WJEC English Literature A2 Exam 11th June 2015

Reply 180

LoveEnglishDick

3

The questions were so nice :smile:

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Reply 181

lucyloops1996

1

The Tempest question was lovely, but I'm so frustrated with myself for completely blowing Wife of Bath :frown:

literally the time pressure just got to me and I included like none of the AOs effectively :frown:

feel ****e

Reply 182

MiniKoala

2

SOOOOOO HAPPY OMG YES! the ONE exam that terrified me + felt like it could pose a serious threat, is now OVER, done and dusted, and the questions were sooo good!

Poetry (Blake)
Firstly, I actually couldnt decide which one to answer because all 5 questions were so lovely but the question on poetry is unsettling sounds like it was crafted just to FIT Blake, yyeess! And i feel like I got really lucky with the unseen poems, the one called Reservoirs fit perfectly with detailed discussion of both London (the numerous references to death and decay) and also The Garden of love (chapel, graveyard, tombstones, garden scummed out of the face of the earth), pff wow, couldnt be happier.

Shakespeare (The Tempest + Dr Faustus)
the theme of Duty? HA, was able to replicate my model answer on the theme of justice, discussing the key goals (duty) of each protagonist, and how they raise moral concerns. Hoooraaay!!!

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Reply 183

Piledriver

11

Those grade boundaries gonna be so high. Honestly, don't think they've ever set an exam that kind. I ran out of time to conclude on the poetry, but I couldn't be happier with everything else

Reply 184

Zara1997

2

Hey could someone please tell me what the tempest question was? :smile:

Reply 185

BexAus17

The paper was so nice!

Reply 186

maddiedavies

Original post by MiniKoala

SOOOOOO HAPPY OMG YES! the ONE exam that terrified me + felt like it could pose a serious threat, is now OVER, done and dusted, and the questions were sooo good!

Poetry (Blake)
Firstly, I actually couldnt decide which one to answer because all 5 questions were so lovely but the question on poetry is unsettling sounds like it was crafted just to FIT Blake, yyeess! And i feel like I got really lucky with the unseen poems, the one called Reservoirs fit perfectly with detailed discussion of both London (the numerous references to death and decay) and also The Garden of love (chapel, graveyard, tombstones, garden scummed out of the face of the earth), pff wow, couldnt be happier.

Shakespeare (The Tempest + Dr Faustus)
the theme of Duty? HA, was able to replicate my model answer on the theme of justice, discussing the key goals (duty) of each protagonist, and how they raise moral concerns. Hoooraaay!!!

I literally responded exactly the same as this! I thought it was a fantastic paper. But I'm apprehensive of how I responded to AO3 in Blake, I don't think I linked well to Reseviors!

Reply 187

KimonoMyHouse

12

Great paper, only fear is that the grade boundaries are going to be really high this year :frown:

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Reply 188

Gharper1997

Did anyone do question 1?

Reply 189

thewishfulwriter

10

Original post by Gharper1997

Did anyone do question 1?

the first shakespeare/tempest question? yes, I did.

Reply 190

Gharper1997

Original post by thewishfulwriter

the first shakespeare/tempest question? yes, I did.

No not tempest, the poetry questions with regard to nature being a vehicle to the study of mankind. I applied this question to Blake and im not sure if I have achieved all of the AO's

Reply 191

thewishfulwriter

10

Original post by Gharper1997

No not tempest, the poetry questions with regard to nature being a vehicle to the study of mankind. I applied this question to Blake and im not sure if I have achieved all of the AO's

Ooh, I considered it but didn't do it. Aw, I'm sure you did just fine :smile:

I'm worried I didn't include enough AO4 as that's my weakness.

Reply 192

amyof

1

Did anyone do Hamlet?

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Reply 193

username1592703

4

I can't describe the relief I felt when I opened the paper today. Really nice questions...although...grade boundaries :/

Reply 194

Piledriver

11

Original post by amyof

Did anyone do Hamlet?

Me! Did the question on death :smile:

Reply 195

elizabethandrews

Original post by thewishfulwriter

the first shakespeare/tempest question? yes, I did.

Me too. Out of interest, what did you look at? The wording initially stumped me, but I found it workable in the end :smile:

Not many at my school did it though strangely! Worried that there will be high grade boundaries. Let's hope not.

Reply 196

IntoTheOpenAir20

QUOTE

=lucyloops1996;56878441]The Tempest question was lovely, but I'm so frustrated with myself for completely blowing Wife of Bath :frown:

literally the time pressure just got to me and I included like none of the AOs effectively :frown:

feel ****e[ QUOTE

]

Aww phew I felt like the only one, these are exactly my thoughts I couldn't sum it up better. Really glad I'm not the only one, I'm sure overall it'll be fine though, time pressure got to me aswell. Forgot so many quotes I'd revised and spent about 45 minutes planning overall! Just hopefully my Tempest answer isn't a complete load of rubbish like the Wife of Bath one so it'll level out :frown:

Reply 197

amyof

1

Original post by Piledriver

Me! Did the question on death :smile:

SAME! don't think it went that well though! what points did you put?

Reply 198

lucyloops1996

1

Original post by IntoTheOpenAir20

QUOTE

=lucyloops1996;56878441]The Tempest question was lovely, but I'm so frustrated with myself for completely blowing Wife of Bath :frown:

literally the time pressure just got to me and I included like none of the AOs effectively :frown:

feel ****e[ QUOTE

]

Aww phew I felt like the only one, these are exactly my thoughts I couldn't sum it up better. Really glad I'm not the only one, I'm sure overall it'll be fine though, time pressure got to me aswell. Forgot so many quotes I'd revised and spent about 45 minutes planning overall! Just hopefully my Tempest answer isn't a complete load of rubbish like the Wife of Bath one so it'll level out :frown: