IGCSE Literature 0475 — Character Questions Worksheet

Paper 1: Pride and Prejudice | Paper 3: A Midsummer Night's Dream | 5-Column Note System

Name: ____________________
Class: ________
Date: ________
For EACH character, fill all 5 rows. Left = prompt. Right = your empty answer space. Use short quotes of 3-8 words + chapter or Act.Scene numbers.
Prompt - The 5 Columns to LearnYour Answer Space - Check Understanding
1Facts & ArcWhat are 5 key plot moments in order, beginning to end? 
2Traits with EvidenceWhat are 3-4 adjectives + 1 short quote for each? 
3RelationshipsHow does the character act differently with 2-3 others? 
4MethodsWhat writer techniques make the character? Narrative or dramatic? 
5Themes / ContextWhat big idea does the character embody? Class, gender, power, honour, illusion? 

Elizabeth Bennet — Pride and Prejudice

Paper 1 Prose - Closed book: memorise quotes + chapter numbers

Complete all 5 rows. Right column is empty for your notes.

Question / PromptAnswer Space
1Facts & ArcList 5 moments in order: 1. Meryton assembly 2. Collins + first proposal 3. Letter Ch.36 4. Pemberley + Lydia crisis 5. Second proposal. Add chapter nos. 
2Traits with EvidenceWrite 3-4 adjectives, e.g. witty, prejudiced, self-aware. Add 1 short quote under 8 words for EACH + chapter. Example starter: Till this moment I never knew myself. 
3RelationshipsHow is she different with: Jane vs Darcy vs Mrs Bennet / Wickham? What does each reveal about her? 
4MethodsName Austen methods: witty dialogue, ironic narration, free indirect thought, foil with Jane, letter as turning point, setting. Give example for each. 
5Themes / ContextWhat does she embody? Female intelligence, marriage market, class mobility, pride vs self-knowledge? Link 1 theme to 1 quote. 

Fitzwilliam Darcy — Pride and Prejudice

Focus: pride, change, honour vs appearance

Question / PromptAnswer Space
1Facts & ArcList 5 moments: insult at assembly, first proposal Ch.34, letter, secret help for Lydia, second proposal Ch.58 I was spoilt by my parents. 
2Traits with Evidence3-4 adjectives: proud, reserved, honourable, vulnerable. 1 short quote for EACH. Contrast early vs late language. 
3RelationshipsContrast Darcy with Elizabeth vs Wickham vs Bingley. What does Wickham as foil expose? 
4MethodsHow is he made? Reported speech, other characters reports, letters, contrast of settings Meryton vs Pemberley, dialogue shift. 
5Themes / ContextClass, masculinity, reputation, reformation. How does his change comment on pride? 

Mr Bennet and Mrs Bennet — Pride and Prejudice

Two short banks: foil marriage, comedy + warning

A. Mr Bennet

Question / PromptAnswer Space
1Facts & Arc5 moments: opening mockery, Collins, Lydia elopement, Darcy meeting, ending. Does he change? 
2Traits with Evidence3 adjectives + quotes: detached, ironic, negligent father? 1 quote each. 
3RelationshipsWith Elizabeth vs Mrs Bennet vs Lydia. Favourite vs failure? 
4MethodsSarcastic dialogue, understatement, foil to Mrs Bennet, narrator distance. 
5Themes / ContextFailed marriage, parental responsibility, entailment and gender. 

B. Mrs Bennet

Question / PromptAnswer Space
1Facts & Arc5 moments: Netherfield news, Bingley obsession, Collins, Lydia elopement, ending nerves. 
2Traits with Evidence3 adjectives + quotes: anxious, comic, vulnerable? Is she only comic? Find 1 sympathetic quote. 
3RelationshipsWith Mr Bennet vs Lydia vs Elizabeth / Jane. Who embarrasses whom? 
4MethodsExclamative dialogue, repetition, hyperbole, comic relief, direct vs ironic narration. 
5Themes / ContextMarriage market pressure on mothers, class insecurity, entailment. 

Bottom the Weaver — A Midsummer Night's Dream

Paper 3 Drama - Open text: add Act.Scene.Page for fast finding

Question / PromptAnswer Space
1Facts & Arc5 moments: 1.2 Mechanicals casting, 3.1 ass head, Titania pampering, 4.1 waking rare vision, 5.1 Pyramus performance. Add page nos. 
2Traits with Evidence3-4 adjectives: overconfident, bossy, good-natured, unknowing. 1 short prose quote EACH, e.g. Let me play the lion too. 
3RelationshipsWith Quince vs Titania vs Theseus audience. How does high/low inversion work? 
4MethodsProse, malapropism, repetition, stage directions, physical comedy, dramatic irony, play-within-play, direct address. 
5Themes / ContextIllusion vs reality, love is blind, theatre magic, class inversion. Do we laugh at or with him? 

Puck / Robin Goodfellow — A Midsummer Night's Dream

Focus: catalyst, comedy, epilogue

Question / PromptAnswer Space
1Facts & Arc5 moments: introduction, love-juice mistake, Lord what fools 3.2, fixing lovers, epilogue If we shadows have offended. 
2Traits with Evidence3-4 adjectives: mischievous, loyal, fast, detached. 1 short verse quote EACH. 
3RelationshipsWith Oberon vs lovers vs audience. Who does he serve? Who does he mock? 
4MethodsRhyming couplets, aside / soliloquy, entrances / exits driving plot, epilogue breaking fourth wall, speed of verse. 
5Themes / ContextChaos vs order, control, theatre and magic. What is his function for Shakespeare? 

Helena and Hermia — A Midsummer Night's Dream

Focus: friendship tested, female voice

A. Helena - Choose 5 rows for Helena

Question / PromptAnswer Space
1Facts & ArcUnloved, betrays Hermia plan, loved by both by magic, O spite O hell 3.2, restored to Demetrius. 
2Traits with Evidence3 adjectives + quotes: insecure, witty, jealous? Pick 3 words to zoom on. 
3RelationshipsHelena vs Hermia vs Demetrius. Childhood school-days speech vs quarrel. 
4MethodsVerse, long speeches vs short quarrel dialogue, aside, who watches on stage? 
5Themes / ContextFemale friendship, unrequited love, beauty standards, patriarchal Athens. 

B. Hermia + Oberon / Titania Quick Bank

Question / PromptAnswer Space
1-2Hermia: Arc + 2 Traits with quotesDefiant daughter 1.1, forest rival, Lysander loyalty. Note verse defiance. 
3-5Oberon / Titania: Relationship + Methods + ThemeChangeling quarrel, love-juice as device, parallel to Theseus / Hippolyta. Power and gender? 

Turning 5 Columns into Essay — Planner

Use PETAL: Point, Evidence, Technique, Analysis, Link + personal judgement

Question / PromptAnswer Space
Write exact Q. Circle character + focus word. Thesis in 1 sentence?Example: How does Austen present Elizabeth? / Explore role of Bottom - sympathetic? 
Para 1 Early impression: Which Trait + Method from bank will you use? Quote? 
Para 2 Relationship test: Which Relationship row proves character? Quotes? 
Para 3 Crisis / passage zoom: Which Arc moment + 3 words to analyse? Stage / audience effect? 
Para 4 + Conclusion: Which Theme row + final judgement? Sympathetic? Convincing? Changed?Use: compellingly, disturbingly, ambiguously, I find...