plumiShakespeare: King Lear: Eduqas A‑Level English Literature questions
Every Eduqas A-Level English Literature exam question on Shakespeare: King Lear, 2017–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 18 questions on Shakespeare: King Lear, as a list
- June 2025, Component 2, Q1(i) (15 marks): With close reference to the language and imagery in this extract, examine how Shakespeare presents Gloucester and Regan at this point in the play.
- June 2025, Component 2, Q1(ii) (45 marks): With close reference to relevant contexts, discuss the view that “in his play King Lear, Shakespeare presents a world which, in the words of Gloucester, is inde
- June 2024, Component 2, Q1(i) (15 marks): With close reference to the language and imagery in this extract, examine how Shakespeare presents Lear and Goneril at this point in the play.
- June 2024, Component 2, Q1(ii) (45 marks): “The play’s main appeal lies in showing clearly the conflict between youth and age.” Examine this view of the play King Lear, making close reference to relevant
- June 2023, Component 2, Q1(i) (15 marks): With close reference to the language and imagery in this extract, examine how Shakespeare presents Lear and Cordelia at this point in the play.
- June 2023, Component 2, Q1(ii) (45 marks): “All the suffering in this play is brought about by the division of the kingdom.” Examine this view of the play King Lear, making close reference to relevant co
- June 2022, Component 2, Q1(i) (15 marks): With close reference to the language and imagery in this extract, examine Shakespeare’s presentation of Lear at this point in the play.
- June 2022, Component 2, Q1(ii) (45 marks): With close reference to relevant contexts, discuss the view that “the play King Lear shows us nothing more than the tragic consequences of foolish behaviour”.
- Autumn 2021, Component 2, Q1(i) (15 marks): With close reference to the language and imagery in this extract, examine Shakespeare’s presentation of both Edgar and Gloucester at this point in the play.
- Autumn 2021, Component 2, Q1(ii) (45 marks): With close reference to relevant contexts, discuss the view that “Shakespeare’s greatest achievement in the play King Lear is to make us feel for the old, the p
- Autumn 2020, Component 2, Q1(i) (15 marks): With close reference to the language and imagery in this extract, examine Shakespeare’s presentation of Edgar and Edmund at this point in the play.
- Autumn 2020, Component 2, Q1(ii) (45 marks): “It is not the fall of a king, but the destruction of family bonds that has the greatest impact in King Lear.” How far would you agree with this view of the pla
- June 2019, Component 2, Q1(i) (15 marks): With close reference to the language and imagery in this extract, examine Shakespeare’s presentation of Lear’s state of mind at this point in the play.
- June 2019, Component 2, Q1(ii) (45 marks): How far would you agree that in King Lear “Shakespeare shows his audience that it is the mad who are sane and the sane who are mad”?
- June 2018, Component 2, Q1(i) (15 marks): With close reference to the language and imagery in this extract, examine Shakespeare’s presentation of Lear at this point in the play.
- June 2018, Component 2, Q1(ii) (45 marks): How far would you agree that “King Lear leaves its audience clearer about what is unjust than what is just”?
- June 2017, Component 2, Q1(i) (15 marks): With close reference to the language and imagery in this extract, examine Shakespeare’s presentation of Cordelia at this point in the play.
- June 2017, Component 2, Q1(ii) (45 marks): Consider the view that “the conflict between good and evil forces in King Lear is shown primarily through Shakespeare’s presentation of the female characters”.
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