AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 1: Shakespeare and the 19th-century novel June 2019 question paper 8702/1

Starting with this speech, explore how far Shakespeare presents Macbeth as a violent character.

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• how Shakespeare presents Macbeth in this extract

• how far Shakespeare presents Macbeth as a violent character in the play as a whole.

Starting with this conversation, explore how Shakespeare presents the relationship between Romeo and Juliet.

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• how Shakespeare presents their relationship in this conversation

• how Shakespeare presents the relationship between Romeo and Juliet in the play as a whole.

Starting with this speech, explore how Shakespeare presents ideas about revenge in The Tempest.

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• how Shakespeare presents ideas about revenge in this speech

• how Shakespeare presents ideas about revenge in the play as a whole.

Starting with this speech, explore how Shakespeare presents ideas about romantic love in The Merchant of Venice.

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• how Shakespeare presents ideas about romantic love in this speech

• how Shakespeare presents ideas about romantic love in the play as a whole.

Starting with this conversation, explore how far Shakespeare presents Beatrice as a strong woman.

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• how far Shakespeare presents Beatrice as a strong woman in this conversation

• how far Shakespeare presents Beatrice as a strong woman in the play as a whole.

Starting with this speech, explore how far Shakespeare presents Cassius as an effective leader of the conspirators in Julius Caesar.

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• how Shakespeare presents Cassius in this speech

• how far Shakespeare presents Cassius as an effective leader of the conspirators in the play as a whole.

Starting with this extract, explore how Stevenson presents Mr Hyde as an inhuman and disturbing member of society.

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• how Stevenson presents Mr Hyde in this extract

• how Stevenson presents Mr Hyde as an inhuman and disturbing member of society in the novel as a whole.

Starting with this extract, explore how Dickens uses the ghosts to help Scrooge change his attitudes and behaviour.

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• how Dickens uses Marley’s Ghost in this extract

• how Dickens uses the ghosts to help Scrooge change his attitudes and behaviour in the novel as a whole.

Starting with this extract, explore how Dickens presents Pip and Joe’s relationship and how it changes.

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• how Dickens presents Pip and Joe’s relationship in this extract

• how Dickens presents Pip and Joe’s relationship and how it changes in the novel as a whole.

Starting with this extract, explore how Brontë presents the ways male characters treat Jane Eyre.

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• how Brontë presents John Reed’s treatment of Jane in this extract

• how Brontë presents the ways one or more other male character(s) treat Jane in the novel as a whole.

Starting with this extract, explore how Shelley presents the ways the monster is affected by how others treat him.

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• how Shelley presents the monster in this extract

• how Shelley presents the ways the monster is affected by how others treat him in the novel as a whole.

Starting with this extract, explore how Austen presents Mr Bennet and Mrs Bennet as parents.

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• how Austen presents Mr Bennet and Mrs Bennet in this extract

• how Austen presents Mr Bennet and Mrs Bennet as parents in the novel as a whole.

Starting with this extract, explore how Conan Doyle presents ideas about justice in The Sign of Four.

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• how Conan Doyle presents ideas about justice in this extract

• how Conan Doyle presents ideas about justice in the novel as a whole.