AQA-7717-1B-ENGLISH LITERATURE B QUESTION PAPER 1B:Literary genres: Aspects of comedy-A LEVEL-24May24
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AQA-7717-1B-ENGLISH LITERATURE B QUESTION PAPER 1B:Literary genres: Aspects of comedy-A LEVEL-24May24.
Section A
Answer one question in this section.
Either
0 1 The Taming of the Shrew – William Shakespeare
Read the extract below and then answer the question.
Explore the significance of th...
AQA
A-level
ENGLISH LITERATURE B
Paper 1B Literary genres: Aspects of comedy
Friday 24 May 2024 Morning Time allowed: 2 hours 30 minutes
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Materials
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For this paper you must have:
• an AQA 12-page answer book.
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Instructions
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• Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
• Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Paper Reference is 7717/1B.
• Answer one question from Section A, one question from Section B and one question from
Section C.
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• You may answer on the same Shakespeare play in Sections A and B.
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• For Section C, you must write about two texts, at least one of which must be a pre-1900 drama text.
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• Do all rough work in your answer book. Cross through any work you do not want to be marked.
Information
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• The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
• The maximum mark for this paper is 75.
• You will be marked on your ability to:
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– use good English
– organise information clearly
– use specialist vocabulary where appropriate.
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• In your response you need to:
– analyse carefully the writers’ methods
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– explore the contexts of the texts you are writing about
– explore connections across the texts you have studied
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– explore different interpretations of your texts.
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Section A
Answer one question in this section.
Either
0 1 The Taming of the Shrew – William Shakespeare
Read the extract below and then answer the question.
Explore the significance of this extract in relation to the comedy of the play as a whole.
Remember to include in your answer relevant analysis of Shakespeare’s dramatic
methods.
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[25 marks]
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BAPTISTA
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I have a daughter, sir, called Katherina.
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GREMIO
You are too blunt, go to it orderly.
PETRUCHIO
You wrong me, Signor Gremio, give me leave.
I am a gentleman of Verona, sir,
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That hearing of her beauty and her wit,
Her affability and bashful modesty,
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Her wondrous qualities and mild behaviour,
Am bold to show myself a forward guest
Within your house, to make mine eye the witness
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Of that report which I so oft have heard.
And for an entrance to my entertainment
I do present you with a man of mine,
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(presenting Hortensio)
Cunning in music and the mathematics,
To instruct her fully in those sciences,
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Whereof I know she is not ignorant.
Accept of him, or else you do me wrong.
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His name is Licio, born in Mantua.
BAPTISTA
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Y’are welcome, sir, and he for your good sake.
But for my daughter Katherine, this I know,
She is not for your turn, the more my grief.
PETRUCHIO
I see you do not mean to part with her,
Or else you like not of my company.
BAPTISTA
Mistake me not, I speak but as I find.
Whence are you, sir? What may I call your name?
PETRUCHIO
Petruchio is my name, Antonio’s son,
A man well known throughout all Italy.
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