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AQA GCSE English Literature
Shakespeare
AQA GCSE English Literature · 8702 · 3.1.1
Shakespeare
Paper 1
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One Shakespeare play, studied as a whole text, with one exam question on it.
3.1.1
Macbeth
Context
Plot overview
Act 1
Act 2
Act 3
Act 4
Act 5
Macbeth
Lady Macbeth
Banquo
The witches
Macduff
Duncan and Malcolm
Ambition
Power and kingship
The supernatural
Guilt
Appearance and reality
Masculinity and gender
Writer's methods
Key quotations
3.1.1
Romeo and Juliet
Context
Plot overview
Act 1
Act 2
Act 3
Act 4
Act 5
Romeo
Juliet
Mercutio
Tybalt
Friar Laurence
The Nurse
Lord and Lady Capulet
Love
Conflict and violence
Fate and free will
Family and marriage
Youth and age
Writer's methods
Key quotations
3.1.1
Much Ado About Nothing
Context
Plot overview
Act 1
Act 2
Act 3
Act 4
Act 5
Beatrice
Benedick
Claudio
Hero
Don Pedro and Don John
Leonato
Dogberry and the watch
Love and marriage
Deception and appearances
Honour and reputation
Gender
Social status
Writer's methods
Key quotations
3.1.1
The Merchant of Venice
Context
Plot overview
Act 1
Act 2
Act 3
Act 4
Act 5
Shylock
Antonio
Portia
Bassanio
Jessica
Gratiano and Nerissa
Prejudice and antisemitism
Mercy, justice and the law
Money and trade
Love and marriage
Friendship and loyalty
Appearance and reality
Writer's methods
Key quotations
3.1.1
The Tempest
Context
Plot overview
Act 1
Act 2
Act 3
Act 4
Act 5
Prospero
Ariel
Caliban
Miranda and Ferdinand
Antonio and Sebastian
Gonzalo and Alonso
Stephano and Trinculo
Power and control
Colonisation
Usurpation and kingship
Magic and illusion
Revenge and forgiveness
Writer's methods
Key quotations
3.1.1
Julius Caesar
Context
Plot overview
Act 1
Act 2
Act 3
Act 4
Act 5
Brutus
Cassius
Julius Caesar
Mark Antony
Portia and Calpurnia
The plebeians
Power and ambition
Honour and loyalty
Rhetoric and persuasion
Fate and the supernatural
Public and private life
Writer's methods
Key quotations
3.1.1
Answering the Shakespeare question
Macbeth extract question
Romeo and Juliet extract question
Much Ado About Nothing extract question
The Merchant of Venice extract question
The Tempest extract question
Julius Caesar extract question
Practise with past papers
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