Paper 1: Shakespeare and the 19th-century novel June 2025, Question 8 30 marks
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Paper 1: Shakespeare and the 19th-century novel June 2024, Question 8 30 marks
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Paper 1: Shakespeare and the 19th-century novel June 2023, Question 8 30 marks
Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol
Read the following extract from Chapter 2 of A Christmas Carol and then answer the question that follows.
In this extract, the Ghost of Christmas Past shows Scrooge his last meeting with Belle.
Starting with this extract, explore how Dickens presents the effects of greed in A Christmas Carol.
Write about:
• how Dickens presents the effects of greed in this extract
• how Dickens presents the effects of greed in the novel as a whole.
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Paper 1: Shakespeare and the 19th-century novel November 2020, Question 8 30 marks
Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol
Read the following extract from Chapter 3 of A Christmas Carol and then answer the question that follows.
In this extract, the Ghost of Christmas Present is about to leave Scrooge.
Starting with this extract, explore how Dickens presents the suffering of the poor in A Christmas Carol.
Write about:
• how Dickens presents the suffering of the poor in this extract
• how Dickens presents the suffering of the poor in the novel as a whole.
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Paper 1: Shakespeare and the 19th-century novel June 2019, Question 8 30 marks
Starting with this extract, explore how Dickens uses the ghosts to help Scrooge change his attitudes and behaviour.
Write about:
• 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.
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Paper 1: Shakespeare and the 19th-century novel June 2018, Question 8 30 marks
Starting with this extract, explore how Dickens presents Scrooge’s fears in A Christmas Carol.
Write about:
• how Dickens presents what Scrooge is frightened of in this extract
• how Dickens presents Scrooge’s fears in the novel as a whole.
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Paper 1: Shakespeare and the 19th-century novel June 2017, Question 8 30 marks
Starting with this extract, explore how Dickens uses the Cratchit family to show the struggles of the poor.
Write about:
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.
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