English Literature
Paper 1
1 hour, 45 minutes
‘Macbeth’ and ‘The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde’
Revision Guide
This guide gives you:
Examples of questions and model answers
Mark-schemes and tips
Suggested timings
Questions for you to have a go at yourself
Key quotations to learn
S. Gunter 2019
1
, English Literature
Paper 1 - Shakespeare and the 19th-century novel
1 hour 45 minutes
Contents
Section A (Macbeth)………..............................pages 3 to 7
Section B (Jekyll and Hyde)………………………….pages 8 – 13
Appendix (questions and quotations)……..…..pages 14 - 23
Section A is Shakespeare. You have studied “Macbeth.” Go to the “Macbeth”
question! DO NOT answer questions on a Shakespeare play you have not been
taught!
Then you go to Section B and answer the question on “The Strange Case of
Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde”. Do not answer on any book you have not been
taught!
2
, Section A
Sample Question
Macbeth
Read the following question from Act 5 Scene 3 of Macbeth and then
answer the question that follows.
At this point in the play, Macbeth is under siege from the English army.
MACBETH
Bring me no more reports; let them fly all:
Till Birnam wood remove to Dunsinane,
I cannot taint with fear. What's the boy Malcolm?
Was he not born of woman? The spirits that know
All mortal consequences have pronounced me thus:
‘Fear not, Macbeth; no man that's born of woman
Shall e’er have power upon thee.’ Then fly,
false thanes,
And mingle with the English epicures:
The mind I sway by and the heart I bear
Shall never sag with doubt nor shake with fear.
Enter a Servant
The devil damn thee black, thou cream-faced loon!
Where got’st thou that goose look?
01. Starting with this speech, explain how far you think Shakespeare
presents Macbeth as a hero.
Write about:
• how Shakespeare presents Macbeth in this speech
• how Shakespeare presents Macbeth in the play as a whole.
[30 marks]
AO4 [4 marks]
3
Paper 1
1 hour, 45 minutes
‘Macbeth’ and ‘The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde’
Revision Guide
This guide gives you:
Examples of questions and model answers
Mark-schemes and tips
Suggested timings
Questions for you to have a go at yourself
Key quotations to learn
S. Gunter 2019
1
, English Literature
Paper 1 - Shakespeare and the 19th-century novel
1 hour 45 minutes
Contents
Section A (Macbeth)………..............................pages 3 to 7
Section B (Jekyll and Hyde)………………………….pages 8 – 13
Appendix (questions and quotations)……..…..pages 14 - 23
Section A is Shakespeare. You have studied “Macbeth.” Go to the “Macbeth”
question! DO NOT answer questions on a Shakespeare play you have not been
taught!
Then you go to Section B and answer the question on “The Strange Case of
Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde”. Do not answer on any book you have not been
taught!
2
, Section A
Sample Question
Macbeth
Read the following question from Act 5 Scene 3 of Macbeth and then
answer the question that follows.
At this point in the play, Macbeth is under siege from the English army.
MACBETH
Bring me no more reports; let them fly all:
Till Birnam wood remove to Dunsinane,
I cannot taint with fear. What's the boy Malcolm?
Was he not born of woman? The spirits that know
All mortal consequences have pronounced me thus:
‘Fear not, Macbeth; no man that's born of woman
Shall e’er have power upon thee.’ Then fly,
false thanes,
And mingle with the English epicures:
The mind I sway by and the heart I bear
Shall never sag with doubt nor shake with fear.
Enter a Servant
The devil damn thee black, thou cream-faced loon!
Where got’st thou that goose look?
01. Starting with this speech, explain how far you think Shakespeare
presents Macbeth as a hero.
Write about:
• how Shakespeare presents Macbeth in this speech
• how Shakespeare presents Macbeth in the play as a whole.
[30 marks]
AO4 [4 marks]
3
