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O-LevelLiterature in EnglishDrama2010/22 · May/June 2023 · Q325 Marks

WOLE SOYINKA: Death and the King's Horseman Remember to support your ideas with details from the text.

  1. (a)Read this passage, and then answer the question that follows it: Elesin: Iyaloja, who is she? Content removed due to copyright restrictions. I dare not refuse. [from Scene 1] In what ways does Soyinka make this such a dramatic moment in the play?[25]
  2. (b)What does Soyinka's portrayal of Simon Pilkings encourage you to feel about him?[25]

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Topic
Drama, O-Level Literature in English (syllabus 2010). Structured question, 25 marks.
Source
O-Level Literature in English, May/June 2023 Paper 2 Variant 2, question 3.

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