Edexcel GCSE English Literature Paper 1: Shakespeare and Post-1914 Literature June 2019 question paper 1ET0/01

Explore how Shakespeare presents the character of the Porter in this extract.

Refer closely to the extract in your answer.

In this extract, the Porter is imagining he is letting in evil visitors at the gates of Hell.

Explain the importance of evil elsewhere in the play.

In your answer, you must consider:

• how evil is shown

• the reasons for evil within the play.

You must refer to the context of the play in your answer.

Explore how Shakespeare presents the character of Prospero in this extract.

Refer closely to the extract in your answer.

In this extract, Prospero uses his position of authority to release his prisoners.

Explain the importance of authority elsewhere in the play.

In your answer, you must consider:

• who demonstrates a position of authority in the play

• how this control is shown.

You must refer to the context of the play in your answer.

Explore how Shakespeare presents the character of Juliet in this extract.

Refer closely to the extract in your answer.

In this extract, Juliet thinks about what her fate might be if the potion does not work.

Explain the importance of fate elsewhere in the play.

In your answer, you must consider:

• how fate is presented

• the effects fate has within the play.

You must refer to the context of the play in your answer.

Explore how Shakespeare presents different opinions of Hero in this extract.

Refer closely to the extract in your answer.

In this extract, Claudio admits to being in love with Hero.

Explain the importance of love elsewhere in the play.

In your answer, you must consider:

• how love is presented

• the effect love has within the play.

You must refer to the context of the play in your answer.

Explore how Shakespeare presents the reactions of Sebastian and Viola in this extract.

Refer closely to the extract in your answer.

In this extract, Sebastian and Viola describe how much they suffered being apart.

Explain the importance of suffering elsewhere in the play.

In your answer, you must consider:

• why suffering is important

• the effect of suffering within the play.

You must refer to the context of the play in your answer.

Explore how Shakespeare presents the character of Bassanio in this extract.

Refer closely to the extract in your answer.

In this extract, the correct choice of casket has the power to change Bassanio’s life.

Explain the importance of power elsewhere in the play.

In your answer, you must consider:

• how power is presented

• the effect of power within the play.

You must refer to the context of the play in your answer.

7 Eric: Because you’re not the kind of father a chap could go to when he’s in trouble.

Explore the importance of the Birling family relationships in An Inspector Calls.

You must refer to the context of the play in your answer.

(includes 8 marks for the range of appropriate vocabulary and sentence structures, and accurate use of spelling and punctuation)

Birling: There’s no Inspector Goole on the police. That man definitely wasn’t a police inspector.

In what ways is the Inspector significant in the play?

You must refer to the context of the play in your answer.

(includes 8 marks for the range of appropriate vocabulary and sentence structures, and accurate use of spelling and punctuation)

9 Hobson: See here, Maggie. I set the hours at this house. It’s one o’clock dinner because I say it is.

Explore the significance of the Hobson family in the play.

You must refer to the context of the play in your answer.

(includes 8 marks for the range of appropriate vocabulary and sentence structures, and accurate use of spelling and punctuation)

Hobson: I’m British middle class and proud of it.

In what ways is social class presented in the play?

You must refer to the context of the play in your answer.

(includes 8 marks for the range of appropriate vocabulary and sentence structures, and accurate use of spelling and punctuation)

11 Mrs Johnstone: Are y’ … are y’ that desperate to have a baby?

In what ways is obsession presented in the play?

You must refer to the context of the play in your answer.

(includes 8 marks for the range of appropriate vocabulary and sentence structures, and accurate use of spelling and punctuation)

Edward: Well, my mummy doesn’t allow me to play down here actually.

What is the importance of Edward/Eddie in Blood Brothers?

You must refer to the context of the play in your answer.

(includes 8 marks for the range of appropriate vocabulary and sentence structures, and accurate use of spelling and punctuation)

13 Stanhope: We’ve all got a good fighting chance. I mean to come through – don’t you?

Explore how courage is important in the play.

You must refer to the context of the play in your answer.

(includes 8 marks for the range of appropriate vocabulary and sentence structures, and accurate use of spelling and punctuation)

Trotter: I never knew anything like a war for upsetting meals. I’m always down for dooty in the middle of one.

In what ways is Trotter significant in Journey’s End ?

You must refer to the context of the play in your answer.

(includes 8 marks for the range of appropriate vocabulary and sentence structures, and accurate use of spelling and punctuation)

15 The Commandments were written on the tarred wall in great white letters.

Explain how the Seven Commandments are important in Animal Farm.

You must refer to the context of the novel in your answer.

(includes 8 marks for the range of appropriate vocabulary and sentence structures, and accurate use of spelling and punctuation)

‘Surely, comrades, you do not want Jones back?’ (Squealer)

In what ways is fear significant in the novel?

You must refer to the context of the novel in your answer.

(includes 8 marks for the range of appropriate vocabulary and sentence structures, and accurate use of spelling and punctuation)

17 Here was a coral island. Protected from the sun.

In what ways are different areas of the island significant in the novel?

You must refer to the context of the novel in your answer .

(includes 8 marks for the range of appropriate vocabulary and sentence structures, and accurate use of spelling and punctuation)

‘When I woke up one was kicking me in the face. I got an awful bloody face.’ (Eric)

Explore how violence is important in Lord of the Flies.

You must refer to the context of the novel in your answer.

(includes 8 marks for the range of appropriate vocabulary and sentence structures, and accurate use of spelling and punctuation)

19 ‘That’s your Nanima! Your Nanima has come to see you!’ (Mama)

How is Nanima important in Anita and Me ?

You must refer to the context of the novel in your answer.

(includes 8 marks for the range of appropriate vocabulary and sentence structures, and accurate use of spelling and punctuation)

I now knew I was not a bad girl, a mixed-up girl, a girl with no name or no place.

Explain how Meena’s growing up is significant in the novel.

You must refer to the context of the novel in your answer.

(includes 8 marks for the range of appropriate vocabulary and sentence structures, and accurate use of spelling and punctuation)

21 Many of the rooms had clearly not been much used or perhaps even entered for years.

Explore the importance of Eel Marsh House in the novel.

You must refer to the context of the novel in your answer.

(includes 8 marks for the range of appropriate vocabulary and sentence structures, and accurate use of spelling and punctuation)

How deeply and badly the whole experience had affected me, both in mind and body.

In what ways is madness significant in The Woman in Black ?

You must refer to the context of the novel in your answer.

(includes 8 marks for the range of appropriate vocabulary and sentence structures, and accurate use of spelling and punctuation)