Edexcel GCSE English Literature Paper 2: 19th-century Novel and Poetry since 1789 June 2023 question paper 1ET0/02

Explore how Brontë presents what Jane Eyre sees and hears in this extract.

Give examples from the extract to support your ideas.

In this extract, Jane hears a mysterious cry.

Explain how mysterious events are explored elsewhere in the novel.

In your answer, you must consider:

• what mysterious events occur

• the effect these mysterious events have.

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

Give examples from the extract to support your ideas.

In this extract, Pip’s visitor, later revealed as Magwitch, says that he has been looking forward to seeing Pip for a long time.

Explain the importance of Magwitch elsewhere in the novel.

In your answer, you must consider:

• what Magwitch says and does

• the effect Magwitch has on Pip.

Explore how Stevenson presents Henry Jekyll’s account of his first transformation into Edward Hyde in this extract.

Give examples from the extract to support your ideas.

In this extract, Henry Jekyll talks about the good and bad sides of his character.

Explain how bad behaviour is explored elsewhere in the novel.

In your answer, you must consider:

• who demonstrates bad behaviour

• how bad behaviour is shown.

Explore how Dickens presents Scrooge’s observations of the Cratchit family in this extract.

Give examples from the extract to support your ideas.

In this extract, Scrooge observes the Cratchit family as they prepare and gather for Christmas dinner.

Explain how family life is portrayed elsewhere in the novel.

In your answer, you must consider:

• how family life is portrayed in the past and present

• how family life will be better in the future.

Explore how Austen presents Jane Bennet in this extract.

Give examples from the extract to support your ideas.

In this extract, Jane and Elizabeth speak about manners.

Explain how manners are explored elsewhere in the novel.

In your answer, you must consider:

• the importance of manners

• how good or bad manners are shown.

Explore how Eliot presents Silas Marner’s interactions with the child in this extract.

Give examples from the extract to support your ideas.

In this extract, Silas Marner looks after the child, whom he later calls Hephzibah, or Eppie for short.

Explain how the character of Eppie is explored elsewhere in the novel.

In your answer, you must consider:

• Eppie’s life when growing up

• the effect Eppie has on others.

Explore how Shelley presents Victor Frankenstein’s account of the time when Elizabeth Lavenza came to live with his family in this extract.

Give examples from the extract to support your ideas.

In this extract, Victor speaks about time spent with his beloved companion, Elizabeth.

Explain the importance of companionship elsewhere in the novel.

In your answer, you must consider:

• who has or needs a companion

• how companionship has an effect on characters.

8 Re-read My Last Duchess. Choose one other poem from the Relationships anthology.

Compare how memories 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:

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 Cousin Kate. Choose one other poem from the Conflict anthology.

Compare how strong feelings 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 — Jon 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 Hurricane Hits England. Choose one other poem from the Time and Place anthology.

Compare how an event 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:

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 Re-read Captain Cook (To My Brother). Choose one other poem from the Belonging anthology.

Compare how recollections of the past 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 My Sister — William Wordsworth Sunday Dip — John Clare Mild the Mist Upon the Hill — Emily Brontë Captain Cook (To My Brother) — Letitia Elizabeth Landon Clear and Gentle Stream — Robert Bridges I Remember, I Remember — Thomas Hood Island Man — Grace Nichols We Refugees — Benjamin Zephaniah Peckham Rye Lane — Amy Blakemore Us — Zaffar Kunial In Wales, wanting to be Italian — Imtiaz Dharker Kumukanda — Kayo Chingonyi Jamaican British — Raymond Antrobus My Mother’s Kitchen — Choman Hardi The Émigrée — Carol Rumens

12 Compare the ways the writers present growing older in Poem 1: Warning and Poem 2: Pushing Forty.

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.