AQA A Level English Literature A Paper 1 (7712/1) - 24 May 2023 [Exam Chat]

Original post by Natania777

curious to know if anyone has any idea what might come up on Wednesdays paper for anyone who does othello and gatsby AQA exam board? And does anyone know what the 2022 paper questions were on othello, unseen poetry and Gatsby?

Hi,

I sat it last year and unseen had a quote about marriage and then the actual question was how love is presented, gatsby I don't remember the questions but one of the options had a quote saying something like 'true love is rarely achieved and never lasts' sorry I couldn't be of more help :smile:

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Hatekittens12345

https://www.physicsandmathstutor.com/english-revision/a-level-aqa/othello/

Hi guys,

I saw a a few of you were asking for resources on characters for Othello; I used some resources from getrevising and physics and maths tutor for Othello, cassio,desdemona and iago when i did it last year. I've attached the physics and maths tutor link here. Hope this helps :smile:

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Seherii

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Hi does anyone have a key structure to follow when writing an answer for the extract question as a whole?

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Original post by Natania777

Do really think they'll ask something so niche considering out cohort of peers have never actually done exams before, like does anyone think it might be more general?

I think its more likely to be themed then character but they could do. but equally Othello / Emilia haven't came up on their own yet either so anything is a possibility

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Original post by Natania777

curious to know if anyone has any idea what might come up on Wednesdays paper for anyone who does othello and gatsby AQA exam board? And does anyone know what the 2022 paper questions were on othello, unseen poetry and Gatsby?

othello des naivety and men and gatsby 'true love is rarely achieved and never lasts' OR 'love as a source of happiness and fulfilment' (both v good)

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beefreya

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what would some write in an essay on rosencrantz and guildenstern?

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Elsieviolet

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Original post by M00nlightt

yes either would be brilliant, especially familial love there's so much to say

i dont think they would do that because it doesn't apply to all texts

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zzkng

for othello, does anyone think there could be a question about the female characters in the play,they eg are only presented as a victim, or is that too similar to last year's? (desdemona's naivety to men)

also since theres never been a specific question on cassio or emilia, does anyone have an idea of what kind of question they could ask about them? i really don't understand how there could be a cassio question (although the roderigo and brabantio one was also bad so i dont doubt they COULD do a cassio question)

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gea05

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Original post by zzkng

for othello, does anyone think there could be a question about the female characters in the play,they eg are only presented as a victim, or is that too similar to last year's? (desdemona's naivety to men)

also since theres never been a specific question on cassio or emilia, does anyone have an idea of what kind of question they could ask about them? i really don't understand how there could be a cassio question (although the roderigo and brabantio one was also bad so i dont doubt they COULD do a cassio question)

I do hope they'll give a question on women cuz there's a lot to talk about.
They could ask a question on the relationship between Bianca and Cassio possibly. Or maybe Cassio's charming personality - idk

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Fire dude

Original post by lara_westwood

I honestly have no clue at this point! I would love a question on like forbidden love/barriers to love or like role of women and societal convention/expectations!

role of women or societal anything would be a gift. i just did a random essay on isolation though as a curveball and that was surprisingly quite good. i'm thinking marriage could come up?

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Fire dude

Original post by KathleenKerry

My dream question for WH and the poetry would be unrequited love, but maybe it could be like obsessive love, destructive love or jealousy? For Othello, they haven't used the extract with Emilia and Desdemona yet but I've noticed for the Othello exam question it's typical a given view which is negative so I don't really know what they could say for that maybe women's loyalty to their husbands?

waiit i'm interested. how are you getting a good essay from unrequited love in wuthering heights and poetry?? we did a plan essay for that today and safe to say i won't be choosing it lol

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Fire dude

Original post by Natania777

Do really think they'll ask something so niche considering out cohort of peers have never actually done exams before, like does anyone think it might be more general?

that's what i was thinking... like for section c i don't think they can be too mean. also because most of the other aqa exams so far have been pretty kind (as in no curveballs in the essay subjects) sooo fingers crossed?

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slayquee

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looking at comments on here for predictions for othello... i'm going to focus on cassio, bianca and possibly amelia? but if it were to be a theme rather than a character what do we think could be likely?

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slayingasavet

Reading this is making me stress so much more !! Omg, Bianca ??? cassio and Emilia arent that bad but BIANCA? theres really not much to write about her in my opinion or if there is then I havent fully explored her characters significance i guess- usually Othello is my strongest question, I got an A in my last mock, but it really does depend on the question. 2022 had a blessing of a paper, is there ANY chance desdemona could come up again?

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Original post by Fire dude

role of women or societal anything would be a gift. i just did a random essay on isolation though as a curveball and that was surprisingly quite good. i'm thinking marriage could come up?

I think marriage as well! I think its quite a common theme across all novels from the ones I do know and its apparent in the poems

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Just my guesses ... Cassio's could maybe be looking at how he treats women (Bianca v Desdemona) ????? Emilia's i'd reckon would have something to do w/ the handkerchief and the conflict that causes (loyalty to Iago vs deception to Desdemona) ???? I doubt if it were on one of them it were to be just on them it would likely be relationships to another person I feel like

Original post by zzkng

for othello, does anyone think there could be a question about the female characters in the play,they eg are only presented as a victim, or is that too similar to last year's? (desdemona's naivety to men)

also since theres never been a specific question on cassio or emilia, does anyone have an idea of what kind of question they could ask about them? i really don't understand how there could be a cassio question (although the roderigo and brabantio one was also bad so i dont doubt they COULD do a cassio question)

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