Questions for Paper 3

For all those of you who want some section B practice, here is a copy of the sample questions. I'm happy to mark any answers to these you want to produce, but do please be aware that first priority in my marking folder goes to those students who turn up to lessons on a regular basis--and if you are at the bottom of the folder it might be a long time before your work becomes a priority. Those who are in lessons have nothing to fear--I'll try and get you back work within a lesson or so.

1. “Gothic texts present good and evil in ways that sometimes seem ambiguous” Discuss this view in relation to any three of the texts that you have been studying

2. “Gothic literature is concerned with portraying complex states of mind in its protagonists” Discuss how far you have found this to be the case in any three of the texts you have studied.

3. Discuss the presentation of evil or wickedness in any three of the texts that you have studied.

4. “Gothic texts rely on sharp contrasts and oppositions” Discuss this view in relation to any three of the texts that you have been studying

5. “Gothic texts often seem to deal with the melodramatic, the extreme, the exaggerated”. Discuss this view in relation to any three of the texts that you have been studying

6. “Gothic texts often rely on powerful imagery to create dramatic effects” Discuss how far you have found this to be the case in any three of the texts you have studied.

7. “Understanding the symbolic realm is key to an understanding of the Gothic; objects or characters in Gothic literature almost always represent something more than they might at first appear” Discuss how far you have found this to be the case in any three of the texts you have studied.

8. Discuss how authors create sympathy for characters that do evil things in any three of the texts that you have studied.

9. “Gothic texts often present a powerful opposition between dominance and submission” Discuss how far you have found this to be the case in any three of the texts you have studied.

10. Explore the presentation of victims in any three of the texts that you have studied.