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Connect symbolic possibilities to literal action - Paper 4
Read the information, then answer the questions. An adult may read the instructions aloud. Show your working where asked.
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Original complete short passage, 'Curtain seam': Leah waited at the stage door with the costume she had torn. She had sewn the seam again, leaving the stitches visible. Inside, a rehearsal stopped. She lifted her hand to knock, lowered it and checked the thread. Then she knocked and called the director's name. A strip of light appeared beneath the door; nobody had yet opened it.
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- Explain 'leaving the stitches visible' literally before suggesting any symbolism.
- How might 'leaving the stitches visible' connect with the character's action?
- Why is this a contextual interpretation, not a universal rule about the object?
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