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ENGLISH LITERATURE B
7716/1B
Paper 1B Literary genres: Drama: Aspects of comedy
Version: 1.0 Final
,AS
ENGLISH LITERATURE B
Paper 1B Literary genres: Drama: Aspects of comedy
Thursday 18 May 2023 Morning Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes
Materials
For this paper you must have:
• an AQA 12-page answer book.
Instructions
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
• Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Paper Reference is 7716/1B.
• Do all rough work in your answer book. Cross through any work you do not want to be marked.
• You must answer one question from Section A and one question from Section B.
Information
• The maximum mark for this paper is 50.
• The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
• 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 the connections across the texts you have studied
– explore different interpretations of your texts.
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Section A
Answer one question from this section.
Either
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, at the farthest for a week or two,
But then up farther, and as far as Rome,
And so to Tripoli, if God lend me life.
TRANIO
What countryman, I pray?
PEDANT Of Mantua.
TRANIO
Of Mantua? Sir, marry, God forbid!
And come to Padua, careless of your life?
PEDANT
My life, sir? How, I pray? For that goes hard.
TRANIO
ʼTis death for any one in Mantua
To come to Padua. Know you not the cause?
Your ships are stayed at Venice, and the Duke,
For private quarrel ʼtwixt your Duke and him,
Hath published and proclaimed it openly.
ʼTis marvel – but that you are newly come,
You might have heard it else proclaimed about.
PEDANT
Alas, sir, it is worse for me than so!
For I have bills for money by exchange
From Florence, and must here deliver them.
TRANIO
Well, sir, to do you courtesy,
This will I do, and this I will advise you –
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First tell me, have you ever been at Pisa?
PEDANT
Ay, sir, in Pisa have I often been,
Pisa renownèd for grave citizens.
TRANIO
Among them know you one Vincentio?
PEDANT
I know him not, but I have heard of him,
A merchant of incomparable wealth.
TRANIO
He is my father, sir, and sooth to say,
In countenance somewhat doth resemble you.
BIONDELLO (aside) As much as an apple doth an oyster,
and all one.
TRANIO
To save your life in this extremity,
This favour will I do you for his sake –
And think it not the worst of all your fortunes
That you are like to Sir Vincentio –
His name and credit shall you undertake,
And in my house you shall be friendly lodged.
Look that you take upon you as you should.
You understand me, sir. So shall you stay
Till you have done your business in the city.
If this be courtesy, sir, accept of it.
PEDANT
O, sir, I do, and will repute you ever
The patron of my life and liberty.
TRANIO
Then go with me to make the matter good.
This, by the way, I let you understand –
My father is here looked for every day
To pass assurance of a dower in marriage
ʼTwixt me and one Baptista’s daughter here.
In all these circumstances I’ll instruct you.
Go with me, sir, to clothe you as becomes you.
Exeunt
(Act 4, Scene 2)
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