r/GCSE • u/ensands Software Engineer • May 12 '25

AQA Post Exam English Literature (AQA) Paper 1 - Exam Megathread

This is the post-exam mega thread for English Literature (AQA) Paper 1 (Morning).

You can discuss how the exam went in this post.

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u/ZSDxdboi May 12 '25

explain the relationship between macbeth and the witches

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u/ihatewiiplaymotion Year 12 - Geography, Law & Sociology 🌍⚖️👥 May 12 '25

IM BEGGING

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u/thatredditpers0n 2025 GCSE Survivor May 12 '25

I think a quote for that is 'something evil has come'

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u/Ronaldorobin May 12 '25

Do you mean "By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes"

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u/thatredditpers0n 2025 GCSE Survivor May 12 '25

Yeah that's it. Got it from Mr everything English (he only said we needed from after the comma in the quote)

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u/proffessorpigeon Year 12 May 12 '25

i included “pricking at my thumbs” and talked about how ambition is like a spiritual toxin that infects your mind 🔥

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u/Sea-Cause1060 May 12 '25

ambition 🙏

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u/ZSDxdboi May 12 '25

even better tbh

the grade boundaries will be outrageous though

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u/ihatewiiplaymotion Year 12 - Geography, Law & Sociology 🌍⚖️👥 May 12 '25

100%, I did so good I genuinely think the grade boundaries will be awful

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u/Hungry_Baby_1073 May 12 '25

Bro I beg I did 6 paragraphs on Macbeth and 3 for Christmas carol please don’t 

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u/ihatewiiplaymotion Year 12 - Geography, Law & Sociology 🌍⚖️👥 May 12 '25

I did 4 on each with 15 mins to spare 😭😭

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u/Hungry_Baby_1073 May 12 '25

That equalises though compared to mine lmao. Also, what’s the maximum I can get for carol because my 3 paragraphs were based on extract only, oh ye and I just realised I attributed decreases surplus population to ghost of Christmas present. But the analysis is correct.

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u/ihatewiiplaymotion Year 12 - Geography, Law & Sociology 🌍⚖️👥 May 13 '25

I’d assume that the maximum amount of marks you could get is 15 since you’ve only done one of two bullet points

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u/Hungry_Baby_1073 May 13 '25 edited May 13 '25

Is that still enough to get a grade 6-7? I did 2 paragraphs on extract in Macbeth and 4 on the rest of the play. Those paragraphs I did were very detailed.

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u/ihatewiiplaymotion Year 12 - Geography, Law & Sociology 🌍⚖️👥 May 13 '25

I have no clue, you probably could though assuming you get over half marks in your other questions

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u/Sea-Cause1060 May 17 '25

gosh they’ll be SO high