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In the Edexcel 1ET0 Paper 2 Section A exam, you will be given an extract from the novella and asked to write about it in relation to the whole text. This lesson covers the key extracts you should know, how to analyse them, and how to structure your response.
| Feature | Detail |
|---|---|
| Exam board | Edexcel GCSE English Literature (1ET0) |
| Paper | Paper 2 Section A: 19th-century Novel |
| Time recommended | Approximately 55 minutes |
| Format | An extract (~30 lines) is printed, followed by ONE question from TWO |
| Question style | Extract-based question extending to the whole novel |
| Marks available | 40 marks |
| AO weighting | AO1 (15), AO2 (15), AO3 (10) |
| AO | What it assesses | Marks (of 40) |
|---|---|---|
| AO1 | Critical, informed personal response with well-selected textual references | 15 |
| AO2 | Analysis of language, form and structure with subject terminology | 15 |
| AO3 | Relationships between the text and the contexts in which it was written and received | 10 |
Examiner's tip: AO1 and AO2 are weighted equally (15 marks each), and AO3 (context) is fully assessed on this section with 10 marks. Balance critical personal response, close analysis and integrated context throughout.
"the man trampled calmly over the child's body and left her screaming on the ground. It sounds nothing to hear, but it was hellish to see. It wasn't like a man; it was like some damned Juggernaut."
| Word/phrase | Analysis |
|---|---|
| "trampled calmly" | Oxymoron — the violence is casual, not passionate. "Calmly" makes it worse — Hyde is indifferent to suffering. |
| "hellish" | Religious language — connects to the theme of Hyde as a diabolic figure. |
| "like some damned Juggernaut" | Simile — a Juggernaut is an unstoppable force. "Damned" means both cursed and condemned to hell. Hyde is presented as an inhuman, destructive machine. |
| "It wasn't like a man" | Hyde is dehumanised — he is not recognisably human in his behaviour. |
"Mr Hyde was pale and dwarfish, he gave an impression of deformity without any nameable malformation, and he had a displeasing smile, and he had borne himself to the lawyer with a sort of murderous mixture of timidity and boldness, and he spoke with a husky, whispering and somewhat broken voice."
| Word/phrase | Analysis |
|---|---|
| "pale and dwarfish" | Physical smallness — Hyde represents Jekyll's "less exercised" evil side. Paleness suggests something unnatural, unhealthy. |
| "deformity without any nameable malformation" | Paradox — people sense wrongness but cannot identify it. This reflects the uncanny — something that defies rational explanation. |
| "displeasing smile" | Even positive expressions (smiles) are perverted in Hyde — nothing about him is natural. |
| "murderous mixture of timidity and boldness" | Oxymoron — contradictory qualities coexist, reflecting Hyde's unnatural nature. "Murderous" foreshadows the Carew murder. |
| "husky, whispering and somewhat broken voice" | Sibilant, secretive quality — Hyde's very voice embodies concealment and corruption. |
"And next moment, with ape-like fury, he was trampling his victim underfoot and hailing down a storm of blows, under which the bones were audibly shattered, and the body jumped upon the roadway."
| Word/phrase | Analysis |
|---|---|
| "ape-like fury" | Animal imagery — Darwinian regression, degeneration. Hyde has devolved beyond human behaviour. |
| "trampling" | Echoes the child-trampling in Ch 1 — structural parallel showing escalation. |
| "hailing down a storm of blows" | Pathetic fallacy / natural disaster metaphor — the violence is elemental, beyond human control. |
| "bones were audibly shattered" | Visceral, auditory detail — forces the reader to hear the horror. "Audibly" makes it inescapable. |
| "the body jumped upon the roadway" | The lifeless body is moved by the force of the blows — dehumanising Carew, reducing him to a physical object. |
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