AQA A-level English Literature B Paper 2 (7717/2A-2B) - 5th June 2024 [Exam Chat]

if we get a setting question with atonement, to link it to context u could write about it being a postmodernist text, the fragmentation of the differing settings and its disruption of the linear progression of time and undermining of the idea of a cohesive, objective reality

how did it go ???

Original post by sadrien

how did it go ???

Loved it.

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Original post by spoken-recliner

I'm doing Atonement, Brighton Rock and The Rime of The Ancient Mariner if anyone has any predictions? I am desperately praying for Section B to be on either Briony or criminal motive for Atonement as I actively refuse to write about either Brighton Rock or The Rime of the Ancient Mariner for that question.

you got lucky asking for briony!! I loved the briony question too

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Original post by sadrien

how did it go ???

I thought it was so good. how did people find the crime unseen??

I thought it was quite nice compared to other years, although im not sure if thats because I was better prepared than I have been before

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Ashhh_6x

I hated the unseen extract question for english lit B paper 2B, I sat there staring at the paper for like 20 mins straight. Completely waffled that paper icl. I do William Blake, THT and TKR - william blake question on Section B would have been okay but I decided not to revise William Blake and winged that question lmao. Punishment was alr? sort of - I feel like there as sm to write abt and didn't get enough down. All in all - found it hard personally and waffled the hell out of it. Glad its over 😀 will be miserable on results day tho

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Seanb123

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Thought it was so good!! Like the extract, chose the handmiads question for section B then I did TKR and Blake for the ‘manipulation’ question.

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anyone do the mariner for section b?

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username7089364

Anyone else mention Boris Johnson for the social and political Section A?

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guys isolation is mental suffering right? and for the mariner, his eternal penance is also mental suffering?

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Ashhh_6x

Original post by vmanoila

Anyone else mention Boris Johnson for the social and political Section A?

I linked it to rawanda 😭

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Ashhh_6x

Original post by Seanb123

Thought it was so good!! Like the extract, chose the handmiads question for section B then I did TKR and Blake for the ‘manipulation’ question.

That's good to hear! What were your points for manipulation? I thought it was such a good question and planned it out too but i didnt know if my points linked well with the question so then moved onto the punishment question 😭 idek what I was writing, I gave up later tbf my hand was hurting bit too much ☹️

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ladydracula

Wow, I found that exam to be really quite peaceful. The Briony question felt like something I'd done a million times as a homework essay, and the C question on criminals as victims was also straightforward. I also really enjoyed the extract, so much to say on feminism/unconventional tropes. Not what I was hoping for, but definitely not unwelcome

I hope that my essays are distinct enough though, I fear that my responses might be as simple as the questions lmfao

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username7089364

Original post by Ashhh_6x

I linked it to rawanda 😭

lmfao no way

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Original post by ladydracula

Wow, I found that exam to be really quite peaceful. The Briony question felt like something I'd done a million times as a homework essay, and the C question on criminals as victims was also straightforward. I also really enjoyed the extract, so much to say on feminism/unconventional tropes. Not what I was hoping for, but definitely not unwelcome
I hope that my essays are distinct enough though, I fear that my responses might be as simple as the questions lmfao

what points did you do for the briony one? I agree the questions were really nice

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hardly wrote anything for the extract, i basically just rewrote the extract ffs i guess the one thing i wrote about was how unconventional of a criminal she was. section b mariner, spoke about his isolation from nature, from god, from the world around him, the realization of god's unforgiving nature and how that's the worst mental agony one could experience, section c hamlet and atonement.. waffle, awful quotes selected, barely wrote ewt but i included a lot of context i guess and counter arguments. i think i flopped and i feel awful

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Original post by ghaloasjmnasj

hardly wrote anything for the extract, i basically just rewrote the extract ffs i guess the one thing i wrote about was how unconventional of a criminal she was. section b mariner, spoke about his isolation from nature, from god, from the world around him, the realization of god's unforgiving nature and how that's the worst mental agony one could experience, section c hamlet and atonement.. waffle, awful quotes selected, barely wrote ewt but i included a lot of context i guess and counter arguments. i think i flopped and i feel awful

I didnt mention her being unconventional at all and now I feel like I did something wrong oh god

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