Either,
(b) For which character in A View From The Bridge do you have the most sympathy?
Think about:
• what happens to your chosen character in the play;
• your chosen character’s relationships with other characters;
• the way your chosen character speaks and behaves at different points in the play;
• why you feel the most sympathy for your chosen character. [20]
Or,
(c) Give advice to an actor playing Marco on how he should speak and behave at two or three
important points in the play. [20]
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Either,
(b) Imagine you are Rodolfo. At the end of the play you think back over what has happened.
Write down your thoughts and feelings.
You may wish to think about:
• your life in Italy;
• your relationship with Marco;
• your relationship with Catherine;
• your relationships with Eddie and Beatrice;
• your feelings about what happened. [20]
Or,
(c) Who or what do you blame for Eddie’s death?
Think about:
• Eddie’s behaviour at different points in the play;
• Marco’s and Rodolfo’s behaviour at different points in the play;
• the behaviour of other characters;
• anything else you think important. [20]
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Either,
(b) Write about some of the ways in which Catherine’s character changes throughout the play.
Explain the reasons for these changes. [20]
Or,
(c) Imagine you are Mr. Alfieri. At the end of the play you think back over its events. Write
down your thoughts and feelings.
You may wish to think about:
• your position in the community of Red Hook;
• the visits Eddie made to you;
• your thoughts and feelings about what Eddie told you;
• Eddie’s death;
• anything else you think important. [20]
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Either,
(b) Give advice to an actor playing Eddie about how he should speak and behave at different
points in the play.
Think about:
• his relationship with Catherine;
• his relationship with Beatrice;
• his attitude to Marco and Rodolpho;
• his visits to Alfieri. [20]
Or,
(c) Write about a part of the play that you think would be particularly gripping for an audience.
Write about:
• what happens in your chosen part;
• how the characters involved speak and behave;
• why it would grip an audience. [20]
Your exams and how this blog works
In your English lessons, you are studying for TWO GCSEs.
English
and English Literature.
English
60% exam (2 2-hour papers, Paper One and Paper Two)
20% speaking and listening coursework
20% written coursework (four essays: creative writing, transactional writing, Shakespeare, poems from other cultures)
English Literature
70% exam (one 2.5-hour paper consisting of three sections - one on a play, one on a novel, one on an unseen poem)
30% coursework (four essays: Shakespeare, poems from other cultures, pre-1914 poetry, pre-1914 prose)
The exam board is WJEC, the Welsh board.
This blog has been designed to help you understand and revise for all three papers. There is lots of information, tips, practice questions and links.If you look on the right, there is a list of labels. Click on these and it will direct you to all the information about that particular label. For example, click on An Inspector Calls and you will get four posts about the play, how to answer a question on it, key quotes, etc. Or, if you are worried about answering Section B type questions, click on that and you will get all the posts helping with that.
