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Edexcel AS Level English Literature: Poetry and Drama Fri 20 May AM

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Reply 20

Thamim01

Is anyone studying A Thousand Splendid Suns?

Reply 21

student9898

Original post by SonOfMorlock

on the individual essay's both grades give an E so i'd assume E overall

**** thats bad, do you know how many marks i would need for a atleast a D

Reply 22

Englishlit2016x

Original post by SonOfMorlock

on the individual essay's both grades give an E so i'd assume E overall

This exam is so hard and no grade boundaries have officially been released so it is really hard to tell but 30/72 could be D/E border line maybe but hopefully you could push it up and it could be even higher because this exam is tough and no one really has a clue and 14/24 and 22/48 gave me a D/C kinda area

Reply 23

Englishlit2016x

Original post by student9898

Omg i always get similiar grades too
i got 20/48 and 10/24 in my drama and poetry mock exam = 30/72
what grade would this be overall, does anyone know?

I'd say your marks are more of a D because band 5 if only 30 something out of 48 which is going to be an A, so maybe a D and if you try really hard tomorrow you could get a C or even a B just depends on all your techniques, this is what I'm relying on anyway, good luck!!

Reply 24

cathartic

Original post by Remaine

I'm hoping a question comes up where I can make Giuseppe or Eat Me relevant. Loads of content there.

For Drama, I'm studying A Streetcar Named Desire, and here, we've taken the "gay reading" stance - the idea of a promiscuously gay writer (Williams) using a mouthpiece (Blanche) to exert his revenge on the heterosexual norm.

Can you explain your view of Williams using Blanche as a mouthpiece to exert his revenge on the heterosexual norm

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Reply 25

cathartic

Hey guys how are you revising? I'm going to go through theme quotes and poems i find hard idk how else to revise

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Reply 26

student9898

Original post by Englishlit2016x

Thank you so much for the motivation. My issue is that I write down everything i know about the plays or poems and don't refer to the question or link it to other contextual factors. I hope I can get a C which can even out with my prose exam so overall a C :frown:

What are you studying?

I'm doing a streetcar named desire and the poem anthologies

Reply 27

Tahmin_r

Original post by una.7

any predictions for the poetry section? :smile:

omg im so scared,
hope its something on family relationships or eat me or whatever

Reply 28

zope

Original post by dodgewc25

Okay so what AOs are marked for each section and what do they entale?

I'm doing Streetcar and the poetry but these are the AO's that we have been told:

For poetry:
AO1 : Articulate responses - use sophisticated vocab, language, grammar, paragraphs and interpretations backed with evidence.
AO2: Form, structure and language - analyse the devices the poet has used and how it adds meaning to the poem.
AO4: Explore connections between texts - keep switching between each poem and compare them with each other and the steer.

For Drama:AO1, AO2, AO3 and AO5
AO3: significance and influence of the context - what is going on at the time it was written
AO5: Explore literary texts informed by different interpretations - how literary areas like feminism for example help your understanding of the text

Reply 29

Englishlit2016x

Me too! I'm doing streetcar and those poems too! And I'm aiming for a C too despite getting D's all year! And for streetcar I'm going to talk about context of women a lot, diversity and plastic theatre. In terms of poems ode to a greyson perry urn is freaking me out

Reply 30

Sierra Beckx

Original post by cathartic

Can you explain your view of Williams using Blanche as a mouthpiece to exert his revenge on the heterosexual norm

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William's uses Blanche as a mouthpiece as both of them are mentally ill, love men and enjoy indulging in sexual desires. Williams' sexual exploration was a form of escapism, just like Blanche, and allowed him to ignore the fact that although he was a great play write...he was a homosexual man in America and would never truly be accepted at the time. This is also the case for Blanche as she was a promiscuous woman who longed to be loved and respected but she could not be because she was not a Southern Belle. She tried to move away and change, the same way that Williams tried to move away and change his name but alas moving away was a not effective as it was both ended in their downfalls.If you also want to get a few AO3 contextual knowledge facts, you could refer to a few of his other books such as the Glass Menagerie where Laura was a mentally fragile young lady and she meets Jim, a heterosexual man who leads her on but is already married. You could also link it to Cat on a Hot Tin Roof where Maggie is also a fragile and insecure woman married to Brick, the American dream, who is also secretly gay. Stanley, Jim and Brick are all heterosexual men who have messed up women and all of the women are mentally ill. this is why the play is seen as being critical of heterosexual men.I really hope this helped. Good Luck for tomorrow.

Reply 31

Remaine

Original post by cathartic

Can you explain your view of Williams using Blanche as a mouthpiece to exert his revenge on the heterosexual norm

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Apologies for not responding on time - fortunately, one of the succeeding posts hit it right on the head.

Reply 32

jord14

Hi guys, I quoted one of the critical interpretations in the back of the book in the actual exam, do you think this is a form of plagiarism

Reply 33

cathartic

Original post by jord14

Hi guys, I quoted one of the critical interpretations in the back of the book in the actual exam, do you think this is a form of plagiarism

Nope I don't think so, it's hand written so they can't really check nor will they notice they have thousands of papers to mark they won't spend their time checking if it's been plagiarized or not hopefully x

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Reply 34

jord14

Original post by cathartic

Ok thank you x

Reply 35

help4exams

How did you guys find the exam?

Reply 36

Remaine

I think that it went well for me.

The Streetcar question I answered was based on Blanche, meaning there's a hell of a lot to talk about (how she's central to the play, her complicity, "gay reading" - quoting from various articles and documentaries, the use of disguises to hide her vulnerability, and questioning the statement, by defining vulnerability.)

If I recall correctly, "death" was a question on one of the old Edexcel papers - "Death is my best theme, don't you think?" was the statement used, and that wasn't too bad a question either.

I lucked out on the poetry as well in the sense that I was able to link The Deliverer with Giuseppe, which aforementioned, is one of my favourite poems, in terms of analysis. Most of my friends did similar, whilst others went for Eat Me or History; however, none of us linked it with Out of the Bag.

Overall, I think there was a good performance - let's hope that the grade reflects that.

Reply 37

Sierra Beckx

Original post by Remaine

You've definitely got an A. I answered the same questions as you and linked the same poems, i also referred to the gay reading. However, I don't believe that I did it as well as you which may have put my grade down

Reply 38

Ritaskita

Is anyone doing the murder room and/or lady Audley's secret

Reply 39

Remaine

Original post by Sierra Beckx

Thanks for the vote of confidence, Sierra.
However, I don't want to inadvertently deter you in the process - so long as you've written a fair few amount of points, which it sounds like you have, I have confidence that you will be fine. How long did you spend on each part? 60-60? Or did you spend more time on Streetcar?