OCR A-level English Literature Paper 1 - 14th May 2025 [Exam Chat]

you’re not stupid at all i ran into the exact same problem 😭 i kept jumping between essays as well so i wish my examiner good luck

Are we able to complain to OCR about the Hamlet question- it's nothing like any past paper questions

Yesterday was so bad for me icl,,,,, i overran my hamlet by half an hour and only had 45 minutes for my Ibsen/rossetti paragraphs…… im so distraught i spent all last night throwing up in the shower ((( timekeeping has never been my strong suit. Im praying that the quality of my hamlet pulls me back

hello, a parent here! I am going to write to OCR today [email protected] We have looked and in other subjects for ocr they change the boundaries depending on the text (eg with history) but do not for English. Looking at social media it looks like Hamlet was particularly horrific questions and unexpected format which does not feel fair at all and threw so many students for the next question too. I would encourage as many people / teachers to do the same if they feel the same way

Do you think if a student complains there’s any chance that they could reduce my marks based on me complaining about them (irrational I know but still I’m scared they’ll hate me)

Do you think if a student complains there’s any chance that they could reduce my marks based on me complaining about them (irrational I know but still I’m scared they’ll hate me)

YES! I can’t find anyone else bahaha x I thought part A was quite good and part B was a good question but it was hard to choose what to write about!! Because the question was quite vague I talked mainly about how Shakespeare not only uses misunderstandings as a plot catalyst / source of humour but also to create undertones of darkness and cruelty (eg malvolio and also the pain Viola’s disguise causes her) x what did you talk about??

Not sure if you're interested for practicing for paper 2 but I found the answer booklets online, definitely gonna try gear how much I want to write so I'm not panicking: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.cambridgeinternational.org/Images/461996-supplementary-answer-booklet-exam-day-form-13.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwiF64ihuKeNAxXwVkEAHeyYC8wQFnoECGYQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2WV5iwJY7NCNC0YM5o37MF

Yes I did the opposite actually I didn’t really use the wording of the quote…. Oh well 😩. I do Duchess of Malfi and Paradise lost and my 3 points were:

Hamlet 1b caught me so off guard...it was so specific

what was the question? xx

The brutality and confusion at the end of the play is unsettling’

Thank you so much what was part a and do you know the extract