AQA A2 English Literature 2016 - Elements of the Gothic (LITB3) - OFFICIAL THREAD

For Section A I wrote about Macbeth and as well as discussing him as a villain I put a few paragraphs on him as a victim, firstly saying that he was a victim of his wife's manipulation but secondly I cited Kurzel's adaptation of Macbeth, which gave a greater focus to the battle scenes and emphasised the idea of 'bloody execution' in order to change people's perception of Macbeth's tyranny. I said that this opposed the idea of Macbeth being a villain driven by 'vaulting ambition', as in this adaptation we see his descent as a product of PTSD from war, which would stand out more for a contemporary audience who are more knowledgeable on mental illness and its consequences- so I ended up saying he was a victim of mental illness, would you say this is a valid point?

So many people with complicated views, feel like I didn't do enough now or go out of the box enough...

Did Macbeth for Section A, para 1 on Macbeth as villain, para 2 on Macbeth as victim (didn't initially want to kill Duncan, persuaded by Lady Macbeth), and para 3 on his punishment and how it victimised him, concluded that although he committed villainous acts he was also a victim of his own pride and ambition and of Lady Macbeth's ambitions.

Then for Section B I did the rebels question, one paragraph for each text, talked about why they might be considered admirable (Walton called Victor "noble" and Victor wanted to beat "the spoiler" of death which is admirable language, Faustus being a doctor who helped to cure plague, "brave Macbeth" etc), then discussed the nature of their rebellion (threw in the Symonds quote about Faustus being a "medieval rebel", and then talked about the condemnation (Victor's suffering/punishment, the chorus in Faustus, Macbeth's punishment and nature turning against itself), concluded with the fact that the texts depict rebellion but condemn it and are actually conservative in nature (used Botting's "promote vice and violence" quote in conclusion to show that some might believe that rebellion is encouraged but ultimately argued against it).

I have a question about something that's been bugging me since I left the exam hall. I accidentally wrote 'Edward' instead of 'William' when talking about Frankenstein's brother (it was a passing comment), and it's been bothering me all day because I caught it at the last minute just as the time ran out.

Will I get penalised? I need an A* lol.

I only wrote 2 out of the 3 books in in section B, will I lose 14 marks or more

I only wrote 2 out of the 3 books in in section B, will I lose 14 marks or more

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I actually ended up with 100% UMS in English Lit (OCR)... Don't know how!

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I got a C overall... Really expected like an E or a U

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