AQA A-Level English Literature A Paper 1: Love through the ages, June 2025
Every question from AQA A-Level English Literature A Paper 1: Love through the ages, June 2025 (7712): 7 questions, 175 marks, each with its mark scheme and topic.
- Question 1 25 marks
Discuss how Shakespeare presents Othello as either a victim worthy of sympathy or deserving condemnation for his jealousy, with reference to the extract from Act 4, Scene 1 and the wider play.
Love through the ages: Shakespeare · Othello
- Question 2 25 marks
Discuss how Shakespeare presents Petruchio in the given extract and elsewhere in The Taming of the Shrew in light of the view that audiences enjoy the ways in which he takes charge.
Love through the ages: Shakespeare · The Taming of the Shrew
- Question 3 25 marks
Discuss how Shakespeare presents relationships between men and women in the provided extract and elsewhere in Measure for Measure, responding to the view that trust between men and women is completely broken.
Love through the ages: Shakespeare · Measure for Measure
- Question 4 25 marks
Discuss how Shakespeare presents thoughts and feelings about Leontes' past actions in the provided extract from Act 5, Scene 3 of The Winter's Tale and elsewhere in the play, in light of the view that the extent of his grief completely restores sympathy for him.
Love through the ages: Shakespeare · The Winter's Tale
- Question 5 25 marks
Compare and contrast the presentation of the pain of failed love in Noël Coward's 'I Am No Good at Love' and WB Yeats' 'Never Give All The Heart' in light of the view that both speakers blame their own strong feelings.
Love through the ages: unseen poetry · Unseen poetry
- Question 6 25 marks
Compare how the authors of two texts you have studied present ideas about the loyalty and faithfulness of lovers, writing about at least two poems and one prose text.
Love through the ages: poetry and prose · AQA Anthology of Love Poetry Through the Ages
- Question 7 25 marks
Compare how the authors of two texts you have studied use the openings of their texts to explore ideas about love, discussing at least two poems from the anthology and one prose text.
Love through the ages: poetry and prose · AQA Anthology of Love Poetry Through the Ages