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Section B Q 5 Essay & Extract A

The document outlines an examination of William Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet', specifically focusing on love and its various forms as central themes in the play. It presents two essay questions regarding the role of love in Acts 1 and 2, as well as a contextual question based on an extract from the play. Students are required to respond to both the essay and contextual questions for a comprehensive analysis.

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Section B Q 5 Essay & Extract A

The document outlines an examination of William Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet', specifically focusing on love and its various forms as central themes in the play. It presents two essay questions regarding the role of love in Acts 1 and 2, as well as a contextual question based on an extract from the play. Students are required to respond to both the essay and contextual questions for a comprehensive analysis.

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SECTION B: DRAMA

Answer EITHER QUESTION 5.1 OR 5.2 AND 6.


In this Section, answer BOTH the Essay and the Contextual Question.
ROMEO AND JULIET – WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Answer BOTH of the following questions.
QUESTION 5: ESSAY QUESTION
5.1 In Acts 1 and 2 of Shakespeare’s tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, he explores
how love and passion are catalysts in setting the play in motion.
Critically discuss the extent to which you agree with this statement. Your
response should take the form of a well-constructed essay of 300-350 words
(1–1½ pages). [25]

OR
5.2 A central theme in Shakespeare’s drama, Romeo and Juliet, is love in its
varying forms.
Discuss this theme with reference to the following:
 Unreciprocated (unreturned) love
 All-consuming love
 Overbearing love
Your response should be in the form of well-constructed essay of 300-350
words. [25]
AND
QUESTION 6: CONTEXTUAL QUESTION
Read both extracts below and then answer the questions that follow each.
EXTRACT A:
PRINCE ESCALUS:
Rebellious subjects, enemies to peace,
Profaners of this neighbour-stained steel,—
Will they not hear? What, ho! you men, you beasts,
That quench the fire of your pernicious rage
With purple fountains issuing from your veins, 5
On pain of torture, from those bloody hands
Throw your mistemper’d weapons to the ground,
And hear the sentence of your moved prince.
Three civil brawls, bred of an airy word,
By thee, old Capulet, and Montague, 10
Have thrice disturb’d the quiet of our streets,
And made Verona’s ancient citizens
Cast by their grave beseeming ornaments,
To wield old partisans, in hands as old,
Canker’d with peace, to part your canker’d hate 15
Act 1 Scene1

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6.1 What does the extract tell us about how Verona is governed at the time the
action of the play is set? (3)
6.2 Where is Verona located? (1)
6.3 Prove the following statement to be true: Violent feelings have been bubbling
just beneath the surface and need very little to boil over. (2)
6.4 Is the following statement true or false? Substantiate from the passage.
Hardly anyone is neutral. (2)
6.5 Refer to line 15. “Canker’d with peace, to part your canker’d hate”
What does the prince mean by these words? (2)
6.6 What modern word is derived from “cankered” and how are the two words
similar in meaning? (2)

AND

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