AQA A-level English Literature B new 7717/1B &amp; 7717/2B - 15 &amp; 22 Jun 2017

I'm doing exactly the same except as you except, we're doing the tragedy anthology poems instead of Hardy's. :smile:

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Original post by CatusStarbright

I'm doing exactly the same except as you except, we're doing the tragedy anthology poems instead of Hardy's. :smile:

Oh that's great, revision can be easier then :smile:

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bethanylunn1999

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heya, I'm doing the same but the great gatsby rather than tess of the d'urbervilles which is ashamed because it is such a brilliant book !! what do you think about Hardys poetry the ballads are just heartbreaking.

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Original post by bethanylunn1999

heya, I'm doing the same but the great gatsby rather than tess of the d'urbervilles which is ashamed because it is such a brilliant book !! what do you think about Hardys poetry the ballads are just heartbreaking.

I think that there are some poems which are really heartfelt like 'At Castle Boterel' and 'Under the Waterfall' is quite a nostalgic poem which I like. I think 'The Going' and 'Your Last Drive' are the ones that really break your heart. Same with 'The Haunter'. But not all of them are ballads, I'm not entirely sure.

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We have a poem by Hardy in the tragedy anthology called 'The Convergence of the Twain' which is about the Titanic. We're going to study it this week.

Original post by cecilia.adekoya

Oh that's great, revision can be easier then :smile:

Have you finished Tess yet? We're going to be finishing reading it this week.

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Yeah we've finished Tess, we're now on Hardy's poetry :smile:

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Original post by cecilia.adekoya

Yeah we've finished Tess, we're now on Hardy's poetry :smile:

Ah, we're doing things simultaneously. We do Tess on Tuesdays, used to do Death of a Salesman on Thursdays, but we've finished it so now we do poetry, and on Fridays we do Othello.

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We did it like that too - for the first term we did Tess on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays but on Mondays (I have a double period) and Fridays we did Othello. Now it's Death of a Salesman and Hardy's poetry.

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teenhorrorstory

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I do the exact same texts as you. How are you finding it?

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I'm so glad you find this forum :smile:

I really liked Tess (there's just something about it), but I'm not a fan of the plays we are studying. Hardy's poems are incredibly sad probably because he is always looking back at his happy life with Emma. My favourites are: At Castle Boterel, Under the Waterfall and Your Last Drive.

What about you?

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Original post by cecilia.adekoya

I'm so glad you find this forum :smile:

I really liked Tess (there's just something about it), but I'm not a fan of the plays we are studying. Hardy's poems are incredibly sad probably because he is always looking back at his happy life with Emma. My favourites are: At Castle Boterel, Under the Waterfall and Your Last Drive.

What about you?

I like all the texts we're studying, but I have to say that I think Tess is my favourite too.

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Original post by CatusStarbright

I like all the texts we're studying, but I have to say that I think Tess is my favourite too.

It's one of those books that has so many relatable themes, even in modern day

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Abstract_Prism

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Yo

I'm doing Gatsby, Othello, Keats, and Death of a Salesman.

If you could post attach some essays on those that got you top marks, I would greatly appreciate it.

I'll post some of mine in a bit, but I don't have many very good ones.

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teenhorrorstory

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Original post by Abstract_Prism

Yo

I'm doing Gatsby, Othello, Keats, and Death of a Salesman.

If you could post attach some essays on those that got you top marks, I would greatly appreciate it.

I'll post some of mine in a bit, but I don't have many very good ones.

Good idea. I'm worried that I'm not being taught properly, so it'd be useful to compare essays and marks.
My essay book is in school so I'll try post some essays tomorrow

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Original post by cecilia.adekoya

It's one of those books that has so many relatable themes, even in modern day

Especially the double standards when it comes to sex - if men sleep around they're a 'lad', but if women do it they're called all sorts of vulgar things. This is reflected in the wedding night of Tess and Angel where Angel expects Tess to forgive him for his fling and yet he cannot forgive her for what happened, even though he admits she was 'more sinned against then sinning'.

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Abstract_Prism

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Here are two of my best essays. One's Othello and the other's Gatsby. The Othello one got 20/25, and the Gatsby one has yet to be marked.

Please, please share your best essays on Othello, Gatsby, Keats, and Death of a Salesman. I'll give personal rep!

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teenhorrorstory

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The only essay of mine I have at home. This was my Othello mock paper-it got a C. I feel my teacher was too harsh? Idk

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I'll upload my Death of a Salesman essay on Monday. It got 22/25

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mughushed

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Hey, I'm doing Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Death of a Salesman & Othello too, but for poetry I'm doing Keats :smile:

how is everyone revising for their exams? I'm not sure where to begin except to learn quotes for closed book texts!

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