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Past Paper

Drama

1. Either

(a) “To succeed in creating a convincing character, the dramatist needs to give the audience a sense that characters have inner thoughts and feelings.” To what extent, and in what ways, does this statement apply to two or three plays you have studied?

Or

(b) Setting can often reflect the underlying ideas in a play. In the light of this statement consider the importance and use of setting in two or three plays you have studied.

5. Either

(a) Some writers present a world view that is pessimistic and disorderly, while others present a world of hope and possibility. How, and to what extent, do your writers reflect these views in two or three works you have studied?

Or

(b) “It is the role of literature to challenge and confront the conventional values of a society.” In what ways, and to what extent, have conventional values been challenged in two or three works you have studied?

Or

(c) “Memory feeds imagination.” To what effect has memory been used in two or three works you have studied?

Or

(d) “It is impossible for literature to be completely objective.” How, and to what extent, does this statement apply to two or three works you have studied?