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Pearson Edexcel Level 3 GCE
Thursday 8 June 2023
Morning (Time: 1 hour 15 minutes) Paper reference 9ET0/02
Total Marks
English Literature
Advanced
PAPER 2: Prose
You must have:
Prescribed texts (clean copies)
Instructions
• Use black ink or ball-point pen.
• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
centre number and candidate number.
• Answer one question on your chosen theme.
• Answer the question in the space provided
– there may be more space than you need.
• In your answer, you must not use texts that you have used in your coursework.
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• The total mark for this paper is 40.
• The marks for the question are shown in brackets
– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on the question.
Advice
• Read the question carefully before you start to answer it.
• Check your answer if you have time at the end.
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Answer ONE question on the texts you have studied.
Begin your answer on page 5.
Childhood
Texts
Pre-1900: What Maisie Knew, Henry James; Hard Times, Charles Dickens
Post-1900: Atonement, Ian McEwan; The Color Purple, Alice Walker
EITHER
1 Compare the ways in which the writers of your two chosen texts present characters
who make important choices. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual
factors.
(Total for Question 1 = 40 marks)
OR
2 Compare the ways in which the writers of your two chosen texts explore the roles of
children. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.
(Total for Question 2 = 40 marks)
Colonisation and its Aftermath
Texts
Pre-1900: Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad; The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,
Mark Twain
Post-1900: A Passage to India, E M Forster; The Lonely Londoners, Sam Selvon
EITHER
3 Compare the ways in which the writers of your two chosen texts present journeys.
You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.
(Total for Question 3 = 40 marks)
OR
4 Compare the ways in which the writers of your two chosen texts resolve their
narratives. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.
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Crime and Detection
Texts
Pre-1900: Lady Audley’s Secret, Mary Elizabeth Braddon; The Moonstone, Wilkie Collins
Post-1900: In Cold Blood, Truman Capote; The Murder Room, P D James
EITHER
5 Compare the ways in which the writers of your two chosen texts make use of
violence in their narratives. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual
factors.
(Total for Question 5 = 40 marks)
OR
6 Compare the ways in which the writers of your two chosen texts present love. You
must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.
(Total for Question 6 = 40 marks)
Science and Society
Texts
Pre-1900: Frankenstein, Mary Shelley; The War of the Worlds, H G Wells
Post-1900: Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro; The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood
EITHER
7 Compare the ways in which the writers of your two chosen texts explore death in
their narratives. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.
(Total for Question 7 = 40 marks)
OR
8 Compare the ways in which the writers of your two chosen texts present the
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The Supernatural
Texts
Pre-1900: The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde; Dracula, Bram Stoker
Post-1900: The Little Stranger, Sarah Waters; Beloved, Toni Morrison
EITHER
9 Compare the ways in which the writers of your two chosen texts explore loss. You
must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.
(Total for Question 9 = 40 marks)
OR
10 Compare the ways in which the writers of your two chosen texts present supernatural
beings or events. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.
(Total for Question 10 = 40 marks)
Women and Society
Texts
Pre-1900: Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë; Tess of the D’Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy
Post-1900: Mrs Dalloway, Virginia Woolf; A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini
EITHER
11 Compare the ways in which the writers of your two chosen texts present characters
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