English Mock Exam
SECTION 1 THE SINGLE TEXT
MACBETH – William Shakespeare (i) “Shakespeare’s play, “Macbeth”, presents us with a clash between noble kingship and brutal tyranny.”
Write your response to this statement supporting your answer with suitable reference to the text.
OR
(ii) “Lady Macbeth is a much more ruthless character than her husband Macbeth”
Discuss this view, supporting your answer with suitable refrence to both characters in Shakespeare’s play “Macbeth”.
A. THEME OR ISSUE
1. “The study of a theme or issue can draw a reader deeper into the narrative.”
Compare how the study of a theme or issue drew you deeper into the narrative in at least two texts in your comparative course.
OR
2. “The key moments of a text can serve to bring the theme or issue to the immediate attention of readers.” (a) Show how this statement might apply to one text on your comparative course. (b) With reference to two other texts on your comparative course, compare how the authors use key moments to bring the same theme or issue to your attention.
B. THEME OR ISSUE
1. “The study of a theme or issue can draw a reader deeper into the narrative.”
Compare how the study of a theme or issue drew you deeper into the narrative in at least two texts in your comparative course.
OR
2. “The key moments of a text can serve to bring the theme or issue to the immediate attention of readers.” (c) Show how this statement might apply to one text on your comparative course. (d) With reference to two other texts on your comparative course, compare how the authors use key moments to bring the same theme or issue to your attention.
SECTION 2 THE COMPARITIVE STUDY
B. CULTURAL CONTEXT
1. “The main characters are often restricted or liberated by cultural context of a narrative.”
In light of the above statement, compare how the main characters interact with the cultural context of at least two texts on your
MACBETH – William Shakespeare (i) “Shakespeare’s play, “Macbeth”, presents us with a clash between noble kingship and brutal tyranny.”
Write your response to this statement supporting your answer with suitable reference to the text.
OR
(ii) “Lady Macbeth is a much more ruthless character than her husband Macbeth”
Discuss this view, supporting your answer with suitable refrence to both characters in Shakespeare’s play “Macbeth”.
A. THEME OR ISSUE
1. “The study of a theme or issue can draw a reader deeper into the narrative.”
Compare how the study of a theme or issue drew you deeper into the narrative in at least two texts in your comparative course.
OR
2. “The key moments of a text can serve to bring the theme or issue to the immediate attention of readers.” (a) Show how this statement might apply to one text on your comparative course. (b) With reference to two other texts on your comparative course, compare how the authors use key moments to bring the same theme or issue to your attention.
B. THEME OR ISSUE
1. “The study of a theme or issue can draw a reader deeper into the narrative.”
Compare how the study of a theme or issue drew you deeper into the narrative in at least two texts in your comparative course.
OR
2. “The key moments of a text can serve to bring the theme or issue to the immediate attention of readers.” (c) Show how this statement might apply to one text on your comparative course. (d) With reference to two other texts on your comparative course, compare how the authors use key moments to bring the same theme or issue to your attention.
SECTION 2 THE COMPARITIVE STUDY
B. CULTURAL CONTEXT
1. “The main characters are often restricted or liberated by cultural context of a narrative.”
In light of the above statement, compare how the main characters interact with the cultural context of at least two texts on your