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Extract-based Shakespeare questions are among the most challenging an English literature student can face. Not only do you need to comment on a set passage, you also have to refer to the wider play, contextualising the passage in response to the theme or topic named in the question.
While the advice that this article offers for commenting on Shakespeare’s methods and exploring drama is relevant to all extract-based Shakespeare questions, it concentrates on the demands of the AQA (B) exam: Paper 1A ‘Literary Genres: Aspects of Tragedy’.
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