AQA A-level English Language and Literature Paper 2 - 22nd May 2025 [Exam Chat]

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AQA A-Level English Language and Literature Paper 2: Exploring conflict (2120996) - Thursday 22nd May 2025 [Exam Chat]
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Date/Time: Thursday 22nd May 2025 AM
Length: 2h 30m
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Reply 1

GracieLauder

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What are everyone's predictions for Othello and Gatsby?

Reply 2

Froggy__16

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by GracieLauder

What are everyone's predictions for Othello and Gatsby?

I’m thinking maybe owl eyes for gatsby or possibly Tom after gatsby death when he runs into nick or a minor character

Reply 3

xDeni

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by Froggy__16

I’m thinking maybe owl eyes for gatsby or possibly Tom after gatsby death when he runs into nick or a minor character

If I have to write in Tom's voice, the person marking my paper will see tears.

Reply 4

given-reality

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Anyone got predictions for the kite runner or othello?

Reply 5

Froggy__16

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I’ve got some predictions for street car maybe
How and why does Williams portray acts of humiliation
How and why does Williams portray feelings of regret
How and why does Williams portray relationships
How and why does Williams portray differences in power
These are just some ideas of possibilities that could come.
For scenes for extracts I’m thinking maybe scene 10,8, 7 or 3 from looking at what scenes have come up from 2024 - 2017

Reply 6

rhiagibson

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Original post

by Froggy__16

I’ve got some predictions for street car maybe
How and why does Williams portray acts of humiliation
How and why does Williams portray feelings of regret
How and why does Williams portray relationships
How and why does Williams portray differences in power
These are just some ideas of possibilities that could come.
For scenes for extracts I’m thinking maybe scene 10,8, 7 or 3 from looking at what scenes have come up from 2024 - 2017

what would be for humiliation, which core scenes?

Reply 7

Froggy__16

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by rhiagibson

what would be for humiliation, which core scenes?

For acts of humiliation some possible scenes you could use is scene 10 which is scene as the ultimate act of humiliation through Stanley’s rape of Blanche
Scene 7&8 where Stanley exposes Blanches past promiscuity (blanches birthday scene where he gives her the ticket to go back to laurel- for that scene you could also do the humilation of Stella and Blanche at the start of the scene where Stanley goes “what do you think you to are? A pair of queens?”)
You could also do scene 11 as it’s seen as another ultimate act of humilation as she is sent to a mental asylum and how Blanche is humiliated through Stella’s deception and also through Stanley’s actions when the doctors are there

Reply 8

rhiagibson

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Original post

by Froggy__16

For acts of humiliation some possible scenes you could use is scene 10 which is scene as the ultimate act of humiliation through Stanley’s rape of Blanche
Scene 7&8 where Stanley exposes Blanches past promiscuity (blanches birthday scene where he gives her the ticket to go back to laurel- for that scene you could also do the humilation of Stella and Blanche at the start of the scene where Stanley goes “what do you think you to are? A pair of queens?”)
You could also do scene 11 as it’s seen as another ultimate act of humilation as she is sent to a mental asylum and how Blanche is humiliated through Stella’s deception and also through Stanley’s actions when the doctors are there

thank you!

Reply 9

Froggy__16

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by rhiagibson

thank you!

These are just some ideas for possibilities so they may not come up it therefore may help to go over the scenes I mentioned earlier as they have come up a low frequency of time and last appeared a couple years ago

Reply 10

elliegrqcee

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by given-reality

Anyone got predictions for the kite runner or othello?

maybe attitudes towards marriage for othello? or perhaps patriarchy / misogyny - so maybe conflicitng attitudes towards them.

for kite runner i think it will be a minor character nearer the end of the book so maybe farid, sohrab or zaman. i want it to be sohrab though so then i can write really sad lol! i actually never read the book properly soo...

Reply 11

Rainb0wSparkle

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Does anyone know what came up last year 2024 for Gatsby and Streetcar???

Reply 12

elliegrqcee

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Original post

by Rainb0wSparkle

Does anyone know what came up last year 2024 for Gatsby and Streetcar???

go on the aqa website?

Reply 13

Froggy__16

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Original post

by Rainb0wSparkle

Does anyone know what came up last year 2024 for Gatsby and Streetcar???

Last year for gatsby it was on chapter 6 and it was on Sloane to another east egger, then for street car one of the questions were on reputation for chp5 and disappointment

Reply 14

Ss680llll

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Original post

by Rainb0wSparkle

Does anyone know what came up last year 2024 for Gatsby and Streetcar???

How is Gatsby presented as a dirty street

Reply 15

Froggy__16

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Original post

by Ss680llll

How is Gatsby presented as a dirty street

Huh they are 2 different texts the great gatsby and a play by Williams called a street car named desire 😂

Reply 16

given-reality

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Original post

by elliegrqcee

maybe attitudes towards marriage for othello? or perhaps patriarchy / misogyny - so maybe conflicitng attitudes towards them.
for kite runner i think it will be a minor character nearer the end of the book so maybe farid, sohrab or zaman. i want it to be sohrab though so then i can write really sad lol! i actually never read the book properly soo...

I hope it's marriage or patriarchy related I could write sooo much on that oh em gee :O
Also they did Wahid a few years back for kite runner so im not sure it'll be farid but aqa would do something like that tbh..

Reply 17

MGGSnewman2018

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Original post

by Froggy__16

I’ve got some predictions for street car maybe
How and why does Williams portray acts of humiliation
How and why does Williams portray feelings of regret
How and why does Williams portray relationships
How and why does Williams portray differences in power
These are just some ideas of possibilities that could come.
For scenes for extracts I’m thinking maybe scene 10,8, 7 or 3 from looking at what scenes have come up from 2024 - 2017