MACBETH:
Specimen
paper (1)
Starting with this speech (Act 1 Scene 5: The raven himself is hoarse), explain how far you think Shakespeare
presents Lady Macbeth as a powerful woman.
Write about:
• how Shakespeare presents Lady Macbeth in this speech • how Shakespeare presents Lady Macbeth in the play as a whole.
Specimen
paper (2)
Starting with this speech (Act 5 Scene 3: Bring me no more reports), explain how far you think Shakespeare
presents Macbeth as a hero.
Write about:
• how Shakespeare presents Macbeth in this speech • how Shakespeare presents Macbeth in the play as a whole.
Specimen
paper (3)
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Starting with this moment in the play (Act 1 Scene 7: He hath almost supped), explore how
Shakespeare presents the marriage between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth.
Write about:
·
how Shakespeare
presents their relationship at this moment in the play
·
how Shakespeare
presents their marriage in the play as a whole.
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June 2017
Starting with this speech (Act 1 Scene 5: Glamis thou art), explore how Shakespeare presents ambition in
Macbeth.
Write about:
• how Shakespeare presents ambition in this speech• how Shakespeare presents ambition in the play as a whole.
GREAT
EXPECTATIONS:
Specimen
paper (1)
Starting with this extract (Chapter 8: Dog in disgrace) write about how
Dickens presents the unequal relationship between Pip and Estella.
Write about:
• how Dickens presents Pip’s feelings in this extract• how Dickens presents the unequal relationship between Pip and Estella in
the novel as a whole.
Specimen
paper (2)
Starting with this extract (Chapter 27: Joe’s speech in London), write
about how Dickens presents ideas about social class in Great Expectations.
Write about:
• what Joe says about social class in this extract • how Dickens presents ideas about social class in the novel as a whole.
Specimen
paper (3)
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Starting
with this extract (Chapter 38: Estella and Miss Havisham argue), explore how
far Dickens presents Estella as a cruel character.
Write
about:
·
how Dickens
presents Estella as a cruel character in this extract
·
how far
Dickens presents Estella as cruel in the novel as a whole.
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June 2017
Starting with this extract (Chapter 39: Magwitch returns), explore how
Dickens presents Pip’s attitudes to the convict Magwitch.
Write about:
• how Dickens presents Pip’s attitude to Magwitch in this extract• how Dickens presents Pip’s attitudes to Magwitch in the novel as a
whole.
AN
INSPECTOR CALLS
Specimen
paper (1)
How and why does Sheila change in An Inspector Calls?
Write about:
• how Sheila responds to her family and to the Inspector • how Priestley presents Sheila by the ways he writes.
OR
How does Priestley explore responsibility in An Inspector Calls?
Write about:
·
the ideas about
responsibility in An Inspector Calls·
how Priestley
presents these ideas by the ways he writes.
Specimen
paper (2)
How does Priestley present some of the differences between the older and
younger generations in An Inspector Calls?
Write about:
·
how the different
generations respond to events and to each other ·
how Priestley
presents the different generations in the play.
OR
What do you think is the importance of the ending of An Inspector
Calls?
Write about:
·
how the ending of
the play presents some important ideas ·
how Priestley
presents these ideas by the ways he writes.
Specimen
paper (3)
How does Priestley present Gerald’s relationships with women in An
Inspector Calls?
Write about:
• the way Gerald treats women in the play• how Priestley presents Gerald’s relationships with women.
OR
How does Priestley use Eva Smith to represent poverty in An Inspector
Calls?
Write about:
• what Eva’s life is like in the play• how Priestley uses Eva to represent the lives of poor people.
June 2017
How far does Priestley present Mrs Birling as an unlikeable character?
Write about:
• what Mrs Birling says and does in the play• how Priestley presents her by the ways he writes.
OR
How does Priestley use the character of the Inspector to suggest ways
that society could be improved?
Write about:
• what society is shown to be like in the play and how it might be
improved• how Priestley presents society through what the Inspector says and does.
LOVE &
RELATIONSHIPS POETRY
Specimen
paper (1)
Compare how poets present attitudes towards a parent in ‘Follower’ and
in one other poem from ‘Love and relationships’.
Specimen
paper (2)
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Compare
how poets present romantic love in ‘Sonnet 29’ by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
and in one other poem from ‘Love and relationships’.
Specimen
paper (3)
Compare
how poets present strong connections between people in ‘Letters from
Yorkshire’ and in one other poem from ‘Love and Relationships’.
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June 2017
Compare
how poets present growing up in ‘Mother, any distance’ and in one other
poem from ‘Love and relationships’.
