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett

EITHER

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

OR

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Reveal mark scheme Mark scheme for question 31

Component 1: Drama June 2024, Question 32 25 marks

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

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Component 1: Drama June 2023, Question 31 25 marks

Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett

EITHER

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

OR

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Reveal mark scheme Mark scheme for question 31

Component 1: Drama June 2023, Question 32 25 marks

Explore the presentation of isolation in Waiting for Godot. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

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Component 1: Drama June 2022, Question 31 25 marks

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

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Reveal mark scheme Mark scheme for question 31

Component 1: Drama June 2022, Question 32 25 marks

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

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Component 1: Drama November 2021, Question 31 25 marks

Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett

EITHER

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

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Reveal mark scheme Mark scheme for question 31

Component 1: Drama November 2021, Question 32 25 marks

Explore how Beckett presents the significance of the play’s title in Waiting for Godot. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

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Component 1: Drama November 2020, Question 31 25 marks

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.

OR

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Reveal mark scheme Mark scheme for question 31

Component 1: Drama October 2020, Question 31 25 marks

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.

OR

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Reveal mark scheme Mark scheme for question 31

Component 1: Drama November 2020, Question 32 25 marks

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

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Reveal mark scheme Mark scheme for question 32

Component 1: Drama October 2020, Question 32 25 marks

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

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Reveal mark scheme Mark scheme for question 32

Component 1: Drama June 2019, Question 31 25 marks

Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett

EITHER

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

OR

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Reveal mark scheme Mark scheme for question 31

Component 1: Drama June 2019, Question 32 25 marks

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

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Component 1: Drama June 2018, Question 31 25 marks

Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett

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

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Reveal mark scheme Mark scheme for question 31

Component 1: Drama June 2018, Question 32 25 marks

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

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Reveal mark scheme Mark scheme for question 32

Component 1: Drama June 2017, Question 31 25 marks

Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett

EITHER

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

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Reveal mark scheme Mark scheme for question 31

Component 1: Drama June 2017, Question 32 25 marks

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

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Reveal mark scheme Mark scheme for question 32

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