3/6 A dramatist often creates a gap between what the audience knows and what the characters know. With reference to at least two plays, discuss how and to what effect dramatists have used this technique.

3/7

In dramatic construction there must be variation of pace and rhythm, monotony of any kind being sure to induce boredom.” Comparing at least two plays you have studied in the light of this statement, show how variations of pace and rhythm have been used to attract or heighten the interest of the audience.

3/8

To what extent can the plays you have studied be seen to have, directly or indirectly, a social or political purpose? Refer to two or three plays, exploring how they achieve their purposes.

3/9

The success of any drama depends on the credibility of the protagonists. Referring closely to at least two of the plays you have studied, explore to what extent and in what ways they illustrate the truth of this statement.

3/10
“The dramatic life of any play often emerges from what is not said rather than what is.” Examine the role and significance of all or any of silence, suggestion and subtext in at least two plays you have studied.