IGCSE World Literature (0408) — May–June 2023, Paper 31

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Question 1 · 25 marks · YUKIO MISHIMA: The Sound of Waves

In what ways does Mishima make this such a dramatic and significant moment in the novel?

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Question 2 · 25 marks · FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA: Yerma

How does Lorca make this such a powerfully dramatic ending to the play?

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Question 3 · 25 marks · AMY TAN: The Bonesetter’s Daughter

Explore how Tan makes this moment in the novel so shocking.

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Question 4 · 25 marks · NIKOLAI GOGOL: The Government Inspector

How does Gogol strikingly portray the Mayor and his wife at this moment in the play?

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Question 5 · 25 marks · Songs of Ourselves Volume 2 (Part 2) — poetry anthology

How does Thomas Hardy strikingly convey the speaker’s state of mind in The Darkling Thrush?

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Question 6 · 25 marks · Stories of Ourselves Volume 2 — short-story anthology

In what ways does Liu memorably portray the narrator and his parents at this moment in the story?

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Question 7 · 25 marks · YUKIO MISHIMA: The Sound of Waves

Explore the ways in which Mishima vividly portrays the relationship between Shinji and his mother.

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Question 8 · 25 marks · FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA: Yerma

How does Lorca’s portrayal of men contribute to the dramatic impact of the play? (Do not use the extract printed in Question 2 in answering this question.)

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Question 9 · 25 marks · AMY TAN: The Bonesetter’s Daughter

In what ways does Tan memorably convey LuLing’s struggles in adapting to life in America?

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Question 10 · 25 marks · NIKOLAI GOGOL: The Government Inspector

How does Gogol make Khlestakov such an entertaining character?

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Question 11 · 25 marks · Songs of Ourselves Volume 2 (Part 2) — poetry anthology

Explore how Peter Reading vividly depicts the experience of observing whales in Cetacean.

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Question 12 · 25 marks · Stories of Ourselves Volume 2 — short-story anthology

Explore the ways in which Jamaica Kincaid vividly conveys the narrator’s thoughts and feelings about her parents in A Walk to the Jetty.

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