2013. M.12

Coimisiún na Scrúduithe Stáit State Examinations Commission
LEAVING CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION, 2013

English - Higher Level - Paper 2
Total Marks: 200
Thursday, 6 June – Afternoon, 2.00 – 5.20
Candidates must attempt the following :• ONE question from SECTION I – The Single Text • ONE question from SECTION II – The Comparative Study • ONE question on the Unseen Poem from SECTION III – Poetry • ONE question on Prescribed Poetry from SECTION III – Poetry N.B. Candidates must answer on Shakespearean Drama. They may do so in SECTION I, the Single Text (Macbeth) or in SECTION II, The Comparative Study (Macbeth, The Winter’s Tale).

INDEX OF SINGLE TEXTS
Wuthering Heights The Great Gatsby The Grass Is Singing Macbeth Antigone − Page 2 − Page 2 − Page 3 − Page 3 − Page 3

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SECTION I THE SINGLE TEXT (60 marks)
Candidates must answer one question from this section (A – E).

A

WUTHERING HEIGHTS – Emily Brontë (i) In your opinion, to what extent are the values represented by the world of Thrushcross Grange defeated, in Brontë’s novel Wuthering Heights? Support your answer with suitable reference to the text. OR (ii) “Emily Brontë makes effective use of both Nelly Dean and Mr Lockwood in a variety of ways.” Discuss this statement, supporting your answer with suitable reference to the novel, Wuthering Heights.

B

THE GREAT GATSBY – F. Scott Fitzgerald (i) “Readers of The Great Gatsby are greatly influenced by the narrator, Nick Carraway.” Discuss this statement, supporting your answer with suitable reference to the text. OR (ii) “Readers often find aspects of The Great Gatsby attractive but ultimately the world of the novel is not admirable.” Discuss this view, supporting your answer with suitable reference to the text.

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C

THE GRASS IS SINGING – Doris Lessing (i) “Lessing offers a disturbing vision of