OCR English Literature F661

i completely flunked dorian gray as well, didn't know which question to chose, ended up doing art and i said nothing for it really, couldn't get an argument

I did Yeats and Frankenstein too! Reading everyone posts is making me think i missed out key aspects of Yeats.. :/
I did paragraphs on:change of physical age, linking to sailing, like symbolism of birds and things and change in idealised and contemporary ireland! Sounds like i did it wrong.. :/
And for Franky i did the first one of suffering and talked about social injustice.. :/ wasn't good though what did everyone else do? Oh god and i had two re exams before so my hand is so dead! My handwriting was rubbish too.. :/ xxx

I did Dorian Gray I chose the art and life question, I included quite a bit on aestheticism and I didn't really know what to do about the critics so I just said 'Some critics would say...' etc... I think it went ok though. Which question did you choose?

I did part a. It was aweful. I never liked that book. though I had contextual reference, and quotes. But i thought i wasnt answering the question....[/QUOT

was a art? i can't remember, i did art, sorry commented on the other post as well, feeling quite moany

No I went with physical ageing too with a link to the tattered coat on a stick!

LUcky, edexcel was much harder than usual English is my worst subject, dreading Bio and C2 though For stats if you do normal distribution/discrete random variables, check out maths247 on youtube, he has a lot of worked examples and explains how to do them all, soooo useful

Question 9, part e.....talk about long questions! 15 marks....almost killed me. I counted my marks at the end, I always finish my paper early, even in the past papers. I think I will get around 60ish....I just want that A so bad coz I know S1 and C2 wud be worse than this....

Oh man that sucks! At least it is over and done with now though and ooh thank you, I will definitely check that out...



15 MARKS?! Jeez, the most marks for a single question I've ever come across on the OCR papers is 8 marks. And yeah I can relate, I really want to do really well in this so I'm on slightly safer ground for an A grade... I'm gonna have to work my ass off tomorrow for C2 and the 5 days I have after that until S1.

I did aestheticism, hedonism, new historicism......
I did part a as well. But Im so GLAD that english is OVER. now ive an exam tomro, n then on friday.....

I did Yeats and Frankenstein too! Reading everyone posts is making me think i missed out key aspects of Yeats.. :/
I did paragraphs on:change of physical age, linking to sailing, like symbolism of birds and things and change in idealised and contemporary ireland! Sounds like i did it wrong.. :/
And for Franky i did the first one of suffering and talked about social injustice.. :/ wasn't good though what did everyone else do? Oh god and i had two re exams before so my hand is so dead! My handwriting was rubbish too.. :/ xxx

Oh man that sucks! At least it is over and done with now though and ooh thank you, I will definitely check that out...

15 MARKS?! Jeez, the most marks for a single question I've ever come across on the OCR papers is 8 marks. And yeah I can relate, I really want to do really well in this so I'm on slightly safer ground for an A grade... I'm gonna have to work my ass off tomorrow for C2 and the 5 days I have after that until S1.

Yeah thanks god it's over. Never have to do Yeats again Frankenstein was honestly a fun book to do though

Yep, brutal...and if you got part a wrong, all goes down the drain :/ goooood luck with C2 and S1. Got my S1 on friday, C2 next thurs, so a bit of a relief

Nah, I wrote a lot of similar points to you as well for Yeats
Didn't talk about social injustice though, i did a bit about social commentary...guess it's nearly the same thing, except mine was more of a "impact of the pursuit of knowledge, science during shelley's age etc" thing.
And it's English, everything is the right answer, it's just how you back it up

And OMG I has RE exam before as well...edexcel unit 1?

i completely flunked dorian gray as well, didn't know which question to chose, ended up doing art and i said nothing for it really, couldn't get an argument

JE was okay, but didn't write enough on Critical approaches (only mentioned two).
Browning would have been great, but my context was pitiful because I somehow forgot to write when it was written etc. Only referenced one, no quotes really.
Anyone want to reassure me? :P

I did Yeats and 'Turn of the Screw'.
I had been expecting 'Wild Swans at Coole' as it is just intrinsically Yeatsian. However, I wasn't keen on the question. I picked out some bits about ageing and linked it to EGB 'raving autumn shears blossom off the summers wreath'. Then the structure and the half rhymes to show regret linked to among school children. I did write more, but as to what, my mind has gone. I know something about abstract use of adjectives and something else about his unchanging love for Maud Gonne.

For 'Turn of the Screw' I disliked both questions but I went for the Governess as an unreliable narrator. Bad Move! It was the fact they said vulnerable and frightened, it made it quite a narrow question whilst giving you the perception it was much more open. I know I waffled on that one. But on the plus I crammed in about 7 critics quotes which were relevant to my discussion.

Anyone else choose TotS question b?