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

How accurate is everyone aiming for with regards to quotes? Like, they won't care if we get a few words mixed up or don't get Shakespeare's weird apostrophe system or whatever? For both textual quotes and critical quotes

Did we have to memorize critical quotes?? We haven't done anything on critical opinions at all?!

Not necessary, you can still achieve full marks without

Okay, phew! Had me panic googling for a second, thanks!

could someone please define sublime and liminality? I don't quite understand these two terms. Thanks!

I had two different teachers, and one marked us down if we didn't include them but the other said we didn't need to... I was/still am kind of confused. If you do fancy using any, I've got a couple for each text to drop into Section A if I can, and also general Gothic onesThey're basically just to help with alternate readings of the text, like if the question is on transgression and you're arguing that it's a major part of the three texts, you can say "This view of the Gothic is supported by Kidd, who states that 'temptation and transgression are central motifs'. However..."

Anybody have any predictions?

Section B I would love religion to come up
(My texts are Macbeth, Wuthering Heights and Frankenstein)

Oh god, if religion comes up I'll cry of happiness I've got Macbeth, Frankenstein and Faustus. A lot of people seem to be predicting women for Frankenstein, but I hope not since we haven't really covered that reading. My teacher reckons there might be a Lady Macbeth question - there's been one on the witches and multiple on Macbeth, and she's got a lot to talk about.

@ellieacraig Hey so if I got 101 UMS in LITB1, 70 UMS in LITB2 and 51 UMS in my coursework this year, what will I need for an A? Seems like you're the person to ask

Really?? are you sure? thats awesome!!!
How did you work that out? I found this converter thing on AQA that said that 42 marks converted to 79 UMS? which is a mid C grade. I dunno how these thing work UMS confuses the hell out of me.
http://www.aqa.org.uk/exams-administration/about-results/uniform-mark-scale/convert-marks-to-ums

I just wanna make sure i know exactly what i need. then it i know what im doing y'know.

Oh I wonder what they could say about Lady Macbeth!

He set us one in class about whether or not she is a "fiend-like queen", since that's what Duncan says about her at the end - they've used Duncan calling Macbeth a "butcher" for one already, so it'd be like a pair. I talked about her in reference to the witches and the evil incantations, then about her behaviour towards Macbeth (good and bad) then about the sleepwalking scene.

As for what it could actually be...? If it was her, I'd say something about her being evil or good, there's not really much else you can say?

He set us one in class about whether or not she is a "fiend-like queen", since that's what Duncan says about her at the end - they've used Duncan calling Macbeth a "butcher" for one already, so it'd be like a pair. I talked about her in reference to the witches and the evil incantations, then about her behaviour towards Macbeth (good and bad) then about the sleepwalking scene.

As for what it could actually be...? If it was her, I'd say something about her being evil or good, there's not really much else you can say?

in section B if i'm doing the bloody chamber do i have to focus on just one of her stories or can i use a couple? dont know if it would count as using more than 3 texts and its stressing me out!!

That lady Macbeth one came up in 2011 I think. I hope a similar style question comes up again though