OCR A2 English Literature 2013

I utterly despise this subject - doing Shakespeare's "The Tempest" for part A and The Wife of Bath (most boring, stupid piece of garbage I have ever had the misfortune to read) and 'Tis Pity for part B.

Theme wise, I'm guessing common themes in The Wife of Bath and Tis Pity would be stuff like love, lust, dominance, jealousy, possession and a contrast of patriarchy/femininity? Kinda screwed for the AO2 aspect, I really can't think of much for structure! Quotes are also really hard to learn ._.

could not have put it any better, I absolutely despise that text

Aw, no, guys, don't you find it hilarious? With her bele chose and her ridiculous arguments and the phallic candle in the queynte lantern and the 'dude you killed me... give me a kiss' *punch* 'now wol I die'? And the fact that nobody can agree about whether it's feminist or totally antifeminist... no?

aw, no, guys, don't you find it hilarious? With her bele chose and her ridiculous arguments and the phallic candle in the queynte lantern and the 'dude you killed me... Give me a kiss' *punch* 'now wol i die'? And the fact that nobody can agree about whether it's feminist or totally antifeminist... No?

Hahah,very worrying indeed.Whats worse is that we haven't really gone much into critical comments and I'm not even sure what to think of it.I've been looking through this thread and the majority of the people have some sort of critical comments,so not really sure how to feel.At the end of the day,we are doing the same exam,so wouldn't it be marked on the same basis? Sorry if I'm not making any sense.I think I'm just a little confused,because in class we did a really surface revision on the basic elements,but nothing more.I mean I've learnt a total of about 8 quotes for WoB and they aren't lengthy apart from a few.But with the Rivals I've only managed like maybe 5 haha.But yeah,what quotes have you chosen?
Oh and what do you think I should do in regards to the critical comments? Oh and sorry if this is lenthy

not at all, worst thing i've ever studied

not at all, worst thing i've ever studied

For critical comments just read reviews/lectures/presentations on the texts and literally pick out a couple of lines then just write about it in relation to the texts . Plus, I'm sure AO3 is either a critical reading or critics' comments? (Someone correct me if I'm wrong). The point is, if you have a critical reading that's detailed enough, you don't need critics' comments.

Ha yeah they are all marked equally xD. But English is subjective so the examiners will do it to the best of their ability - English is about how well you can argue and you'll be marked on that.

For quotes, I've got 20 for each text. I'm not going to use all of them obviously - in practice essays I've only used between 5 - 8 quotes for the entire essay, covering both texts (plus a couple of critics' comments).

WoB:

- pecuniary/monetary terms ('dettour... and thral', 'make his paiement')
- general metaphors (when she compares white bread to barley bread and gold vessels to wooden ones)
- her nitpicking of the Bible
- 'housbondes at chirche door I hadde five' - contextual info
- use of terms for genitalia - 'bele chose', 'queynte'

Rivals:

- Faulkland's and Lydia's sensibility
- Bob Acres' 'sentimental swearing'
- malapropisms
- various ones from Preface and Epilogue (re. roles of comedy)

Can someone help me with how the AO's are weighted for each section? I seem to have lost my sheet showing which AO's are the most significant D:

Ahh,thanks a ton for this.You're ever so helpful

For the comparitve texts: AO3=10 AO4=10 AO1=5 AO2=5

Shakespeare: AO1=5 AO2=10 AO3=10 AO4=5


Just remember for the comparisons context is dominant. For Shakespeare AO2 is dominant. I find AO2 the hardest to revise though so a bit stuck!


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Anyone doing marvell and volpone? Got any good links between them? thnx

I know AO3 is context but what is AO2?