AS & A Level Literature in English (9695) — May–June 2024, Paper 42

Discuss Austen’s presentation of different attitudes to social class and status in Pride and Prejudice.

Discuss some of the ways in which Chaucer shapes a reader’s response to May in The Merchant’s Prologue and Tale.

Discuss Donne’s presentation of different kinds of relationships. In your answer you should refer to three poems from the selection.

Discuss some of the ways in which Hardy shapes a reader’s response to Gabriel Oak in Far from the Madding Crowd.

Discuss some of the ways in which Stoker develops the role and characterisation of Lucy Westenra through her relationships with men in the novel.

Discuss some of the ways in which Whitman explores different kinds of love. In your answer you should refer to three poems from the selection.

‘Brightly coloured and richly scented.’ How far, and in what ways, would you agree with the above comment on Bhatt’s imaginative world? In your answer you should refer to three…

In what ways, and with what effects, does Glück present relationships with a Creator figure? In your answer you should refer to three poems from the selection.

In what ways, and with what effects, does Joyce present different reactions to death? In your answer you should refer to at least two stories from Dubliners.

Discuss some of the ways in which Morrison shapes a reader’s response to Sethe.

In what ways, and to what extent, would you agree that Rhys presents Antoinette’s husband as a man betrayed by his family and his social class?

In what ways, and with what effects, does Trethewey present the American Civil War? In your answer you should refer to three poems from the collection, which could include…