AQA English Lit

Wondering how everyone found the exam? Opening that exam paper to see ambition for Macbeth and Jekyll for Jekyll and Hyde felt too good to be true tbh...

Reply 1

Callum2165

It would have been alright if I read the question properly.. for Macbeth I thought it meant just the character Macbeth, not the play.. FML

Reply 2

z_o_e

Original post by Callum2165

It would have been alright if I read the question properly.. for Macbeth I thought it meant just the character Macbeth, not the play.. FML

Wasn't it on the theme of ambition?
And Lady Macbeth was the one saying those lines not Macbeth

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Reply 3

mdnvmpr

Original post by Callum2165

It would have been alright if I read the question properly.. for Macbeth I thought it meant just the character Macbeth, not the play.. FML

I'm sure it'll be okay, as long as you've had a good argument and made some good points! Don't worry about it, it's over now :smile:

Reply 4

monster_ej

I did the Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Question. Now- for the Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Question it asked about the character of Dr Jekyll, and twice I accidentally quoted 2 quotes, which are in the book but are relevant to the character, but describes another charterer, and i thought they were describing Dr Jekyll. Do the paragraphs that i wrote that for not count??

BTW the quotes were "dapper, red-faced gentleman" and "flushing suddenly purple", which both happen to Dr Jekyll, but are used to describe Dr Lanyon.

Reply 5

anacarolinaa

How many pages did everyone write?

I feel kinda terrible because I had a lot of ideas, but I only managed to do 3 very extended points for each question and overall wrote 3 pages ._.

Reply 6

z_o_e

Original post by anacarolinaa

How many pages did everyone write?

I feel kinda terrible because I had a lot of ideas, but I only managed to do 3 very extended points for each question and overall wrote 3 pages ._.

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Reply 7

mdnvmpr

Original post by monster_ej

I'd say its quite unlikely that the examiner is even going to notice considering the number of papers they have to mark, but I'm sure as long as you've made other points ith relevant quotes It'll be fine!

Reply 8

mdnvmpr

Original post by anacarolinaa

How many pages did everyone write?

I feel kinda terrible because I had a lot of ideas, but I only managed to do 3 very extended points for each question and overall wrote 3 pages ._.

I think I got up to 9 pages, however it's about quality not quantity. Some of the highest marks come from extremly concise answers and it;s certainly about the depth of what you are writing rather than how much you are writing. I'm sure you'll do well.

Reply 9

monster_ej

Original post by mdnvmpr

Do you know if they even check quotes because it is quite hard to find if i quote is in a book

Reply 10

mdnvmpr

Original post by monster_ej

Do you know if they even check quotes because it is quite hard to find if i quote is in a book

I'm sure they have quite a good knowledge of the text, although I can't say for sure whether they check exact quotes or not. Ive heard from most teachers that even if you don't know exact quotes, you can reference the text, and I'm sure they're likely to be far more lenient as it is a closed book exam.

Reply 11

anacarolinaa

Original post by mdnvmpr

I hope so too, thank you :smile:

I've always been a slow writer and I think exams which require analysis of language (like English, Drama etc) should have more time to them, as I struggle quite badly with the time limit :/

I did include tons of context, zooming in on words and connotations, and structure from the rest of the book/play, so perhaps I've done fine, I'm just relying on the next exam and I'll try my best to write more