UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS

General Certificate of Education

Advanced Subsidiary Level and Advanced Level

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LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
Paper 4 Drama

May/June 2012
2 hours

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PETER SHAFFER: Equus
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Either

(a) Explore the presentation and dramatic significance of Nugget in the play.

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(b) With close ref erence to the language and action of this extract, discuss the
significance of this episode to the relationship between Alan and Dysart.
DYSART:
ALAN:
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ALAN:
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DYSART:

Then what do you say?

Ill take it out for you.
And he says?
It never comes out. They have me in chains.
Like Jesus?
Yes!
Only his name isnt Jesus, is it?
No.
What is it?
No one knows but him and me.
You can tell me, Alan. Name him.
Equus.
Thank you. Does he live in all horses or just some?
All.
Good boy. Now: you leave the beach. Youre in your
bedroom at home . Youre twelve years old. Youre in
front of the picture . Youre looking at Equus from the
foot of your bed. Would you like to kneel down?
ALAN:
Yes.
DYSART [encouragingly]: Go on, then.
[ALAN kneels.]
Now tell me. Why is Equus in chains?
ALAN:
For the sins of the world.
DYSART:
What does he say to you?
ALAN:
I see you. I will save you.
DYSART:
How?
ALAN:
Bear you away. Two shall be one.
DYSART:
Horse and rider shall be one beast?
ALAN:
One person!
DYSART:
Go on.
ALAN:
And my chinkle-chankle shall be in thy hand.
DYSART:
Chinkle-chankle? Thats his mouth chain?
ALAN:
Yes.
DYSART:
Good. You can get up Come on.
[ALAN rises.]
Now: think of the stable. What is the stab le? His
Temple? His Holy of Holies?
ALAN:
Yes.
DYSART:
Where you wash him? Where you tend him, and brush
him with many brushes?
ALAN:
Yes.
DYSART:
And there he spoke to you, didnt he? He looked at you
with his gentle eyes, and spake unto you?
ALAN:
Yes.
DYSART:
What did he sa y? Ride me? Mount me, and ride me
forth at night?
ALAN:
Yes.
DYSART:
And you obeyed?
ALAN:
Yes.
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How did you learn? By watching others?

Yes.
It must have been difficult. You bounced about?
Yes.
But he showed you, didnt he? Equus showed you the
way.
No!
He didnt?
He showed me nothing! Ride or fall! Thats Straw
Law.
Straw Law?
He was born in the straw, and this is his law.
But you managed? You mastered him?
Had to!
And then you rode in secret?
Yes.
How often?
Every three weeks. More, people would notice.
On a particular horse?
No.
How did you get into the stable?
Stole a key. Had it copied at Brysons.
Clever boy.
[ALAN smiles.]
Then youd slip out of the house?
Midnight! On the stroke!
How fars the stable?
Two miles.
[Pause.]
Lets do it! Lets go riding! Now!
[He stands up, and pushes in his bench.]
You are there now, in front of the stable door.
[ALAN turns upstage.]
That keys in your hand. Go and open it.

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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Winters Tale
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Either

(a) Discuss the role and significance of Camillo in The Winters Tale.

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(b) With close attention to detail, discuss Shakespeares presentation of Leontes at this
point in the play.
LEONTES:

Thou, traitor, hast set on thy wife to this.

My child! Away witht. Even thou, that hast
A heart so tender oer it, take it hence,
And see it instantly consumd with fire;
Even thou, and none but thou. Take it up straight.
Within this hour bring me word tis done,
And by good testimony, or Ill seize thy life,
With what thou else callst thine. If thou refuse,
And wilt encounter with my wrath, say so;
The bastard brains with these my proper hands
Shall I dash out. Go, take it to the fire;
For thou setst on thy wife.
ANTIGONUS:
I did not, sir.
These lords, my noble fellows, if they please,
Can clear me int.
LORDS:
We can. My royal liege,
He is not guilty of her coming hither.
LEONTES:
Youre liars all.
1 LORD:
Beseech your Highness, give us better credit.
We have always truly servd you; and beseech
So to esteem of us; and on our knees we beg,
As recompense of our dear services
Past and to come, that you do change this purpose,
Which being so horrible, so bloody, must
Lead on to some foul issue. We all kneel.
LEONTES:
I am a feather for each wind that blows.
Shall I live on to see this bastard kneel
And call me father? Better burn it now
Than curse it then. But be it; let it live.
It shall not neither. [To Antigonus] You, sir,
come you hither.
You that have been so tenderly officious
With Lady Margery, your midwife there,
To save this bastards life for tis a bastard,
So sure as this beards grey what will you adventure
To save this brats life?
ANTIGONUS:
Anything, my lord,
That my ability may undergo,
And nobleness impose. At least, thus much:
Ill pawn the little blood which I have left
To save the innocent anything possible.
LEONTES:
It shall be possible. Swear by this sword
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ANTIGONUS:
I will, my lord.
LEONTES:
Mark, and perform it seest thou? For the fail
Of any point int shall not only be
Death to thyself, but to thy lewd-tongud wife,
Whom for this time we pardon. We enjoin thee,
As thou art liegeman to us, that thou carry
This female bastard hence; and that thou bear it
To some remote and desert place, quite out
Of our dominions; and that there thou leave it,
Without more mercy, to it own protection
And favour of the climate. As by strange fortune
It came to us, I do in justice charge thee,
On thy souls peril and thy bodys torture,
That thou commend it strangely to some place
Where chance may nurse or end it. Take it up.
ANTIGONUS: I swear to do this, though a present death
Had been more merciful. Come on, poor babe.
Some powerful spirit instruct the kites and ravens
To be thy nurses! Wolves and bears, they say,
Casting their savageness aside, have done
Like offices of pity. Sir, be prosperous
In more than this deed does require! And blessing
Against this cruelty fight on thy side,
Poor thing, condemnd to loss!
[Exit with the child.
LEONTES:
No, Ill not rear
Anothers issue.

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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Henry IV, Part 1
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Either

(a) Discuss Shakespeares presentation of treachery and betrayal in the play.

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(b) With close attention to language and action, discuss some of the ways in which Hal
is first presented to an audience.

KING:

WESTMORELAND:

KING:

WESTMORELAND:

Yea, there thou makst me sad and makst me sin

In envy that my Lord Northumberland
Should be the father to so blest a son
A son who is the theme of honours tongue;
Amongst a grove, the very straightest plant;
Who is sweet Fortunes minion and her pride;
Whilst I, by looking on the praise of him,
See riot and dishonour stain the brow
Of my young Harry. O that it could be provd
That some night-tripping fairy had exchangd
In cradle-clothes our children where they lay,
And calld mine Percy, his Plantagenet!
Then would I have his Harry, and he mine.
But let him from my thoughts. What think you, coz,
Of this young Percys pride? The prisoners
Which he in this adventure hath surprisd
To his own use he keeps; and sends me word,
I shall have none but Mordake Earl of Fife.
This is his uncles teaching, this is Worcester,
Malevolent to you in all aspects;
Which makes him prune himself, and bristle up
The crest of youth against your dignity.
But I have sent for him to answer this;
And for this cause awhile we must neglect
Our holy purpose to Jerusalem.
Cousin, on Wednesday next our council we
Will hold at Windsor so inform the lords;
But come yourself with speed to us again,
For more is to be said and to be done
Than out of anger can be uttered.
I will, my liege.
[Exeunt.

SCENE II. London. The Princes lodging.

Enter the PRINCE OF WALES and SIR JOHN FALSTAFF.
FALSTAFF: Now, Hal, what time of day is it, lad?
PRINCE: Thou art so fat-witted with drinking of old sack, and unbuttoning thee
after supper, and sleeping upon benches after noon, that thou hast
forgotten to demand that truly which thou wouldest truly know. What
a devil hast thou to do with the time of the day? Unless hours were
cups of sack, and minutes capons, and clocks the tongues of bawds,
and dials the signs of leaping-houses, and the blessed sun himself
a fair hot wench in flame-coloured taffeta, I see no reason why thou
shouldst be so superfluous to demand the time of the day.
FALSTAFF: Indeed, you come near me now, Hal; for we that take purses go
by the moon and the seven stars, and not by Phbus, he that
wandring knight so fair. And, I prithee, sweet wag, when thou art a
king, as, God save thy Grace Majesty, I should say; for grace thou
wilt have none
PRINCE:
What, none?
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FALSTAFF: No, by my troth; not so much as will serve to be prologue to an egg
and butter.
PRINCE: Well, how then? Come, roundly, roundly.
FALSTAFF: Marry, then, sweet wag, when thou art king, let not us that are
squires of the nights body be called thieves of the days beauty;
let us be Dianas foresters, gentlemen of the shade, minions of
the moon; and let men say we be men of good government, being
governed, as the sea is, by our noble and chaste mistress the moon,
under whose countenance we steal.

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TENNESSEE WILLIAMS: A Streetcar Named Desire
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Either

(a) How, and with what effects, does Williams make use of symbols and symbolism in
the play?

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(b) With close reference to the passage below, discuss Williamss presentation of
tension between Stanley, Stella and Blanche at this point in the play.
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OSCAR WILDE: An Ideal Husband
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Either

(a) A political life is a noble career. (Sir Robert Chiltern)

How, and with what effects, does Wilde show the limits of this view during the play?

Or

(b) With close reference to detail, discuss Wildes presentation of Mrs Che veley at this
point in the play.

MRS CHEVELEY:

Oh! I dont care about the London season! It is too

matrimonial. People are either hunting for husbands,
or hiding from them. I wanted to meet you. It is quite
true. You know what a womans curiosity is. Almost as
great as a mans! I wanted immensely to meet you,
and to ask you to do something for me.
SIR ROBERT CHILTERN: I hope it is not a little thing, Mrs Cheveley. I find that
little things are so very difficult to do.
MRS CHEVELEY [After a moments reflection]: No, I dont think it is quite a little
thing.
SIR ROBERT CHILTERN: I am so glad. Do tell me what it is.
MRS CHEVELEY:
Later on. [Rises] And now may I walk through your
beautiful house? I hear your pictures are charming.
Poor Baron Arnheim you remember the Baron?
used to tell me you had some wonderful Corots.
SIR ROBERT CHILTERN [With an almost imperceptible start ]: Did you know
Baron Arnheim well?
MRS CHEVELEY [Smiling]: Intimately. Did you?
SIR ROBERT CHILTERN: At one time.
MRS CHEVELEY:
Wonderful man, wasnt he?
SIR ROBERT CHILTERN [After a pause]: He was very remarkable, in many ways.
MRS CHEVELEY:
I often think it such a pity he never wrote his memoirs.
They would have been most interesting.
SIR ROBERT CHILTERN: Yes: he knew men and cities well, like the old Greek.
MRS CHEVELEY:
Without the dreadful disadvantage of having a
Penelope waiting at home for him.
MASON:
Lord Goring.
Enter LORD GORING. Thirty-four, but always says
he is younger.
A well-bred, expressionless face. He is clever, but
would not like to be thought so. A flawless dandy, he
would be annoyed if he were considered romantic.
He plays with life, and is on perfectly good terms
with the world. He is fond of being misunderstood. It
gives him a post of vantage.
SIR ROBERT CHILTERN: Good evening, my dear Arthur! Mrs Cheveley, allow
me to introduce to you Lord Goring, the idlest man in
London.
MRS CHEVELEY:
I have met Lord Goring before.
LORD GORING [Bowing]: I did not think you would remember me, Mrs Cheveley.
MRS CHEVELEY:
My memory is under admirable control. And are you
still a bachelor?
LORD GORING:
I believe so.
MRS CHEVELEY:
How very romantic!
LORD GORING:
Oh! I am not at all romantic. I am not old enough. I
leave romance to my seniors.
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SIR ROBERT CHILTERN: Lord Goring is the result of Boodles Club, Mrs
Cheveley.
MRS CHEVELEY:
He reflects every credit on the institution.
LORD GORING:
May I ask are you staying in London long?
MRS CHEVELEY:
That depends partly on the weather, partly on the
cooking, and partly on Sir Robert.
SIR ROBERT CHILTERN: You are not going to plunge us into a European war, I
hope?
MRS CHEVELEY:
There is no danger, at present!
She nods to LORD GORING, with a look of
amusement in her eyes, and goes out with SIR
ROBERT CHILTERN.
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