Question 1: Identify one literary device Shakespeare uses in this excerpt and explain its effect.

Answer: Possible device: repetition; it emphasises the speaker's frustration and desire for freedom.

Question 2: What does the phrase 'O brave new world' suggest about the speaker's attitude?

Answer: It expresses awe or perhaps irony about the unfamiliarity of the new environment.

Question 3: In the extract, Shakespeare uses repetition. What is the repeated phrase and what is its purpose?

Answer: The phrase 'I / Must be free' is repeated to emphasise the speaker's urgent desire for freedom and independence.

Question 4: How does the tone of this extract reflect colonial themes?

Answer: The tone of wonder mixed with frustration highlights the complex feelings about other cultures and the desire for dominance or escape.

Question 5: Identify a stylistic technique Shakespeare employs in this excerpt and describe its effect.

Answer: The use of rhetorical questions engages the audience and emphasises confusion or amazement.

Question 6: Write a brief paragraph analysing how Shakespeare’s language in this extract might reflect European attitudes towards colonised peoples.

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Question 7: Identify and explain one grammatical feature Shakespeare uses in this passage (e.g., exclamation, rhetorical question).

Answer: Exclamation; it heightens the emotional intensity of the speaker's amazement.

Question 8: Compose a short creative paragraph imagining the feelings of the character speaking these lines, considering the context of colonialism.

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Question 9: Describe how Shakespeare’s use of language might influence the audience’s perception of the 'new world'.

Answer: Shakespeare’s language, blending wonder with irony, may lead the audience to question the morality of colonial attitudes.