CAPE Literatures in English Unit 1 · 2005 · Paper 2

6 questions and parts from this paper. Open one to see it in full, then practise it on Quelpr and get it marked against the mark scheme.

1. 160 marksIn ONE Shakespearean comedy or history and ONE British or American play studied, discuss the means by which the playwright uses early scenes to alert the audience to significant issues, in response to the statement that…
2. 260 marksWith reference to ONE Shakespearean comedy or history and ONE British or American play studied, discuss the extent to which you agree that drama serves as a vehicle for exploring the relationship between individual…
3. 360 marksCompare and contrast the strategies employed by two poets to explore a similar theme.
4. 460 marksWith reference to three poems by a single writer, discuss the techniques by which the poet creates emotional impact, responding to the assertion that poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful emotion.
5. 560 marksWith reference to ONE Caribbean and ONE Modern American or African American work of fiction, discuss the extent to which narrative technique is used as a means of exploring psychological experience.
6. 660 marksDiscuss the techniques by which any ONE Caribbean prose fiction writer has given voice and value to the voiceless and the disregarded.