OCR A2 'Drama and Poetry pre-1800' 20th June 2012

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I'm flattered you thought I was a highlight! Anyone else doing Pardoner's Tale + Faustus?

Same texts. At first glance though I don't think I'll like Pardoner's Tale that much, as on top of standard analysis you have to also decipher Chaucer's Middle English. Next year when they refresh the poetry they're bringing in William Blake which I would have preferred a million times more.

As for Section A of the exam, doing Othello!

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I love both of them. I'm especially keen on Marlowe now. I think it was my rambling about his 'Tamburlaine' in the interview that got me my place. It is a bit off-putting that the Chaucer seems to be written in Geordie though.

(Also doing Othello here.)

Sadly I've dropped English Literature so I can't be commenting this year. I kind of wish I could go back and drop a different subject but I didn't really know where it fitted in. I'm honoured to be mentioned though.

Never heard of Tamburlaine but congrats on getting your place.

What revision guides will you be using for the texts (if any), by the way?.

Yay Highlight Anyway, we're doing Othello for Section A and Faustus/the Pardoner's tale for section B We're just finishing Othello though so I can't help or comment on any of the other two yet D= Good luck everyone

It's not as well-known as Faustus or even Jew of Malta - it's about a central Asian emperor who conquers most of Eurasia, and how hubristic he is. Unlike Faustus, though, he does, arguably, succeed, and when he dies, his sons look set to carry on what he started anyway. Under-rated in my opinion.

I don't use revision guides, really - never have. Maybe I should!

After a very successful thread last year on the AS exam for English Lit, I thought I'd do one for A2 (a bit early in case I forget). A quick scroll through that previous thread shows the highlights being: my five predictions on the poems, which were knocked down to four by HolyFuzazzle; then three by agoetcherian; leavemebehind correctly suggesting the theme of the poem (Apologia, which everyone favoured) that came up; Oklii reiterating the AO's; LeSaqMagique destroying essay length misconceptions, etc etc.

Now to let those posters know of this thread.



Obviously not now but near June I hope you'll all return to this thread to discuss revision for this exam (if you've continued on to A2, that is).

I love both of them. I'm especially keen on Marlowe now. I think it was my rambling about his 'Tamburlaine' in the interview that got me my place. It is a bit off-putting that the Chaucer seems to be written in Geordie though.

(Also doing Othello here.)

I'm studying Othello, John Donne and School for Scandal for the exam.

I wish our school would tell us our provisional coursework marks

Any hunches on possible Othello questions?

Are they reluctant to tell you?

They just don't tell us, it's the English department's policy.

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Has anyone got any notes on Othello?, struggling a bit on that.

Is anyone comparing Dr Faustus and Paradise Lost?

Since this is the last year of this text being set and since there has not been a character question specifically about Othello himself I wouldn't be surprised if there is a question specifically on Othello the character.