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

Yeah on both. I think 5-8 sounds a bit excessive.

Hey, person I definitely don't know at all - if you try asking your teacher sweetly then they might tell you since moderation is now over and done with I think. Mr Day told me what I got today. It's all a bit hush hush though.

oh you clever you... what did you say to him to find out? did you go into school?

Shakespeare's 5/10/10/5 and the comparison's 5/5/10/10.

Hey so would that be according to the AOs?
AO1 - 5
A02 - 10
AO3 - 10
AO4 - 5

Yep

okay cool thankx for that. Do u know the marks for section B?

Um yeah they're in my original post you quoted, 5/5/10/10

I'm doing Othello and Paradise Lost/ Dr F

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).

Quite honoured that I was mentioned in this post to begin with, but I didn't see it to begin with, so I guess I'm a bit of a late comer.

I'm doing Othello and Faustus/Pardoner. Any suggestions of questions to come up yet? I've been reliably informed that the hot topic would be race for Othello, but I have a feeling that the exam board might be trying to prove a point by saying that Othello is about so much more than just race, and not bring it at all. Regardless, I'm planning race questions.

And roughly how many critic quotes have people been told to put in? I've been told around three, but the other class in my school were told to put like 6 in each essay, which is just crazy.

For critics I usually get 3 in, am I right in thinking the AO's are 5, 10, 10, 5 for Othello and 5, 5, 10, 10 for Faustus/Pardoner? Either way, 10 marks for other readings/theories/it could be this or it could be that's is pretty heavy.

I think that in terms of critics you can't say, 'I usually put this many in' because then doesn't it seem rather forced, just like you are trying to tick the boxes. I think it's important that it sounds natural rather than just dumped in because you think you should have criticisms.
Having said that I usually put in at least one per main point, whether it be a quote or a reference to a production.

Well I am trying to check the boxes - I find other readings and comparisons easier than learning critics so I usually try and remember 3 or 4 that can be relevant to a range of themes and weave them in where appropriate.

How many main points would you usually make for each text?

Hey mate, im struggling quite a lot on comparisons between paradise lost and faustus. Have you got any notes/resources that might be helpful? would appreciate it alot.

Hi, I am also doing Dr Faustus/Pardoner for the comparison but unlike most people here I have Twelfth Night for section A. Anyone has any information (or guesses) as to what theme/character might come up in the exam for Twelfth Night?