Sample Questions
Poverty and hardship are evils against which the characters in modern plays must struggle.
With reference to two or more plays you have studied consider how modern playwrights have shown how the lives of ordinary men and women, touched by pain and passion, can rise to the level of tragedy.
How far would you agree that the female characters in modern plays possess a courage and dignity, which is lacking in men?
Often in modern drama the price paid for principles is too high. Discuss this view referring to at least two characters in your answer.
In drama there are more interesting roles for men than for women.
Discuss to what extent you agree with this statement and what it is that makes a role interesting. Refer closely to at least two plays you have studied.
How do guilt and/or blame contribute to conflict and the overall effect in at least two of the plays you have studied.
Poverty and hardship are evils against which the characters in modern plays must struggle.
With reference to two or more plays you have studied consider how modern playwrights have shown how the lives of ordinary men and women, touched by pain and passion, can rise to the level of tragedy.
How far would you agree that the female characters in modern plays possess a courage and dignity, which is lacking in men?
Often in modern drama the price paid for principles is too high. Discuss this view referring to at least two characters in your answer.
In drama there are more interesting roles for men than for women.
Discuss to what extent you agree with this statement and what it is that makes a role interesting. Refer closely to at least two plays you have studied.
How do guilt and/or blame contribute to conflict and the overall effect in at least two of the plays you have studied.