Edexcel GCSE English Literature Paper 1: Shakespeare and Post-1914 Literature June 2023 question paper 1ET0/01

Explore how Shakespeare presents the character of Lady Macbeth in this extract.

Refer closely to the extract in your answer.

In this extract, Lady Macbeth appears to have power over her husband.

Explain the importance of power elsewhere in the play.

In your answer, you must consider:

• where power is shown

• the effects power has 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 tells Ferdinand that he must be obedient and do what he has been told to do.

Explain the importance of obedience elsewhere in the play.

In your answer, you must consider:

• where obedience is presented

• the effects of characters doing what they are told.

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

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

Refer closely to the extract in your answer.

In this extract, Romeo suffers when he hears the shocking news about Juliet.

Explain the importance of suffering elsewhere in the play.

In your answer, you must consider:

• how suffering is shown

• the effects suffering has within the play.

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

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

Refer closely to the extract in your answer.

In this extract, Claudio believes that he has been tricked into marrying Hero.

Explain the importance of tricking others elsewhere in the play.

In your answer, you must consider:

• the ways others are tricked

• the effects tricking others has.

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

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

Refer closely to the extract in your answer.

In this extract, Sebastian suggests that marrying Olivia would be beneficial to his social position.

Explain the importance of social position elsewhere in the play.

In your answer, you must consider:

• the way social position is shown

• the effects of social position within the play.

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

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

Refer closely to the extract in your answer.

In this extract, Shylock explains how he is prepared to be friends with Antonio.

Explain the importance of friendship elsewhere in the play.

In your answer, you must consider:

• where friendship is shown

• the effect of friendship within the play.

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

7 Sheila: I have an idea – and I had it all along vaguely – that there was something curious about him. He never seemed like an ordinary police inspector.

In what ways is mystery 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)

Sheila: You’re squiffy.

Eric: I’m not.

Mrs Birling: What an expression, Sheila! Really the things you girls pick up these days!

Explore the importance of the younger generation 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)

9 Hobson: I’m warning you your conduct towards your parent’s got to change.

Explain the relationship between Maggie and Hobson 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)

Maggie: You can afford five hundred pounds and you’re going to pay five hundred pounds.

How is money important in Hobson’s Choice ?

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 Narrator: So did y’ hear the story of the Johnstone twins? As like each other as two new pins...

Explore the significance of the Narrator 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)

Mickey: You shot him, you shot him.

In what ways is violence 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)

13 Colonel: Very well done, Raleigh. Well done, my boy. I’ll get you a Military Cross for this! Splendid!

How is bravery 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)

Osborne: What kind of soup is this, Mason?

Mason: It’s yellow soup, sir.

Osborne: It’s got a very deep yellow flavour.

Explain how humour is 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 Victoria: We are after all the Empress of India and it is only fitting that we should be waited upon by such a noble gentleman of that land.

In what ways is Queen Victoria 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)

Dadabhai: According to Lord Salisbury it is because an English constituency is not ready to elect a ‘Black man’, to represent them.

Explore how prejudice is important in The Empress.

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)

17 Mrs Fitzgerald: Alem, until you can go back home, you want to stay here with us, don’t you? Not at the children’s home.

How are Mr and Mrs Fitzgerald 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)

Alem (reading a letter from his father): Please son, I want you to be strong, now I need you to be strong more than ever, and your mother would want you to be strong.

Explain how courage is important in Refugee Boy.

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)

19 Napoleon took no interest in Snowball’s committees. He said that the education of the young was more important than anything.

In what ways is education 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)

… old Major, the prize Middle White boar, had had a strange dream on the previous night and wished to communicate it to the other animals.

Explore the significance of old Major 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 To keep a clean flag of flame flying on the mountain was the immediate end and no one looked further.

Explain the significance of different symbols 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)

Here, invisible yet strong, was the taboo of the old life. Round the squatting child was the protection of parents and school and policemen and the law.

In what ways is human nature presented 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)

23 I had never realised there were so many mothers in the village, and it seemed each one either came to our door … bearing gifts or full of advice.

Explore the importance of mothers 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)

‘Anger is good! But not used this way! Please! You’re going the wrong way!’ (Uncle Alan speaking to Sam Lowbridge)

How is anger significant 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)

25 … her pent-up hatred and desire for revenge permeated the air all around. (Jennet Humfrye, the woman in black)

How is obsession 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)

I had a sudden vision of that row of small, solemn faces, with hands all gripping the railings, that surrounded the school yard.

Explore the importance of children 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)

27 Otis Gardiner, pots man, Jack-of-all-trades and smooth-tongued entrepreneur, ranted non-stop.

In what ways is Otis Gardiner/the Coram Man/Mr Gaddarn 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)

‘No one knows about the child except the four of us. Remarkably, the secret has been well kept.’ (Mrs Lynch)

Explain the importance of secrets in Coram Boy.

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)

29 I was off to university in less than a month and there was no way I was going to let Melanie and some baby ruin my plans... (Dante)

Explain the significance of Dante 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)

‘Of course I know Adam is gay. I’ve come to terms with that.’ (Dad/Tyler Bridgeman)

How are different attitudes to sexuality presented in Boys Don’t Cry ?

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)