Edexcel GCSE English Literature Paper 2: 19th-century Novel and Poetry since 1789 November 2020 question paper 1ET0/02

Explore how Brontë presents Mr Rochester’s reactions to Jane’s return in this extract.

Give examples from the extract to support your ideas.

In this extract, Mr Rochester speaks of his unhappiness.

Explain how unhappiness is portrayed elsewhere in the novel.

In your answer, you must consider:

• who feels unhappy

• why they are unhappy.

Explore how Dickens presents Mr. Jaggers in this extract.

Give examples from the extract to support your ideas.

In this extract, Pip needs some money.

Explain how money is important elsewhere in the novel.

In your answer, you must consider:

• who has money

• how money is used.

Explore how Stevenson presents Dr Lanyon in this extract.

Give examples from the extract to support your ideas.

In this extract, Mr Utterson goes to see ‘the great Dr Lanyon’.

Explain how reputation is important elsewhere in the novel.

In your answer, you must consider:

• how characters gain a good or bad reputation

• what the characters think about others.

Explore how Dickens presents the settings in this extract.

Give examples from the extract to support your ideas.

In this extract, Scrooge allows his clerk, Bob Cratchit, to finish work.

Explain how Bob Cratchit is portrayed elsewhere in the novel.

In your answer, you must consider:

• what Bob Cratchit says and does

• why he is important in the novel.

Explore how Austen presents Pemberley in this extract.

Give examples from the extract to support your ideas.

In this extract, Elizabeth is worried about meeting Mr. Darcy, the owner of Pemberley.

Explain how Mr. Darcy is portrayed elsewhere in the novel.

In your answer, you must consider:

• what Mr. Darcy says and does

• his relationship with Elizabeth.

Explore how Eliot presents Silas Marner’s relationship with William Dane in this extract.

Give examples from the extract to support your ideas.

In this extract, Silas Marner admires and trusts his friend.

Explain the importance of trust elsewhere in the novel.

In your answer, you must consider:

• how belief in the goodness of others is lost

• how trust is shown.

Explore how Shelley presents Frankenstein’s quest for knowledge.

Give examples from the extract to support your ideas.

In this extract, Frankenstein demonstrates an enthusiasm for learning.

Explain the importance of education elsewhere in the novel.

In your answer, you must consider:

• who gains an education and how

• how education affects the lives of others.

8 Re-read i wanna be yours. Choose one other poem from the Relationships anthology.

Compare how emotions 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 Poppies. Choose one other poem from the Conflict anthology.

Compare how conflict affects people 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 In Romney Marsh. Choose one other poem from the Time and Place anthology.

Compare how personal experiences 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 the weather in Poem 1: Storm and Poem 2: Wind.

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.