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Either 0 1 The Nun’s Priest’s Tale – Geoffrey Chaucer Explore the significance of settings to the comedy of The Nun’s Priest’s Tale. In your answer you need to analyse closely Chaucer’s authorial methods and include comments on the extract below. [25 marks] From The Nun’s Priest’s Tale A povre widwe, somdel stape in age, Was whilom dwellinge in a narwe cotage, Biside a grove, stonding in a dale. This widwe of which I telle yow my tale, Sin thilke day that she was last...

0 1 John Keats selection Explore the significance of settings to the tragic experiences in Keats’ poetry. You must refer to The Eve of St Agnes and one other poem. In your answer you need to analyse closely Keats’ authorial methods and include comments on the extract below. [25 marks] From The Eve of St Agnes l St Agnes’ Eve – Ah, bitter chill it was! The owl, for all his feathers, was a-cold; The hare limped trembling through the frozen grass, And silent was the flock in...

0 1 The Taming of the Shrew – William Shakespeare Explore the significance of aspects of dramatic comedy in the following passage in relation to the play as a whole. You should consider the following in your answer: • the presentation of the Pedant • the presentation of Tranio • other relevant aspects of dramatic comedy. [25 marks] Enter a Pedant PEDANT God save you, sir. TRANIO And you, sir. You are welcome. Travel you farrer on, or are you at the farthest? PEDANT Sir, a...

0 1 Othello – William Shakespeare Explore the significance of aspects of dramatic tragedy in the following passage in relation to the play as a whole. You should consider the following in your answer: • the presentation of Iago’s villainy • Othello’s response to Iago’s manipulation • other relevant aspects of dramatic tragedy. [25 marks] IAGO Cassio’s my worthy friend. My lord, I see you’re moved. OTHELLO No, not much moved. I do not think but Desdemona’s honest....

0 1 Othello – William Shakespeare ‘In Othello, the bond between Othello and Iago is stronger than the love between Othello and Desdemona.’ In the light of this view, discuss how Shakespeare presents the relationship between Othello and Iago in this extract and elsewhere in the play. [25 marks] IAGO There are a kind of men so loose of soul That in their sleeps will mutter their affairs: One of this kind is Cassio. In sleep I heard him say: ‘Sweet Desdemona, Let us be wary, le...

0 1 Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman was published in 2007. In this extract the narrator, a young man called Elio, is talking with his father. Elio has met and had a summer romance with Oliver, who has stayed with Elio’s family in Italy while studying. Oliver has now returned to his home in America. Examine the view that Aciman presents the father as dominating and intrusive when giving advice to his son. Make close reference to the writer’s methods in your answer. [25 marks] ...

0 1 Othello – William Shakespeare Read the extract from Othello, provided below, and respond to the following: • How does Shakespeare present aspects of love in this extract? • Examine the view that, in this extract and elsewhere in the play, Shakespeare presents Iago as a character whose intelligence makes us like him rather than condemn him. [25 marks] IAGO Come on, come on: you are pictures out of doors, bells in your parlours, wild-cats in your kitchens, saints in your injurie...

0 1 Compare and contrast how the writer of Text A and the speakers of Text B express their ideas about their first experiences in Paris. You should refer to both texts in your answer. [40 marks] Text A Peter Lennon was an Irish journalist who moved to Paris and covered events from there for The Guardian newspaper throughout the 1960s. Foreign Correspondent: Paris in the Sixties is his account of leaving Ireland for Paris, and his reflections on his time there. 5 10 15 20 25 I w...

AQA 7702[1 & 2] ENGLISH LANGUAGE A LEVEL PAPER 1 & 2 JUN 23 Paper 1 Language, the individual and society Paper 2 Language diversity and change

Either 0 1 Evaluate the idea that it is an advantage to be able to switch between different varieties of language. [30 marks] or 0 2 Evaluate the idea that language change is caused by contact between different social groups. Text A and Text B are on the insert. Text A is an article about the use of the full stop. The article was published on the website The Conservative Woman in 2020. Text B is an article about the use of the full stop. The article was published by MailOnline in 20...