Edexcel IGCSE English Literature June 2015

I did R&J and P&P and the theme question for the former was terrible! I really think I messed up on that :frown:

anyone else have Romeo and Juliet?

What did you think about P&P? I went for the non-character question but I'm slightly worried as everyone seems to have gone for the other one..

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a_jawaid98

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Original post by thefoodieteen

What did you think about P&P? I went for the non-character question but I'm slightly worried as everyone seems to have gone for the other one..

I went for ambition too! It was alright, but the main thing was recovering from the shock of how awful both sets of questions were :tongue:

I ended up writing about advantageous marriages and climbing up the social hierarchy, how about you?

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thefoodieteen

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Original post by a_jawaid98

I went for ambition too! It was alright, but the main thing was recovering from the shock of how awful both sets of questions were :tongue:

I ended up writing about advantageous marriages and climbing up the social hierarchy, how about you?

Phew - someone else! I know the feeling about the terrible questions.. what on Earth is there to even write about Charlotte?! I wrote quite a bit about marriage and Austen's criticism of it and linked to gender inequality/Primogeniture movement, then I finished the essay by adding in a little about how Austen portrays Elizabeth's ambitions as overcoming class and societal mores.. hopefully that'll be decent! To be completely honest I can hardly remember what I wrote, it was a bit of a rush!

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a_jawaid98

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Original post by thefoodieteen

Phew - someone else! I know the feeling about the terrible questions.. what on Earth is there to even write about Charlotte?! I wrote quite a bit about marriage and Austen's criticism of it and linked to gender inequality/Primogeniture movement, then I finished the essay by adding in a little about how Austen portrays Elizabeth's ambitions as overcoming class and societal mores.. hopefully that'll be decent! To be completely honest I can hardly remember what I wrote, it was a bit of a rush!

Wow that sounds really good!! that Charlotte Lucas question was just terrible!! I did pride and prejudice second, and had time left over brcaus I rushed 😂 i hope the grade boundaries are low because I completely messed up the Romeo and Juliet question (it was: explain the importance of where the scenes are set in the play) how awful is that!?

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thefoodieteen

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Original post by a_jawaid98

Wow that sounds really good!! that Charlotte Lucas question was just terrible!! I did pride and prejudice second, and had time left over brcaus I rushed 😂 i hope the grade boundaries are low because I completely messed up the Romeo and Juliet question (it was: explain the importance of where the scenes are set in the play) how awful is that!?

It wasn't good, I can tell you that! I was really expecting a question on marriage so I managed to use a few of those points and adapt them...

Lucky you having time left! I was writing until the very last second which isn't great either... the invigilator was literally standing over me! I think the boundaries should be low because the questions were difficult all over the paper.

Oof, scenes sounds terrible! I did a theme one for TIOBE which was unexpected and really difficult!

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a_jawaid98

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Original post by thefoodieteen

It wasn't good, I can tell you that! I was really expecting a question on marriage so I managed to use a few of those points and adapt them...

Lucky you having time left! I was writing until the very last second which isn't great either... the invigilator was literally standing over me! I think the boundaries should be low because the questions were difficult all over the paper.

Oof, scenes sounds terrible! I did a theme one for TIOBE which was unexpected and really difficult!

I think it was a hard series of questions then. I hate when they do that! Don't worry about it it I'm sure it went alright 👍

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Eskimomo

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Original post by a_jawaid98

I did R&J and P&P and the theme question for the former was terrible! I really think I messed up on that :frown:

anyone else have Romeo and Juliet?

You know it :wink:

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a_jawaid98

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Original post by MohonaD

You know it :wink:

You had the same ones? Coincidence?!

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Eskimomo

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Original post by a_jawaid98

You had the same ones? Coincidence?!

I think not, maybe it was written in the stars :biggrin:

A*s

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sunnyrays07

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Original post by sunnyrays07

Oh no! At least you got there :smile:

True! Can you imagine if I didn't? It's actually scaring me. I'm checking and re-checking over my timetable again and again. Guess you learn from your mistakes

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chrisbpw

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Do you guys reckon that if I:

1. stated and explained techniques used by the writers
2. stated and explained the effects on the reader
3. related some quotes to the social/historical context

Can I get at least a C? What else needed to be done?

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Mstr_Kenzo

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Original post by a_jawaid98

Wow that sounds really good!! that Charlotte Lucas question was just terrible!! I did pride and prejudice second, and had time left over brcaus I rushed 😂 i hope the grade boundaries are low because I completely messed up the Romeo and Juliet question (it was: explain the importance of where the scenes are set in the play) how awful is that!?

Same im so scared because i chose the same question as you did for Romeo and Juliet however i asked few people and they said i have done it wrong. Im so scared because i think i may have read the question wrong. What were we meant to talk about for that question?

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a_jawaid98

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Original post by Mstr_Kenzo

Same im so scared because i chose the same question as you did for Romeo and Juliet however i asked few people and they said i have done it wrong. Im so scared because i think i may have read the question wrong. What were we meant to talk about for that question?

if it's any consolation i too misinterpreted the question and wrote complete rubbish. we were supposed to talk about like public and private settings, and verona vs mantua kinda stuff. i really dont think ive done well

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Mstr_Kenzo

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Original post by a_jawaid98

if it's any consolation i too misinterpreted the question and wrote complete rubbish. we were supposed to talk about like public and private settings, and verona vs mantua kinda stuff. i really dont think ive done well

i wrote basically 4 pages about important scene during the play for example the fight between tybalt and mercurtio , thumb biting , the lovers death in the end and i wrote everything that happend in the scene and explained how it was a key factor/important during the play. Im literally crapping myself now..
Do you think we could still pickup some marks? :frown:

(edited 8 years ago)

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a_jawaid98

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Original post by Mstr_Kenzo

i wrote basically 4 pages about important scene during the play for example the fight between tybalt and mercurtio , thumb biting , the lovers death in the end and i wrote everything that happend in the scene and explained how it was a key factor/important during the play. Im literally crapping myself now..
Do you think we could still pickup some marks? :frown:

I wrote about how the position of different scenes eg at star of play or end are important, complete wrong end of the question, but I think we'll get some marks hopefully