IB English Lit Guide: How to Master Paper 2

IB English HL/SL Paper 2 Sample Papers and Exemplar Responses

Theme 1: Control

Theme 2: Ethics / Morality

Theme 3: Barriers / Obstacles

Theme 4: Appearance vs. Reality

Theme 5: Time

Theme 6: Gender / Control over Women

Theme 7: Alienation / Isolation

Theme 8: Cultural Heritage / Belonging

Theme 9: Generations / Youth vs Age

Hamlet

To Kill a Mockingbird

Pachinko

Of Mice and Men

Once

Keeping it from Harold

Killers of the flower moon

Hamilton

V for Vendetta

Othello

Lamb to the slaughter

Lolita

Saint Joan

Persepolis

A Doll's House

Macbeth

Pride and Prejudice

The Three Musketeers

The Handmaid's Tale

David and Goliath

Master Harold and the Boys

Julius Caesar

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Moby Dick

A Streetcar Named Desire

The Catcher in the Rye

Romeo and Juliet

A View from the Bridge

Through the looking glass

Dune

King Lear

1984

The Hobbit

Looking for Alaska