A-level
ENGLISH LITERATURE A
Paper 1 Love through the ages
Wednesday 24 May 2023 Afternoon Time allowed: 3 hours
Materials
For this paper you must have:
• an AQA 12-page answer book
• a copy of each of the set texts you have studied for Section C. These texts must not be annotated and ...
A-level
ENGLISH LITERATURE A
Paper 1 Love through the ages
Wednesday 24 May 2023 Afternoon Time allowed: 3
hours
Materials
For this paper you must have:
an AQA 12-page answer book
a copy of each of the set texts you have studied for Section C. These texts
must not be annotated and must not contain additional notes or materials.
Instructions
Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Paper Reference is
7712/1.
In Section A you will answer one question about a Shakespeare play.
In Section B you will answer the one question about unseen poetry.
In Section C you will answer one question about two texts: one poetry text and one
prose text, one of which must be written pre-1900.
Do all rough work in your answer book. Cross through any work you do not want to be
marked.
Information
The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
The maximum mark for this paper is 75.
You will be marked on your ability to:
– use good English
– organise information clearly
– use specialist vocabulary where appropriate.
In your response you need to:
– analyse carefully the writers’ methods
– explore the contexts of the texts you are writing about
– explore connections across the texts you have studied
– explore different interpretations of your texts.
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Section A: Shakespeare
Answer one question in this section.
Either
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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.
w
i
IAGO f
There are a kind of men so loose of e
soul That in their sleeps will mutter ’
their affairs: One of this kind is s
Cassio.
In sleep I heard him say: ‘Sweet –
Desdemona, Let us be wary, let us hide
our loves’; d
And then, sir, would he gripe and wring my i
hand, Cry ‘O sweet creature!’ and then d
kiss me hard, As if he plucked up kisses by
the roots, I
That grew upon my lips; then laid his leg
Over my thigh, and sighed and kissed, t
and then Cried ‘Cursèd fate that gave o
thee to the Moor!’ d
OTHELLO a
O monstrous! Monstrous! y
IAGO Nay, this was but his
dream. S
OTHELLO e
But this denoted a foregone conclusion. e
IAGO
’Tis a shrewd doubt, though it be but a C
dream: And this may help to thicken a
other proofs That do demonstrate s
thinly. s
OTHELLO I’ll tear her all to i
pieces! o
IAGO
Nay, but be wise: yet we see nothing w
done, She may be honest yet. Tell me i
but this: Have you not sometimes seen p
a handkerchief, Spotted with e
strawberries, in your wife’s hand?
OTHELLO h
I gave her such a one: ’twas my first gift. i
IAGO s
I know not that: but such a
handkerchief – I am sure it was your b
IB/H/
Jun23/7712/1
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