cameroon gce A level June 2023 literature in English 3

cameroon gce A level June 2023 literature in English 3

cameroon gce A level June 2023 literature in English 3

SECTION A – CONTEXT QUESTIONS
PART ONE: OLD SYLLABUS
1 . Read the following extract from William Shakespeare’s Hamlet and answer the questions that follow
it.
HORATIO: Here, sweet lord, at your service.
HAMLET: Horatio, thou art e’eu just as a man
As e ’<?/•my conversation coped withal.
HORATIO: O, my dear lordHAMLET: Nay, do not think I flatter; 5
For what advancement may I hope from thee,
That no revenue hast but thy good spirits
To feed and clothe thee? Why should the poor be
flattered?
No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp, 10
And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee
Where thrift may follow fawning. Dost thou hear?
Since my dear soul was mistress of her choice
And could of men distinguish, her election
Hath sealed thee for herself. For thou hast been
As one, in suffering all, that suffers nothing;
A man that fortune’s buffets and rewards
Has ta’en with equal thanks. And blest are those
Whose blood and judgment are so well commingled
That they are not a pipe for Fortune’s finger
To sound what stop she please. Give me that man
That is not passion’s slave, and I will wear him
In my heart’s core, ay, in my heart of heart,
As I do thee.- Something too much of this.-
There is a play tonight before the king;
One scene of it comes near the circumstance,
Which I have told thee, of my father’s death.
I prithee, when thou seest that act a-foot
Even with the very comment of thy soul
Observe my uncle. If his occulted guilt
Do not itself unkennel in one speech,
It is a damned ghost that we have seen,
And my imaginations are as foul
As Vulcan’s stithy. Give him heedful note;
For I mine eyes will rivet on his face,
And, after, we will both our judgments join
In censure of his seeming.
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a. Put the italicized lines in good modern English prose
… thou art e’en just … coped withal
A man that … with equal thanks
I. (lines 2-3)
(lines 17-18)
b. Comment on Hamlet’s attitude towards life and his resolve in the extract.
c. Identify and comment on the effectiveness of TWO figures of speech in the extract.
d. How does this extract contribute to the development of the play?
e. In a stage performance, describe Hamlet’s gestures and facial expressions as he speaks.
II. (2 marks)