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AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 1 - Monday, May 12, 2025 [Exam Chat]

Reply 20

carlosvondutch

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by vkkkkkkkkkkkvv

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

i'm actually convinced Lady Catherine will come up, but since the social class has came up already, so i'm not too sure

for Bingley, imo like u said he's too minor to come up alone, but there's a chance of him coming up with Jane tho

if it's actually on Love and Relationship, there's a quite some things to write on Jane and Bingley, since they're pretty much the very ideal couple

Reply 21

carlosvondutch

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by carlosvondutch

i'm actually convinced Lady Catherine will come up, but since the social class has came up already, so i'm not too sure
for Bingley, imo like u said he's too minor to come up alone, but there's a chance of him coming up with Jane tho
if it's actually on Love and Relationship, there's a quite some things to write on Jane and Bingley, since they're pretty much the very ideal couple

and imo Love and Relationship rlly would be the jackpot question, since basically everyone in the book, from Collins to Lady Catherine to Lizzie, would be suitable to write about

Reply 22

NashirJalloh

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Jekyll and Hyde probably might be the scene where Dr Jekyll was at the Window looking like a 'disconsolate prisoner', not quite sure though, and for the power and conflict in my opinion it is likely to be about either the 'Prelude' or 'Checking out me History' (maybe 'Exposure'), For Macbeth perhaps the character of Banquo (his response to the witches and how that contradicts with Macbeth attitude to the supernatural) and for AIC, it is responsibility or social class and for the character question revise two characters Mr Birling might make an appearance this year and Gerald or Sheila. And bro please revise effectively cuz I am not certain about this it is just a prediction, I am also in year 11 so year, good luck!

Reply 23

student_pr

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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 thought maybe first impressions?? you could speak about Darcy and how 1st impressions affected his relationship w Lizzy. But im not too sure if that would be too similar to the 2018 and 2022 question. Also i heard something about scandal// reputation? you could talk about Lydia and Wickham, Lady Catherine, Bennet

Reply 24

carlosvondutch

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by student_pr

I thought maybe first impressions?? you could speak about Darcy and how 1st impressions affected his relationship w Lizzy. But im not too sure if that would be too similar to the 2018 and 2022 question. Also i heard something about scandal// reputation? you could talk about Lydia and Wickham, Lady Catherine, Bennet

i'm cooked if it's scandal lol
there's just not enough things to write about apart from Lydia and Wickham's elopement
and for first impression it's only Lizzie and Darcy
i'm praying it's not these two😭😭

Reply 25

username7402464

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I do some quite uncommon books : Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare) , Frankenstein (19th century) and A Taste of Honey (Modern Prose / Drama) - so as you expect there are limited resources online INCLUDING PREDICTIONS - so do you have any predictions if you do any of these books

Reply 26

sarah1-64£;

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by carlosvondutch

i'm actually convinced Lady Catherine will come up, but since the social class has came up already, so i'm not too sure
for Bingley, imo like u said he's too minor to come up alone, but there's a chance of him coming up with Jane tho
if it's actually on Love and Relationship, there's a quite some things to write on Jane and Bingley, since they're pretty much the very ideal couple

what would u say abr jane and bingely ? i’ve never rlly been sure of what i can say abf them in an essay

Reply 27

sarah1-64£;

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by carlosvondutch

and imo Love and Relationship rlly would be the jackpot question, since basically everyone in the book, from Collins to Lady Catherine to Lizzie, would be suitable to write about

there’s so many angles they could go though like each extract could be focused on COMPLETEKY different essays so u either get rlly lucky or kinda stuck

Reply 28

sarah1-64£;

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by student_pr

I thought maybe first impressions?? you could speak about Darcy and how 1st impressions affected his relationship w Lizzy. But im not too sure if that would be too similar to the 2018 and 2022 question. Also i heard something about scandal// reputation? you could talk about Lydia and Wickham, Lady Catherine, Bennet

has reputation come up? also i feel like first impressions is so good u could go from eliza the or darcy’s perspective and how they changed

Reply 29

sarah1-64£;

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by carlosvondutch

i'm cooked if it's scandal lol
there's just not enough things to write about apart from Lydia and Wickham's elopement
and for first impression it's only Lizzie and Darcy
i'm praying it's not these two😭😭

well u could kinda expand it and talk about ho women v men are treated differently in a scandal

Reply 30

yesbuc

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by G9S

I do some quite uncommon books : Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare) , Frankenstein (19th century) and A Taste of Honey (Modern Prose / Drama) - so as you expect there are limited resources online INCLUDING PREDICTIONS - so do you have any predictions if you do any of these books

For Frankenstein, they like to do questions about the monster quite a lot so I think this year it will be about the monster being a sympathetic character. But some people say there could be a question on the role of women in the play.

Reply 31

username7402464

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by yesbuc

For Frankenstein, they like to do questions about the monster quite a lot so I think this year it will be about the monster being a sympathetic character. But some people say there could be a question on the role of women in the play.

Those would both be good as obviously you could talk about how Justine is treated how Elizabeth is portrayed

Reply 32

vkkkkkkkkkkkvv

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sarah1-64£

what would u say abr jane and bingely ? i’ve never rlly been sure of what i can say abf them in an essay

i don’t think so as a question themselves because i feel like there’s not enough to write about,maybe instead how different relationships or marriages are presented and they would have to be mentioned as a point?i hope they wouldn’t come up anyway

Reply 33

oxfordgirly111

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Hey everyone xx

I'm Gia and I'm sitting my GCSEs this year. I'm doing Much Ado About Nothing for my Shakespeare play and I've been struggling to understand it as well as my other texts. I'm a bit worried that I haven't understood it properly yet, since exams are so close. I'm aiming for a Grade 9 in English Lit cause I'm considering it for A-Level. However, I'm worried MAAN is going to bring down my grade.

Is anyone else doing MAAN? If so, do you have any advice which might help me? Tysm in advance!!

Reply 34

LXY0705

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here are the past exam questions for these texts:
Macbeth:
Specimen – Act 1 Scene 5, Lady macbeth as powerful
2024 - Act 1 Scene 7, lady macbeth as strong female character
2023 – Act 5 scene 3, macbeth as male character who changes throughout play
2022 – Act 3 scene 1, Macbeth’s fear
2021 – Act 2 scene 2, relationship between macbeth and lady macbeth
2020 – Act #5 scene 1, Lady macbeth as a female character who changes throughout play
2019 – Act 1 scene 2, macbeth as violent
2018 – act 1 scene 3, Macbeth and banquo’s attitudes towards supernatural
2017 – act 1 scene 5, ambition

Jekyll and Hyde
Specimen - Chapter 2, Hyde as a frightening outsider
2024 - atmosphere of fear and danger
2023 – Chapter 1, Hyde as dangerous and threatening
2022 – Chapter 6, Jekyll as mysterious
2021 – chapter 8, stevenson’s use of setting to create disturbing and threatening atmosphere
2020 – Chapter 10, ideas about good and evil
2019 – chapter 8, hyde as inhuman and disturbing member of society
2018 – chapter 4, mystery and tension
2017 – chapter 6, ‘Stevenson’s presentation of Dr. Jekyll allows the reader to feel sympathy for him.’ How far do you agree

Inspector:
Specimen – Sheila who changes, responsibility
2024 – mrs birling, role of inspector (socialism)
2023 – Women, older vs younger generations’ response to inspector
2022 – Eric learns important lessons, ‘Priestley shows how inequality in society leads to tragedy.’ How far do you agree
2021 – Gerald and responsibility, society as unfair
2020 - Mr Birling as a man who cares only for himself and his family, male characters as irresponsible

2019 – selfishness and its effects, Sheila who learns important lessons
2018 – eric who changes attitudes, Importance of social class
2017 – mrs birling as unlikeable, inspector to suggest how society can be improved

Power and conflict:
specimen paper - ozy - power
2024 - kamikaze - effects of conflict
2023 - duchess- effects of power
2022 - bayonet – conflict
2021 - london - power and control
2020 - remains - how ppl are affected by difficult experiences
2019 - war photo - how ppl are affected by war
2018 - ozy – power
2017 - bayonet - effects of war

Reply 35

LXY0705

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for jekyll and hyde, maybe another character, e.g. utterson or lanyon. Maybe duality? but you shouldn't trust predictions religiously because who knows what aqa have up there sleeve, they do repeat questions sometimes, and who knows, they might decide to kill us all by giving us tissue (fingers crossed it isn't)

Reply 36

millie.moo123

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Thank you so much. Yah Istg if its tissue I will actually run out of the exam hall

Reply 37

gopro7reekal

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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?

heres all the past years: 2023 - explore how Austen presents ideas about social class in pride and prejudice
2022 - explore how far Austen presents Mr Darcy as a proud and prejudiced man
2021 - explore how Austen presents attitudes towards romance
2020 - explore how Austen presents the ways female characters treat each other in pride ad prejudice
2019- explore how Mr bENNET and Mrs bennet are presented as parents
2017 - explore how elizabeth is presented as a strong willed female character
2018 - explore the ways that pride and prejudice affect the relationship between mr darcy and elizabeth
Specimen - write about how austen presents attitudes towards men

Reply 38

slitheringfoxes

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I think for Jekyll and Hyde you might get duality and it’s a really good question if you get it

Reply 39

Lisha_0.0

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by nicolee.k.cc

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??

idek, i mean people r saying diff things for macbeth but guilt seems like a main one, then kingship,and supernatural (or maybe kingship to do with the witches).For Acc loads of people r going towards either charity (/generosity/giving) or Family

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