Past Paper Information EDUQAS ENGLISH LITERATURE English Literature

Past Paper Information EDUQAS ENGLISH LITERATURE

English Literature content Paper 1 Romeo and Juliet – 40 marks (15 marks, 20 marks, 5 marks SPa. G. Summer 2017 Summer 2018 Summer 2019 1. 1 Read the extract on the opposite page. Then answer the following question. Look at how the characters speak and behave here. How do you think an audience might respond to this part of the play? Refer closely to details from the extract to support your answer. 1. 1 Read the extract on the opposite page. Then answer the following question: Look at how Romeo and Juliet speak and behave here. How do you think an audience might respond to this part of the play? Refer closely to details from the extract to support your answer. Extract = Romeo - If I profane with my unworthiest hand This holy shrine, the gentle sin is this, 1. 1 Read the extract on the opposite page. Then answer the following question: What does the extract show an audience about Juliet’s thoughts and feelings at this point in the play? Refer closely to details from the extract to support your answer. Extract = Benvolio - By my head, here comes the Capulets 1. 2 Write about Tybalt and how he is presented at different points in the play. 1. 2 Write about Juliet and how she is presented at different points in the play Anthology – 40 marks (Context, genre, how different audiences might engage with texts) (15 marks, 25 marks) Extract = Juliet – What if it be a poison which the Friar Subtly hath ministered to have me dead. 1. 2 How does Shakespeare present love in Romeo and Juliet? Refer to characters and events from the play in your answer. Read the poem below, Sonnet 43, by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Sonnet 43 is a poem about love. How does Elizabeth Barrett Browning present love in the poem? Remember to refer to the contexts of the poem in your answer. Read the poem below, Mametz Wood, by Owen Sheers. Mametz Wood is a poem about war. How does Owen Sheers present war in the poem? Remember to refer to the contexts of the poem in your answer. Read the poem below, A Wife in London, by Thomas Hardy. A Wife in London is a poem about loss. How does Thomas Hardy present loss in the poem? Remember to refer to the contexts of the poem in your answer. Choose one other poem from the anthology in which the poet also writes about love. Compare the way the poet presents love in your chosen poem with the way Elizabeth Barrett Browning presents love in Sonnet 43. Choose one other poem from the anthology in which the poet also writes about war. Compare the way the poet presents war in your chosen poem with the way Owen Sheers presents war in Mametz Wood. Choose one other poem from the anthology in which the poet also writes about loss. Compare the way the poet presents loss in your chosen poem with the way Thomas Hardy presents loss in A Wife in London.

English Literature Paper 2 Content Blood Brothers – 35 marks, 5 marks SPAG A Christmas Carol – 40 marks Summer 2017 Summer 2018 Summer 2019 Write about the relationship between Linda and Edward and how it is presented at different points in the play. Extract = I go away to university tomorrow(Edward – I’m not saying a word) Write about Mrs Johnstone and how she is presented at different points in the play. Write about Mrs Lyons and how she is presented at different points in the play. Extract = Hello, Mrs Johnstone. How are you? (locket scene) Extract = Are you always going to follow me? (knife scene) Write about how Dickens presents the ghosts. How are they important to the novel as a whole? The characters in A Christmas Carol view Christmas in different ways. Write about some of these views and how Dickens presents them at different points in the novel. Extract = A merry Christmas, uncle! God save you! (Fred and Scrooge scene at beginning of novel) Write about some members of the Cratchit family and how they are important to the novel as a whole. Write about the poem Teacher by Carol Ann Duffy, and its effect on you. Theme = teachers. Write about the poem Yesterday and its effect on you. Theme = relationship between a parent and child. Context Extract = Scrooge sees Jacob Marley. Unseen Poetry – 15 marks, 25 marks Write about the poem Midwinter by Grahame Davies, and its effect on you. Theme = different seasons. Now compare Today by Billy Collins and Midwinter by Grahame Davies. Now compare Change by Dave Calder and Teacher by Carol Ann Duffy. Extract =The children drank the toast after her. (happy family scene) Now compare Those Winter Sundays and Yesterday.