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AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 1: Shakespeare and the 19th century novel (2484381) - 12 May 2025 [Exam Chat]
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Date/Time: 12 May 2025 AM
Length: 1h 45m
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Reply 1

Hey, i'm doing A Christmas carol and Macbeth for Lit paper 1 does anyone have any predictions on what the questions will be this year??

Reply 2

does anyone have any prediction for Prejudice and Prejudice this year😭

i've searched everywhere and literally no one covers it, and resources aren't the most helpful😭

what do we think is gonna show up this year?

Reply 3

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by carlosvondutch
does anyone have any prediction for Prejudice and Prejudice this year😭
i've searched everywhere and literally no one covers it, and resources aren't the most helpful😭
what do we think is gonna show up this year?

I’ve heard love

Reply 4

sarah1-64£
I’ve heard love


i thought marriage has came up last year tho? but i mean its aqa, themes showing up two years round wouldn't be a surprise to me

Reply 5

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by carlosvondutch
i thought marriage has came up last year tho? but i mean its aqa, themes showing up two years round wouldn't be a surprise to me


They could deffo they literally did Romeo’s difficulties then Juliet’s the year after once and juliey came up
After that asw so they could do anything

Reply 6

sarah1-64£
They could deffo they literally did Romeo’s difficulties then Juliet’s the year after once and juliey came up
After that asw so they could do anything


that's true, i rlly hate how they tryna throw us off🫠 but if it's a character question, who do u think it will be? i kinda wanna get prepared just in case

Reply 7

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by carlosvondutch
that's true, i rlly hate how they tryna throw us off🫠 but if it's a character question, who do u think it will be? i kinda wanna get prepared just in case


They barely ever do characters for it but I feel like Jane or Jane and bibgkey Bcs there’s been literally nothing related to her and her role is actually pretty significant if u think Abt it like with Charlotte and her involvement in Elizabeth’s hatred for Darcy

Reply 8

sarah1-64£
They barely ever do characters for it but I feel like Jane or Jane and bibgkey Bcs there’s been literally nothing related to her and her role is actually pretty significant if u think Abt it like with Charlotte and her involvement in Elizabeth’s hatred for Darcy


yea i see that
idk is it just me, i havnt go through all papers from 2017 yet, but i think there's a slight chance it could be Lady Catherine and her snobbish/classist attitude, sth like the 2023 social class question

Reply 9

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by carlosvondutch
yea i see that
idk is it just me, i havnt go through all papers from 2017 yet, but i think there's a slight chance it could be Lady Catherine and her snobbish/classist attitude, sth like the 2023 social class question


Nah she’s pretty minor and u can’t make very well structured argument w her Bev although Ivan talk ant her va nra benet , Collins , Elizabeth and Darcy the ideas dint really connect that well in my opinion

Reply 10

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by carlosvondutch
yea i see that
idk is it just me, i havnt go through all papers from 2017 yet, but i think there's a slight chance it could be Lady Catherine and her snobbish/classist attitude, sth like the 2023 social class question


I’m also thinking maybe gender

Reply 11

sarah1-64£
I’m also thinking maybe gender


it'd be quite mean if it's on gender, there's not much to write bout apart from entailment and Lydia's elopement imo. but it would kinda make sense if it's combined with either love or marriage, then there's quite many things to write abt

Reply 12

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by carlosvondutch
it'd be quite mean if it's on gender, there's not much to write bout apart from entailment and Lydia's elopement imo. but it would kinda make sense if it's combined with either love or marriage, then there's quite many things to write abt


I think it’s rkkyvgood u can talk about the differnvences between wickham and lydiys , how men expect women to propose, limited options of women shown by Collins and Charlotte, Mrs bennet vs mr bennet and their responsibilities, how a woman’s reputation affects her whole life basically would be the main point I feel . Or like attitudes to males or females could come up

Reply 13

sarah1-64£
I think it’s rkkyvgood u can talk about the differnvences between wickham and lydiys , how men expect women to propose, limited options of women shown by Collins and Charlotte, Mrs bennet vs mr bennet and their responsibilities, how a woman’s reputation affects her whole life basically would be the main point I feel . Or like attitudes to males or females could come up


I meant men expect women to accept proposals and u could talk about Elizabeth’s and Darcy’s journey as he realises shes different maybe

Reply 14

sarah1-64£
I think it’s rkkyvgood u can talk about the differnvences between wickham and lydiys , how men expect women to propose, limited options of women shown by Collins and Charlotte, Mrs bennet vs mr bennet and their responsibilities, how a woman’s reputation affects her whole life basically would be the main point I feel . Or like attitudes to males or females could come up


yea that's true now i kinda see that, since the past years tho its not explicitly on gender, its always kinda implied by the questions like marriage, social class and Lizzy
so yea i see where ure coming from

Reply 15

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by carlosvondutch
yea that's true now i kinda see that, since the past years tho its not explicitly on gender, its always kinda implied by the questions like marriage, social class and Lizzy
so yea i see where ure coming from


Yeah but I’m pretty sure attitudes towards men came up in the specimen paper but at the same time this h appended in Romeo and Juliet

Reply 16

hey
I am trying to prep for the English literature exam cause its only 25 days away now!!!
I have been trying to do detailed essay plans for all possible predictions.
I do:
- Macbeth
- Jekyll and Hyde
- An Inspector Calls
- Power and Conflict.
I am trying to find predictions from all of these - but especially Jekyll Hyde. Does anyone have any predicted questions?
Does anyone have Mr Salles subscription and is it worth it /what are his predicted questions (dont care about his essays just the questions).
Thank you so much x

Reply 17

i have heard some saying wickham?not a bad question tbf

Reply 18

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by vkkkkkkkkkkkvv
i have heard some saying wickham?not a bad question tbf


i feel like that would be good if we got an extract abt him being fake so u can talk abt first impressions and stuff and him compared to darcy

Reply 19

sarah1-64£
i feel like that would be good if we got an extract abt him being fake so u can talk abt first impressions and stuff and him compared to darcy

do you think lady catherine or bingley would come up?cuz they’re sort of difficult and imo too minor