AQA GCSE English Literature 8702 - Paper 1 - 15th May 2019

guys whos ready for chemistry tomorrow

anyone talk a little about how he is not as violent as he seems but he becomes paranoid by the repercussions of his actions and becomes guilty?

At an estimate, which grade would this reference to the bible and the overall link to the theme of religion get in this Macbeth exam:

In Macbeth, Shakespeare constantly uses the theme of religion, primarily to frighten the Jacobean audience of the time. Macduff calls Macbeth a "hell-hound" which could suggest that Macbeth is a violent "hound" simply killing because of a desperate blood lust. On the other hand, this could also suggest that Macbeth is destined to go to "hell" which contrasts with Macbeth saying "plead like angels" when about to kill Duncan. The use of the word "angels" implies that Duncan is going to heaven as he was a great King and widely respected across the country. However, this foreshadows that Macbeth must go to hell as he has disturbed the great chain of being and therefore must be punished by God. Shakespeare includes this detail because it represents how Macbeth's violence has led him to a disastrous death, reflecting what would happen if a Jacobean audience plotted the same murder of King James I as the majority of people at the time opposed him. In the bible, it says "whoever conceals their sins does not prosper" which links directly to Macbeth's situation as he himself has "concealed" his sins and he has nothing to show for it, only death. Of course, a reader of the time would most likely recognise this link because many people then were strongly religious and to therefore to question this link would be to question God himself. This would have been considered a great fear of many in that time.

(roughly what I wrote for one point)

Ahh same! I revised so many complex themes so finding out that it was on the treatment of male characters was quite underwhelming :/

I'm really worried, coz I did talk about him as violent but also not that violent

Yo, Can you tell me the great expectations question because I'll be doing it for my mocks? I'd really appreciate it. Just PM me please as I really need it.

What the hell was the Macbeth extract there was hardly any violence in there. I hope I pass I’m only in year 10

I had roughly 40 minutes to write about frankenstein wby

No, you're okay! In a way Macbeth was a rebel, maybe that will earn you something.
And you've still got two other paragraphs to score some marks!

Besides, the essay is only 20% of your grade. In the end it's not too much.

At an estimate, which grade would this reference to the bible and the overall link to the theme of religion get in this Macbeth exam:

In Macbeth, Shakespeare constantly uses the theme of religion, primarily to frighten the Jacobean audience of the time. Macduff calls Macbeth a "hell-hound" which could suggest that Macbeth is a violent "hound" simply killing because of a desperate blood lust. On the other hand, this could also suggest that Macbeth is destined to go to "hell" which contrasts with Macbeth saying "plead like angels" when about to kill Duncan. The use of the word "angels" implies that Duncan is going to heaven as he was a great King and widely respected across the country. However, this foreshadows that Macbeth must go to hell as he has disturbed the great chain of being and therefore must be punished by God. Shakespeare includes this detail because it represents how Macbeth's violence has led him to a disastrous death, reflecting what would happen if a Jacobean audience plotted the same murder of King James I as the majority of people at the time opposed him. In the bible, it says "whoever conceals their sins does not prosper" which links directly to Macbeth's situation as he himself has "concealed" his sins and he has nothing to show for it, only death. Of course, a reader of the time would most likely recognise this link because many people then were strongly religious and to therefore to question this link would be to question God himself. This would have been considered a great fear of many in that time.

(roughly what I wrote for one point)

Can I just rant about how I hate it when teachers put kids in yr 10 or whatever to go real GCSEs because often they get a 5 or 6 or 7 whereas if you left them they'd have gotten a 9

Can I just rant about how I hate it when teachers put kids in yr 10 or whatever to go real GCSEs because often they get a 5 or 6 or 7 whereas if you left them they'd have gotten a 9

Just for an idea becuase im reading what other people put
I did Macbeth and talked about masculinity and how people and men in the Victorian era had to keep up standards and if they didn’t they would be ripped of their masculinity so ‘brave macbeth’ is acting like that as he wants to portray masculinity and Shakespeare wants to please king James so he shows how his character kills the enemies for the king and the audience would of thought Macbeth was Nobel ‘Nobel macbeth’
I can’t remember more but that was one paragraph

I did Dr Jekyll n Mr H and I wrote about Charles Darwin’s theory and I wrote about Hyde trampled calmly but I said this shows how he is not ‘inhuman’ and I argued against as he could be representing a society that would have killed he girl anyway .. etc etc I heard that argument against the trampled calmly was grade 9 analysis so I put it in by luck even though I’m a grade 6 student

I've just got paper 2 to revise for now...aic and power and conflict

Im studying the same. How are you planning to revise?

Same, my p&p question was just a mess i really didn’t answer it properly I’m so worried