Edexcel GCSE English Literature Paper 2: 19th-century Novel and Poetry since 1789 June 2019 question paper 1ET0/02

Explore how Brontë presents Jane’s first impressions of the man, Mr Rochester, in this extract.

Give examples from the extract to support your ideas.

In this extract, Jane Eyre tries to help the man, Mr Rochester.

Explain how people try to help others elsewhere in the novel.

In your answer, you must consider:

• the people who try to help someone else

• how they help and why.

Explore how Dickens presents Pip’s unhappiness in this extract.

Give examples from the extract to support your ideas.

In this extract, Pip talks about the injustices he has experienced.

Explain how the poor treatment of others is important elsewhere in the novel.

In your answer, you must consider:

• who is treated poorly by others

• how characters are treated poorly by others.

Explore how Stevenson presents fear in this extract.

Give examples from the extract to support your ideas.

In this extract, Poole goes to Mr Utterson for help.

Explain why Mr Utterson is important elsewhere in the novel.

In your answer, you must consider:

• what Mr Utterson says and does

• what we learn about his character.

Explore how Dickens presents the last Spirit in this extract.

Give examples from the extract to support your ideas.

In this extract, Scrooge is afraid.

Explain how fear is portrayed elsewhere in the novel.

In your answer, you must consider:

• who shows fear

• when fear is shown.

Explore how Austen presents Miss Bingley in this extract.

Give examples from the extract to support your ideas.

In this extract, characters express their prejudiced views.

Explain how prejudice is important elsewhere in the novel.

In your answer, you must consider:

• which characters have prejudiced views

• how prejudice is shown.

Explore how Eliot presents Dolly Winthrop in this extract.

Give examples from the extract to support your ideas.

In this extract, Dolly speaks about the church.

Explain the importance of religion elsewhere in the novel.

In your answer, you must consider:

• where religion is central to events in the novel

• why belief in religion is important in the novel.

Explore how Shelley presents Frankenstein’s relationship with Henry Clerval in this extract.

Give examples from the extract to support your ideas.

In this extract, Frankenstein is waiting for a letter to arrive.

Explain the importance of letters elsewhere in the novel.

In your answer, you must consider:

• who writes and sends the letters

• why these letters are important to the story.

8 Re-read She Walks in Beauty. Choose one other poem from the Relationships anthology.

Compare how admiration for another person is presented in the two poems.

In your answer, you should consider the:

• poets’ use of language, form and structure

• influence of the contexts in which the poems were written.

The poems you have studied are:

La Belle Dame Sans Merci – John Keats A Child to his Sick Grandfather – Joanna Baillie She Walks in Beauty – Lord Byron A Complaint – William Wordsworth Neutral Tones – Thomas Hardy Sonnet 43 – Elizabeth Barrett Browning My Last Duchess – Robert Browning 1st Date – She and 1st Date – He – Wendy Cope Valentine – Carol Ann Duffy One Flesh – Elizabeth Jennings i wanna be yours – John Cooper Clarke Love’s Dog – Jen Hadfield Nettles – Vernon Scannell The Manhunt – Simon Armitage My Father Would Not Show Us – Ingrid de Kok

9 Re-read War Photographer. Choose one other poem from the Conflict anthology.

Compare how powerful images are presented in the two poems.

In your answer, you should consider the:

• poets’ use of language, form and structure

• influence of the contexts in which the poems were written.

The poems you have studied are:

A Poison Tree – William Blake The Destruction of Sennacherib – Lord Byron Extract from The Prelude – William Wordsworth The Man He Killed – Thomas Hardy Cousin Kate – Christina Rossetti Half-caste – John Agard Exposure – Wilfred Owen The Charge of the Light Brigade – Alfred, Lord Tennyson Catrin – Gillian Clarke War Photographer – Carole Satyamurti Belfast Confetti – Ciaran Carson The Class Game – Mary Casey Poppies – Jane Weir No Problem – Benjamin Zephaniah What Were They Like? – Denise Levertov

10 Re-read Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802. Choose one other poem from the Time and Place anthology.

Compare how feelings about a place are presented in the two poems.

In your answer, you should consider the:

• poets’ use of language, form and structure

• influence of the contexts in which the poems were written.

The poems you have studied are:

To Autumn – John Keats Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802 – William Wordsworth London – William Blake I started Early – Took my Dog – Emily Dickinson Where the Picnic was – Thomas Hardy Adlestrop – Edward Thomas Home Thoughts from Abroad – Robert Browning First Flight – U.A. Fanthorpe Stewart Island – Fleur Adcock Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan – Moniza Alvi Hurricane Hits England – Grace Nichols Nothing’s Changed – Tatamkhulu Afrika Postcard from a Travel Snob – Sophie Hannah In Romney Marsh – John Davidson Absence – Elizabeth Jennings

11 Compare the ways the writers present their thoughts about shopping in Poem 1: Childhood memories – Shopping in the 1940s and Poem 2: Shopping.

In your answer, you should compare:

• the ideas in the poems

• the poets’ use of language

• the poets’ use of form and structure.

Use evidence from the poems to support your comparison.