Webster: The Duchess of Malfi and Williams: A Streetcar Named Desire: Eduqas A‑Level English Literature questions

Every Eduqas A-Level English Literature exam question on Webster: The Duchess of Malfi and Williams: A Streetcar Named Desire, 2017–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.

All 18 questions on Webster: The Duchess of Malfi and Williams: A Streetcar Named Desire, as a list

June 2025, Component 2, Q8 (60 marks): “The playwright has created vivid and memorable characters, but we are repulsed by their lack of morals.” To what extent could you apply this view to both The D
June 2025, Component 2, Q9 (60 marks): “The play presents an unforgiving, harsh society in which there is no room for dreams or illusions.” In the light of this view, explore connections between the
June 2024, Component 2, Q8 (60 marks): How far would you agree that The Duchess of Malfi and A Streetcar Named Desire are alike in “showing clearly the destructive power of desire”? Your response mus
June 2024, Component 2, Q9 (60 marks): “In the world of this play, nothing is as it seems.” In the light of this view, explore connections between the presentation of deception and false appearance i
June 2023, Component 2, Q8 (60 marks): “The play focuses exclusively on the plight of the outsider in a society which punishes those who dare to be different.” In the light of this view, explore conn
June 2023, Component 2, Q9 (60 marks): “The constant threat of physical abuse in this play creates dramatic tension, but it is the portrayal of mental suffering which has the greater impact.” To what
June 2022, Component 2, Q8 (60 marks): “The play explores the idea of loss from several angles, but it is the loss of identity which creates the greatest impact.” To what extent could you apply this
June 2022, Component 2, Q9 (60 marks): “The play exposes the fragility of family bonds in a world where there is no room for compassion or loyalty.” In the light of this view, explore connections bet
Autumn 2021, Component 2, Q8 (60 marks): “The abuse of power is the primary focus of this play.” To what extent could you apply this view to both The Duchess of Malfi and A Streetcar Named Desire? Your
Autumn 2021, Component 2, Q9 (60 marks): How far do you agree that in these two plays, both Webster and Williams present “an unhealthy society ruled by intolerance and prejudice”? Your response must in
Autumn 2020, Component 2, Q8 (60 marks): “The play shows us a heroine in conflict with the ideas and constraints of her time.” To what extent could you apply this view to both The Duchess of Malfi and
Autumn 2020, Component 2, Q9 (60 marks): How far do you agree that in these two plays, both Webster and Williams show “the struggle for identity in a changing world”?
June 2019, Component 2, Q8 (60 marks): “In the social world of this play, we are made to think more about the insecurity of males than the powerlessness of females.” To what extent would you apply th
June 2019, Component 2, Q9 (60 marks): How far would you agree that in both The Duchess of Malfi and A Streetcar Named Desire “the audience is shown the destructive impact of confined locations upon
June 2018, Component 2, Q8 (60 marks): “The play explores the boundaries of acceptable behaviour in an unequal but changing society.” How far would you apply this comment to both The Duchess of Malfi
June 2018, Component 2, Q9 (60 marks): “You have shook hands with Reputation, And made him invisible.” (Ferdinand to the Duchess of Malfi). In the light of this quotation, explore connections between
June 2017, Component 2, Q8 (60 marks): How far would you agree that both Webster and Williams present female sexuality as a destructive force in The Duchess of Malfi and A Streetcar Named Desire?
June 2017, Component 2, Q9 (60 marks): “The audience sees nothing but a disordered and violent world in which cruelty is commonplace.” How far would you apply this comment to both The Duchess of Malf

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