Middleton: The Revenger’s Tragedy and Orton: Loot: Eduqas A‑Level English Literature questions

Every Eduqas A-Level English Literature exam question on Middleton: The Revenger’s Tragedy and Orton: Loot, 2017–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.

All 18 questions on Middleton: The Revenger’s Tragedy and Orton: Loot, as a list

June 2025, Component 2, Q10 (60 marks): “Despite creating opportunities for laughter, the playwright paints a bleak and pessimistic picture of human nature.” To what extent could you apply this view t
June 2025, Component 2, Q11 (60 marks): “A drama with a strong focus on hypocrisy and very little else.” In the light of this view, explore connections between the presentation of hypocrisy in both Th
June 2024, Component 2, Q10 (60 marks): “The enduring appeal of this play lies in its capacity to challenge an audience’s ideas and beliefs.” How far would you apply this view to both The Revenger’s T
June 2024, Component 2, Q11 (60 marks): “It is the play’s preoccupation with the human body which creates the most opportunities for savage humour.” In the light of this view, explore connections betw
June 2023, Component 2, Q10 (60 marks): “This play pleases and repulses its audience in equal measure.” How far would you apply this judgement to both The Revenger’s Tragedy and Loot? Your response mu
June 2023, Component 2, Q11 (60 marks): “The play shows no regard for religion, or indeed any belief system other than the belief in the right of individuals to behave as they please.” In the light of
June 2022, Component 2, Q10 (60 marks): “A play which offers the audience a carnival of nastiness but little else.” How far would you apply this judgement to both The Revenger’s Tragedy and Loot? Your
June 2022, Component 2, Q11 (60 marks): “We are made to laugh at death and applaud the mockery of conventions against our better judgement.” In the light of this view, explore connections between the
Autumn 2021, Component 2, Q10 (60 marks): “The play shows above all the negative effects of a world where its inhabitants are governed by appetite, not authority.” How far would you apply this judgement
Autumn 2021, Component 2, Q11 (60 marks): “Oh, the end of the world is near when such crimes are committed.” (McCleavy) In the light of this quotation from Loot, explore connections between the ways in
Autumn 2020, Component 2, Q10 (60 marks): “A frequent dose of casual violence served up with grotesque comedy alienates rather than engages the audience.” How far would you apply this judgement to both
Autumn 2020, Component 2, Q11 (60 marks): “The play has several anti-social elements, the most disturbing being the attack on family values.” In the light of this view, explore connections between the p
June 2019, Component 2, Q10 (60 marks): Examine the view that both The Revenger’s Tragedy and Loot offer their audiences “a healthy dose of social criticism which mocks more effectively than it shocks
June 2019, Component 2, Q11 (60 marks): “Were’t not for gold and women there would be no more damnation.” (Vindice) In the light of this quotation, explore connections between the presentation of wome
June 2018, Component 2, Q10 (60 marks): How far would you agree that both The Revenger’s Tragedy and Loot present “a bleak and pessimistic world where all human motivations are reduced to the base lev
June 2018, Component 2, Q11 (60 marks): “This play invites the audience to feel no respect for the dead and indeed no respect for the human body.” How far would you apply this comment to both The Reve
June 2017, Component 2, Q10 (60 marks): “The play’s political and social aspects unsettle the audience but above all it is morally unsettling.” In the light of this comment on The Revenger’s Tragedy,
June 2017, Component 2, Q11 (60 marks): “A bizarre and savage comedy but not a serious drama.” How far would you apply this comment to both The Revenger’s Tragedy and Loot?

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