AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 1: Shakespeare and the 19th-century novel June 2017 question paper 8702/1

Starting with this speech, explore how Shakespeare presents ambition in Macbeth

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how Shakespeare presents ambition in this speech

how Shakespeare presents ambition in the play as a whole.

Starting with this conversation, explore how Shakespeare presents aggressive male behaviour in Romeo and Juliet.

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how Shakespeare presents aggressive male behaviour in this conversation

how Shakespeare presents aggressive male behaviour in the play as a whole.

Starting with this moment in the play, explore how far Shakespeare presents Ariel as a loyal servant to Prospero in The Tempest.

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how Shakespeare presents Ariel at this moment in the play

how Shakespeare presents Ariel in the play as a whole.

Starting with this speech, explore how far Shakespeare presents Portia as a strong female character in The Merchant of Venice.

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how Shakespeare presents Portia in this speech

how far Shakespeare presents Portia as a strong female character in the play as a whole.

Starting with this extract, how does Shakespeare present Beatrice’s attitude towards romantic love in Much Ado About Nothing ?

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how Shakespeare presents Beatrice’s attitude towards romantic love in this extract

how Shakespeare presents Beatrice’s attitude towards romantic love in the play as a whole.

‘Shakespeare presents Antony as a manipulative character who is skilled at getting what he wants’ in Julius Caesar.

Starting with this extract, explore how far you agree with this opinion.

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how far Shakespeare presents Antony as manipulative in this speech

how far Shakespeare presents Antony as manipulative in the play as a whole.

‘Stevenson’s presentation of Dr. Jekyll allows the reader to feel sympathy for him.’

Starting with this extract, explore how far you agree with this opinion.

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how Stevenson presents Dr. Jekyll in this extract

how Stevenson presents Dr. Jekyll in the novel as a whole.

Starting with this extract, explore how Dickens uses the Cratchit family to show the struggles of the poor.

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how Dickens presents the Cratchit family in this extract

how Dickens uses the Cratchit family to show the struggles of the poor in the novel as a whole.

Starting with this extract, explore how Dickens presents Pip’s attitudes to the convict Magwitch.

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how Dickens presents Pip’s attitude to Magwitch in this extract

how Dickens presents Pip’s attitudes to Magwitch in the novel as a whole.

Starting with this extract, explore how far Brontë presents Jane as a victim of the cruelty of others.

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how Brontë presents Jane as a victim in this extract

how far Brontë presents Jane as a victim of cruelty in the novel as a whole.

Starting with this extract, explore how far Shelley presents the monster as an evil character.

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how far Shelley presents the monster as evil in this extract

how far Shelley presents the monster as evil in the novel as a whole.

Starting with this extract, explore how Austen presents Elizabeth as a strong-willed female character.

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how Austen presents Elizabeth as strong-willed in this extract

how Austen presents Elizabeth as a strong-willed female character in the novel as a whole.

Starting with this extract, explore how Conan Doyle presents Holmes as an interesting and unusual investigator.

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how Conan Doyle presents Holmes as an interesting and unusual investigator in this extract

how Conan Doyle presents Holmes as an interesting and unusual investigator in the novel as a whole.