plumiKing Lear: Edexcel A‑Level English Literature questions
Every Edexcel A-Level English Literature exam question on King Lear, 2016–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 18 questions on King Lear, as a list
- June 2025, Paper 1, Q5 (35 marks): Explore the presentation of the storm scene in Act III Scene ii of Shakespeare’s King Lear. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and i
- June 2025, Paper 1, Q6 (35 marks): Explore the presentation of social order in Shakespeare’s King Lear. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical
- June 2024, Paper 1, Q5 (35 marks): Explore the extent to which Shakespeare’s King Lear is a political play. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your crit
- June 2024, Paper 1, Q6 (35 marks): Explore the presentation of relationships between masters and servants in Shakespeare’s King Lear. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factor
- June 2023, Paper 1, Q5 (35 marks): Explore the ways in which Shakespeare uses different varieties of language in King Lear. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and idea
- June 2023, Paper 1, Q6 (35 marks): Explore Shakespeare’s presentation of justice in King Lear. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical reading.
- June 2022, Paper 1, Q5 (35 marks): Explore Shakespeare’s presentation of loyalty in King Lear. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical reading.
- June 2022, Paper 1, Q6 (35 marks): Explore how Shakespeare presents Goneril and Regan in King Lear. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical rea
- November 2021, Paper 1, Q5 (35 marks): Explore how Shakespeare presents human weakness in King Lear. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical readin
- November 2021, Paper 1, Q6 (35 marks): Explore Shakespeare’s use of setting in King Lear. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical reading.
- October 2020, Paper 1, Q5 (35 marks): Explore the ways in which Shakespeare presents family relationships in King Lear. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from
- October 2020, Paper 1, Q6 (35 marks): Explore how Shakespeare presents the Fool in King Lear. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical reading.
- June 2019, Paper 1, Q5 (35 marks): Explore Shakespeare’s presentation of Edgar in King Lear. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical reading.
- June 2019, Paper 1, Q6 (35 marks): Explore how Shakespeare presents the ending of King Lear. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical reading.
- June 2018, Paper 1, Q5 (35 marks): Explore the ways in which Shakespeare treats the theme of control in King Lear. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from yo
- June 2018, Paper 1, Q6 (35 marks): Explore how Shakespeare presents the relationship between Lear and Cordelia in King Lear. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ide
- June 2017, Paper 1, Q5 (35 marks): Explore the ways in which Shakespeare treats the theme of madness in King Lear. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from yo
- June 2017, Paper 1, Q6 (35 marks): Explore Shakespeare’s presentation of Edmund in King Lear. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical reading.
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