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Component 2: Drama

5 dot points across 5 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

How do you analyse the pre-1900 and post-1900 plays studied for the Eduqas Component 2 Section B drama comparison?

Analysing the second drama text: close reading the paired plays (Marlowe, Webster, Williams, Prebble) as drama for method, genre and theme, the AO2 foundation of the Component 2 Section B comparison.
How to analyse the pre-1900 and post-1900 plays studied for Eduqas A-Level English Literature Component 2 Section B (Marlowe, Webster, Middleton, Wilde paired with Prebble, Williams, Orton, Pinter, Hare): reading each play as drama for method, genre and theme, the AO2 foundation of the closed-book comparison.
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How do you build the AO4 connections that the Eduqas Component 2 Section B drama comparison weights so heavily?

Comparing across drama texts (AO4 in Component 2 Section B): connecting a pre-1900 and a post-1900 play by idea, method and genre, the most heavily weighted objective in the qualification.
How to build the AO4 connections at the heart of the Eduqas A-Level English Literature Component 2 Section B drama comparison: connecting a pre-1900 and a post-1900 play by idea, dramatic method and genre rather than by plot, the most heavily weighted objective in the qualification.
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How do you read a Shakespeare play as drama for the Eduqas Component 2 Section A question?

Reading Shakespeare as drama: analysing the play as a script engineered for an audience (soliloquy, dramatic irony, verse and prose, staging, structure), the AO2 foundation of Component 2 Section A.
How to read a Shakespeare play as drama for Eduqas A-Level English Literature Component 2 Section A: analysing dramatic method (soliloquy and aside, dramatic irony, verse and prose, staging, structure) rather than retelling the story, the AO2 foundation of the extract-based two-part question.
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How do you write the Eduqas Component 2 Section B comparative essay on a pre-1900 and a post-1900 play?

The drama comparison essay (Component 2 Section B): a closed-book comparative essay on a pre-1900 and a post-1900 play, assessing all five objectives with AO4 (connections) heavily weighted.
How to write the Eduqas A-Level English Literature Component 2 Section B comparative essay on a pre-1900 and a post-1900 play: a closed-book essay assessing all five objectives with connections (AO4) heavily weighted, built on idea-led comparison, context and interpretation.
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How do you answer the Eduqas Component 2 Section A Shakespeare question, with its extract-based part (i) and whole-play part (ii)?

The Shakespeare extract question (Component 2 Section A): part (i) close analysis of a printed extract, part (ii) a whole-play response, assessed mainly on AO1, AO2 and AO5.
How to answer the Eduqas A-Level English Literature Component 2 Section A Shakespeare question: part (i) a close analysis of a printed extract (AO2 dominant) and part (ii) a whole-play response exploring different interpretations, with the moves that lift answers into the top bands.
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