plumiThe Home Place: Edexcel A‑Level English Literature questions
Every Edexcel A-Level English Literature exam question on The Home Place, 2016–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 26 questions on The Home Place, as a list
- June 2023, Paper 1, Q21 (25 marks): Explore how Friel presents anxiety in The Home Place. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.
- June 2023, Paper 1, Q22 (25 marks): Explore the extent to which Friel’s The Home Place is a play about lack of understanding. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.
- June 2022, Paper 1, Q21 (25 marks): Explore how Friel makes use of confrontation in The Home Place. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.
- June 2022, Paper 1, Q22 (25 marks): Explore the ways in which Friel presents The Home Place as a play about myth. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.
- June 2022, AS Paper 1, Q7 (48 marks): ‘Friel described himself as a peasant writer, at home in a rural setting.’ In the light of this comment, explore the importance of the rural setting in The Home
- June 2022, AS Paper 1, Q8 (48 marks): ‘The Home Place is a microcosm of the psychological and social violence wrought by colonisation and its aftermath.’ In the light of this comment, explore the dr
- November 2021, Paper 1, Q21 (25 marks): Explore Friel’s presentation of change in The Home Place. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.
- November 2021, Paper 1, Q22 (25 marks): Explore the dramatic impact of the head-measuring scene in Friel’s The Home Place. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.
- October 2020, Paper 1, Q21 (25 marks): Explore how Friel presents the play’s ending in The Home Place. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.
- October 2020, Paper 1, Q22 (25 marks): Explore the ways Friel develops the theme of isolation in The Home Place. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.
- October 2020, AS Paper 1, Q7 (48 marks): ‘Conflict is always just below the surface for the characters in The Home Place.’ In the light of this comment, explore Friel’s dramatic presentation of conflic
- October 2020, AS Paper 1, Q8 (48 marks): ‘Fathers are weak and not respected in The Home Place.’ In the light of this comment, explore Friel’s dramatic presentation of fathers in The Home Place. In you
- June 2019, Paper 1, Q21 (25 marks): Explore how Friel makes use of setting in The Home Place. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.
- June 2019, Paper 1, Q22 (25 marks): Explore the ways in which Friel presents the theme of belonging in The Home Place. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.
- June 2019, AS Paper 1, Q7 (48 marks): ‘The characters in The Home Place are only interested in what they can get for themselves.’ In the light of this comment, explore how self-interest is presented
- June 2019, AS Paper 1, Q8 (48 marks): ‘The Home Place is almost overwhelmingly depressing, with little optimism for any of the characters.’ In the light of this comment, explore the presentation of
- June 2018, Paper 1, Q21 (25 marks): Explore how Friel presents the theme of identity in The Home Place. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.
- June 2018, Paper 1, Q22 (25 marks): Explore the ways in which Friel creates a sense of insecurity in The Home Place. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.
- June 2018, AS Paper 1, Q7 (48 marks): ‘Amidst all this conflict, love has very little chance of surviving.’ In the light of this comment, explore Friel’s dramatic presentation of love in The Home Pl
- June 2018, AS Paper 1, Q8 (48 marks): ‘In The Home Place, no one seems able to understand anybody else.’ In the light of this comment, explore Friel’s dramatic presentation of the failures in unders
- June 2017, Paper 1, Q21 (25 marks): Explore how Friel exploits conflicting loyalties in The Home Place. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.
- June 2017, Paper 1, Q22 (25 marks): Explore the ways Friel creates a sense of nostalgia in The Home Place. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.
- June 2017, AS Paper 1, Q7 (48 marks): ‘From the start Con Doherty is a sinister figure.’ In the light of this comment, explore Friel’s dramatic presentation of Con Doherty in The Home Place. In your
- June 2017, AS Paper 1, Q8 (48 marks): ‘Although they are related, the Gores have very little in common.’ In the light of this comment, explore Friel’s dramatic presentation of family in The Home Pla
- June 2016, AS Paper 1, Q7 (48 marks): ‘At the centre of Friel’s drama is the conflict between tradition and progress.’ In the light of this comment, explore Friel’s dramatic presentation of the conf
- June 2016, AS Paper 1, Q8 (48 marks): ‘Although she has a minor role in terms of the action, the character of Margaret draws together many of the threads of the drama.’ In the light of this comment,
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