AQA
AS
ENGLISH LITERATURE B
Paper 1B Literary genres: Drama:
Aspects of comedy
MAY 2023
IB/G/Jun23/E7 7716/1B
, 2
Section A
Answer one question from this section.
Either
0 1 The Taming of the Shrew – William Shakespeare
Explore the significance of aspects of dramatic comedy in the following passage in
relation to the play as a whole.
You should consider the following in your answer:
the presentation of the Pedant
the presentation of Tranio
other relevant aspects of dramatic comedy.
[25 marks]
Enter a Pedant
PEDANT
God save you, sir.
TRANIO And you, sir. You are welcome.
Travel you farrer on, or are you at the farthest?
PEDANT
Sir, at the farthest for a week or two,
But then up farther, and as far as Rome,
And so to Tripoli, if God lend me life.
TRANIO
What countryman, I pray?
PEDANT Of Mantua.
TRANIO
Of Mantua? Sir, marry, God forbid!
And come to Padua, careless of your life?
PEDANT
My life, sir? How, I pray? For that goes hard.
TRANIO
ʼTis death for any one in Mantua
To come to Padua. Know you not the cause?
Your ships are stayed at Venice, and the Duke,
For private quarrel ʼtwixt your Duke and him,
Hath published and proclaimed it openly.
ʼTis marvel – but that you are newly come,
You might have heard it else proclaimed about.
PEDANT
Alas, sir, it is worse for me than so!
For I have bills for money by exchange
From Florence, and must here deliver them.
TRANIO
Well, sir, to do you courtesy,
This will I do, and this I will advise you –
IB/G/Jun23/7716/1B
AS
ENGLISH LITERATURE B
Paper 1B Literary genres: Drama:
Aspects of comedy
MAY 2023
IB/G/Jun23/E7 7716/1B
, 2
Section A
Answer one question from this section.
Either
0 1 The Taming of the Shrew – William Shakespeare
Explore the significance of aspects of dramatic comedy in the following passage in
relation to the play as a whole.
You should consider the following in your answer:
the presentation of the Pedant
the presentation of Tranio
other relevant aspects of dramatic comedy.
[25 marks]
Enter a Pedant
PEDANT
God save you, sir.
TRANIO And you, sir. You are welcome.
Travel you farrer on, or are you at the farthest?
PEDANT
Sir, at the farthest for a week or two,
But then up farther, and as far as Rome,
And so to Tripoli, if God lend me life.
TRANIO
What countryman, I pray?
PEDANT Of Mantua.
TRANIO
Of Mantua? Sir, marry, God forbid!
And come to Padua, careless of your life?
PEDANT
My life, sir? How, I pray? For that goes hard.
TRANIO
ʼTis death for any one in Mantua
To come to Padua. Know you not the cause?
Your ships are stayed at Venice, and the Duke,
For private quarrel ʼtwixt your Duke and him,
Hath published and proclaimed it openly.
ʼTis marvel – but that you are newly come,
You might have heard it else proclaimed about.
PEDANT
Alas, sir, it is worse for me than so!
For I have bills for money by exchange
From Florence, and must here deliver them.
TRANIO
Well, sir, to do you courtesy,
This will I do, and this I will advise you –
IB/G/Jun23/7716/1B
