[SJC]

I did Macbeth which I found quite good, then for B I chose the first question about warnings of over reaching which I found much harder

[student1234567891]

(Original post by Leeshur)
I'm sure you did brilliantly, dw. I'm hoping everyone gets their grades since that was a stressful paper.

I need an A* in English overall so 30/40 at least on both papers, not sure how harsh these examiners are though! Thanks, you too!


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[Dia23]

(Original post by thompsonic7)
I did post 1945 poetry for section A, which I was relatively happy with- wrote about Fern Hill, Going Going and In A Garden.
For section B I did the reluctance to change question, arguing A Peasant and The Village for, and Tess and As You Like It against. I thought the question was alright for section B, but it was very thematic based so difficult for AO2. If we had more time I would have been able to get stuff in but with the constraints, I was much more general in my analysis :/

It was better than expected and I'm grateful for that.

I did same questions! But church going, ordinary day and stanton drew for A and Tess, AYLI and the village for B


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[_becca]

(Original post by SJC)
I did Macbeth which I found quite good, then for B I chose the first question about warnings of over reaching which I found much harder

what did you write for the dangers of over reaching?

[SJC]

(Original post by _becca)
what did you write for the dangers of over reaching?

I can't remember entirely,
I remember saying that Mephistopheles said that 'Why this is hell, nor am I out of it' could be interpreted as meaning that we already exist in Hell on Earth and therefore we can't over-achieve and have nothing to lose even if we over reach as we already live in punishment for eternity (eternal torture-house).

Erm, I wrote 'borrowed robes' meant that they will have to be returned thus suggesting the dangers as Macbeth's demise spins from his over-reaching on the social heirachy/ chain of being. Then i wrote about context in Jacobean society.

I think for Wuthering Heights I mentioned about Cathy choosing Edgar as it would make her 'rich' and avoiding Heathcliff as it would 'degrade her'. Then I mentioned she attempted to overreach and ultimately was punished as Edgar was a 'sucking leveret', alongside Isabella who,like Edgar, was like 'honeysuckle'.

I think I also mentioned that Fautus was damned to Hell although first admitting he was not scared of the word 'damnation', and that 'hell was a fable'.. yet with his contract soon about to result in him being in Hell he began to realise the extent, and thus arrogance being a danger.

I also wrote about if he repented he would be saved, although he claimed his 'heart was hardened' too much for salvation. Then claimed religion could be used to save mankind regardless of how far they attempted to over-reach and regardless of what heinous actions they took - and therefore no warning was required.


I can't remember what else I wrote ( I do suffer from memory loss )
Yourself..?

[partickler]

(Original post by Char Wari)
When I opened the question paper, I actually felt like crying when I saw all of the questions and I was like 'Oh god I cant remember any quotes which are related to this' and there were awful TBC and Dracula questions so I went with Macbeth. But somehow, and from somewhere, I managed to have a lot to argue about and considered the significance of Darkness and Concealment, and actually wrote 5 pages and my handwriting wasn't too big either..

Section B, again I was thinking to myself 'What are these questions, wtf is 'limitations' and 'obsessions' arghhhh!!! But somehow from somewhere, I just managed to complete that exam to the best of my ability and that's good for someone who's predicted grade is a D in this subject also did 5 pages, but I guess it's not quantity, it's quality! But it felt weird being the only one asking for extra paper!!!

I also did retake LITB1, and also retook LITB2 which got sent off with 55/60 marks, along with my LITB4 coursework, which was the highest in the class. I'm so proud of myself . Just like to say thanks to everyone on this thread which helped, especially 'Groat' as his quotes about transgression helped in section B with the Weird sisters making evil look attractive.

Best of luck come results day!

I really don't understand how you guys can write up to 10 pages in 2 hours! Seriously, HOOOOW? And did you retake LITB1, LITB2 at the same time as doing your LITB3 and LITB4? Kidding me, are you?

[_becca]

(Original post by SJC)
I can't remember entirely,
I remember saying that Mephistopheles said that 'Why this is hell, nor am I out of it' could be interpreted as meaning that we already exist in Hell on Earth and therefore we can't over-achieve and have nothing to lose even if we over reach as we already live in punishment for eternity (eternal torture-house).

Erm, I wrote 'borrowed robes' meant that they will have to be returned thus suggesting the dangers as Macbeth's demise spins from his over-reaching on the social heirachy/ chain of being. Then i wrote about context in Jacobean society.

I think for Wuthering Heights I mentioned about Cathy choosing Edgar as it would make her 'rich' and avoiding Heathcliff as it would 'degrade her'. Then I mentioned she attempted to overreach and ultimately was punished as Edgar was a 'sucking leveret', alongside Isabella who,like Edgar, was like 'honeysuckle'.

I think I also mentioned that Fautus was damned to Hell although first admitting he was not scared of the word 'damnation', and that 'hell was a fable'.. yet with his contract soon about to result in him being in Hell he began to realise the extent, and thus arrogance being a danger.

I also wrote about if he repented he would be saved, although he claimed his 'heart was hardened' too much for salvation. Then claimed religion could be used to save mankind regardless of how far they attempted to over-reach and regardless of what heinous actions they took - and therefore no warning was required.


I can't remember what else I wrote ( I do suffer from memory loss )
Yourself..?

Oh right, I did different texts to you that sounds good though! You interpreted the question in the same way, always a good sign haha. I did Pardoner's Tale, White Devil and Bloody Chamber. Did you not write about 3 for Section B then?? x

[King-Panther]

(Original post by Niki_girl)
For Dracula I said the 3 vampire women appear physically attractive, but that ultimately morality is preferred over immortality due to the constant references to God and Christian salvation in the novel. I said something about the Count's revolting appearence, and compared his "strange intonation" with Van Helsing's idosyncratic speech, but said that Van Hlesing, rather than appear as a threatening foreigner, does "noble" work. I also wrote about fear of female sexuality, and how Dracula doesn't make evil attractive because he's compared to an animal ("lion-like", "panther-like") which makes us uneasy.

Hi, I'm sorry but I've just bumped into your post, I'm assuming its an A level English Lit thread.... I just have one question, what is wrong with being panther like?

[Natwaah]

I seem to be one of the few who did Bloody Chamber on Section A, and the 'limitations' question on Section B writing about Dracula, Doctor Faustus and Frankenstein. Could have done with an extra 30mins really, but I think my coverage of the AOs was pretty consistent overall.

[SCheng]

(Original post by Natwaah)
I seem to be one of the few who did Bloody Chamber on Section A, and the 'limitations' question on Section B writing about Dracula, Doctor Faustus and Frankenstein. Could have done with an extra 30mins really, but I think my coverage of the AOs was pretty consistent overall.

I did the limitations question for Section B too. What did you write about for Dracula?
I found Dracula the most difficult to relate to the question, my other texts were Macbeth and Frankenstein which i went ok.

[Char Wari]

(Original post by partickler)
I really don't understand how you guys can write up to 10 pages in 2 hours! Seriously, HOOOOW? And did you retake LITB1, LITB2 at the same time as doing your LITB3 and LITB4? Kidding me, are you?

Did the whole English unit in pretty much one term as the last throw of a dice, and hopefully it will pay off in results day. Had I not retook all at the same time, with a low E in LITB1 and a low D in LITB2, I'm kind of squeezing myself into a corner, so it was a lot of tough work, but I never gave up no matter how hard and long it took, and persevered until the end.

That's what happens when you screw up your first year at A-levels, you have to be right on it in year 1 to give you less stress in year 2, and that's something I have learned.

It's never too late to make a difference.

[partickler]

(Original post by Char Wari)
Did the whole English unit in pretty much one term as the last throw of a dice, and hopefully it will pay off in results day. Had I not retook all at the same time, with a low E in LITB1 and a low D in LITB2, I'm kind of squeezing myself into a corner, so it was a lot of tough work, but I never gave up no matter how hard and long it took, and persevered until the end.

That's what happens when you screw up your first year at A-levels, you have to be right on it in year 1 to give you less stress in year 2, and that's something I have learned.

It's never too late to make a difference.

I salute you.

[xoJessicaAnn]

(Original post by universitygirl2012)
Did Wuthering Heights in section A too. How did you find it? And for section B Gothic Villains with Frankenstein, The Pardoner's Tale and Wuthering Heights x

I loved it. I really like looking at female character's in novels and I did a similar task for coursework so it was really good looked at Catherine, Isabella, Young Cathy and a tiny bit on Nelly you?

[Natwaah]

(Original post by SCheng)
I did the limitations question for Section B too. What did you write about for Dracula?
I found Dracula the most difficult to relate to the question, my other texts were Macbeth and Frankenstein which i went ok.

I talked about Dracula breaking the moral and sexual code, how Jonathan disregards the superstitions of the people in Transylvania on his way to Castle Dracula which results in torture and horror. I also talked about the masculinity of Mina and how gender roles are pushed. To be honest I was pushed for time and think I went off the question a lot, looking back I could've written about some better stuff.

[Char Wari]

(Original post by partickler)
I salute you.

Many thanks, and best of luck on results day

[giveandtake]

WELL DONE CHAPS, hope the exam went well for you all

[Niki_girl]

(Original post by King-Panther)
Hi, I'm sorry but I've just bumped into your post, I'm assuming its an A level English Lit thread.... I just have one question, what is wrong with being panther like?

I have no problem with Panthers, (or with your user name ) but in the exam I used the point that it sounds kind of dangerous and predator like, so that humans would fear, rather than be attracted to evil (because Count Dracula is portrayed as evil, and described as panther-like) which is what the A-level English lit. question was debating in my exam.

[Francesca777]

(Original post by flandalf)
Yay, someone who answered the same questions as me! I liked the one for Tess because that is what I think the novel is about, so I wrote about how it can be considered a pastoral elegy and Tess can be seen as an amalgamation of rural and urban because of her mixed heritage and the fact she speaks a rural dialect and Sixth Standard English, so this could be seen as urban tainting the pure rural people. I talked about the delicate economics in Marlott as a result of great agricultural changes and mentioned the threshing machine. I think I then briefly argued that it could also be seen as Hardy's celebration of rural life rather than a political message about conservatism.
Did you find yourself repeating a lot of stuff from the Tess question for Section B? My Tess paragraph ended up being really short because I had to try and make a lot of things I'd only briefly referred to in Section A, it felt like I was basically making the same points :/ Apart from that I think it was okay.

I went more down the route of industrialisation, wrote about reeping/threshing machine/urban encroachment/flintcombe ash, and also argued against it by saying hardy shows praise/admiration to the peasantry/pastoral through beautiful descriptions etc etc.. Yeah I did find myself repeating in section B slightly as I again wrote about the threshing/reeping machine.. Found Blake hard for that and ended up talking about The Tiger poem showing industrialisation/controlling creation etc and then wrote about the schoolboy how it's not the landscape that's controlled but instead his education and contrasted it to the little
Black boy.. For post 1945 I did Stanton Drew and The Village< I argued that in this one (The village) the Poet can't control the landscape... Think I rambled slightly for Blake and went off the question as I argued against it quite a lot haha :/ but hopefully it's ok! good luck!

[Francesca777]

I keep worrying that I have argued too much against the question about controlling the landscape for section B pastoral.. Is this a good or a bad thing to have done?!

[King-Panther]

(Original post by Niki_girl)
I have no problem with Panthers, (or with your user name ) but in the exam I used the point that it sounds kind of dangerous and predator like, so that humans would fear, rather than be attracted to evil (because Count Dracula is portrayed as evil, and described as panther-like) which is what the A-level English lit. question was debating in my exam.

My actual name translates to panther , indeed we are predatory animals but I wouldn't personally associate that with evil... However, it would be hard to associate anything evil in the natural word, a part from a demon/devil.