Which English questions did you do?

smndly

Just wondering which questions everyone did on the most talked about leaving cert paper ever!

likely_lass

Poetry (1) - Derek Walcott

poetry - bishop
macbeth- macbeth & Duncan & scotland
Comp - Cult cont

unprescribed - 1

what impact did this have on you ?

hahaha funniest thing ive ever wrote, put in all the metaphors pathetic fallacy good adjectives and all that crap & then said it gave me a tear in my eye, one of the most melancholic and movingly plaintive poems ive ever read

QueenOfLeon

Poetry (2) - John Keats

Ooh, good idea! For me, Q1 macbeth, cultural context and walcott

Claypigeon

Poetry (1) - Derek Walcott

Compelling drama, Bishop and cultural context

challengemaster

Comparative (B) - Cultural Context

Macbeth (i) - Consequences of Macbeth murdering Duncan
Theme or Issue
Bishop

smndly

Poetry (3) - John Montague

I did the murder, cultural context and keats... It was a good paper but i would have preferred the original with a simple straight forward question on Deception.

My superintendent was telling me afterwards that he heard on the radio that the back-up paper is written by a different person and the two people writing the papers are not allowed communicate! I dont know if its true but it might explain the the more specific poetry questions.

Claypigeon

Poetry (1) - Derek Walcott

smndly wrote: »

I did the murder, cultural context and keats... It was a good paper but i would have preferred the original with a simple straight forward question on Deception.

My superintendent was telling me afterwards that he heard on the radio that the back-up paper is written by a different person and the two people writing the papers are not allowed communicate! I dont know if its true but it might explain the the more specific poetry questions.

A simple straightforward thing did come up on deception... The role of betrayal in the plot as an ingredient that made compelling drama and made you want to read on and see how it was resolved..! Somebody needs to learn to read papers o;

As for the thing about the papers being done by other people that is true and was said on the news and on radio constantly, also even if they had been done by the same people what makes you think they'd suddenly break the predicted pattern? Logic peeps!

QueenOfLeon

Poetry (2) - John Keats

smndly wrote: »

I did the murder, cultural context and keats... It was a good paper but i would have preferred the original with a simple straight forward question on Deception.

My superintendent was telling me afterwards that he heard on the radio that the back-up paper is written by a different person and the two people writing the papers are not allowed communicate! I dont know if its true but it might explain the the more specific poetry questions.

Yes. See this http://leaving-cert.net/chill-thyselves-children/
Tis how i found out

GaryB

Comparative (B) - Cultural Context

I did;

Macbeth - Compelling drama
Comparative - Theme/Issue Q2
Bishop
and Unseen Q2

I prefer the broken up questions, ie comparative broken up into Part (A) 30marks and Part (B) 40 marks, similarly with unseen the 20 marks were broken up half and half Part (A) and (B)

I thought it was an excellent paper with lots of scope in the Macbeth questions, comparative I found handy enough, don't think I wrote enough but comparative is my weak spot, Bishop was a fairly ok question for me and just bull****ed my way through the unseen

Glad its over now...well done LCers...you've made Irish educational history....:rolleyes:

smndly

Poetry (3) - John Montague

Claypigeon wrote: »

A simple straightforward thing did come up on deception... The role of betrayal in the plot as an ingredient that made compelling drama and made you want to read on and see how it was resolved..! Somebody needs to learn to read papers o;

As for the thing about the papers being done by other people that is true and was said on the news and on radio constantly, also even if they had been done by the same people what makes you think they'd suddenly break the predicted pattern? Logic peeps!

The role of betrayal in the plot would be a good paragraph or two but I'd say the examiner would be looking for more than that for a really good answer such as the intriguing conflict within Macbeth's character. An answer on deception only when there is so much that makes macbeth compelling would be a little laboured.

Antamojo

Poetry (3) - John Montague

I did Macbeth (i), CC -1 for Comparative and rounded off with the JK question

Jack Sheehan

Comparative (B) - Cultural Context

No option for a different single text?

phasers

Poetry (1) - Derek Walcott

There are other single texts?

smndly

Poetry (3) - John Montague

Jack Sheehan wrote: »

No option for a different single text?

Sorry!!:o! I dont know what the questions are im afraid. Post which ones you did instead.
:pac:

challengemaster

Comparative (B) - Cultural Context

phasers wrote: »

There are other single texts?

^ What he said

Poetry (3) - John Montague

I did the same combination as you smndly (that's if you did the first CC question?).

I thought the Keats question was a brilliant one, anyone else agree?

smndly

Poetry (3) - John Montague

-JammyDodger- wrote: »

I did the same combination as you smndly (that's if you did the first CC question?).

I thought the Keats question was a brilliant one, anyone else agree?

Yup same CC question!!

I was so happy keats came up! Although i dont think his poetry has a huge amount of abstract ideas - death, love, art. Fairly universal i would have thought but i managed to talk about negative capability which is most definitely abstract! It was a more challenging question but it was very doable. I still took a personal response approach.

rhapsody!

Poetry (1) - Derek Walcott

Bishop (about 5 pages)
Compelling Drama (almost 6 pages)
Cultural Context (about 5 pages again)

was happy overall

Jay P

Poetry (3) - John Montague

My Keats questions was class. Man I adored that question so much! Pity the rest of my paper didn't live up to it! :pac: Macbeth, I did the consequences one, it wasn't very good, not terrible though. And I did the first CC question in comparative, it was alright... Overall, a B, may even an A :eek: I definitely don't deserve it though. My comparative study consisted of reading a few of my essays last night, and my Macbeth study was basically non-existant. I cramme t'bits in poetry in the last few days. Still, I'm not complaining, I got very lucky!

internetaddict

Poetry (2) - John Keats

Did Walcott question but apparently there's no conflict in his work?
Em.. so why did I write 5A4 pages then?(wasting CC time!)

I don't know..
Did Cultural Context rushed and single text question on jane eyre.. about social divisions..anyone else do that it seemed a little tooo easy to write about *suspicious*

Jack Sheehan

Comparative (B) - Cultural Context

I wrote my single text on 'Regeneration' by Pat Barker. Macbeth was in my comparative.

mikeglee

Poetry (1) - Derek Walcott

did anyone else who did bishop find the question quite difficult? I mean i've never even seen a question like that before! I found it hard because for some reason I chose to disagree with the statement

lorr3

Poetry (1) - Derek Walcott

bishop??? ...mikeglee.. lovely question, she questions life death victims of violence ability of people to overcome trials!! am sure though if ya backed it up then its as valid as agreeing:D

bythewoods

Poetry (1) - Derek Walcott

challengemaster wrote: »

^ What he said

Isn't Phasers incredibly defensive about her gender?

(I'm totally with you btw Phasey-Phases. If one more person refers to me as sir.... :mad: )

mikeglee wrote: »

did anyone else who did bishop find the question quite difficult? I mean i've never even seen a question like that before! I found it hard because for some reason I chose to disagree with the statement

When I first read it I was like, WTF?
JUST STYLE?
But it was grand enough really. When I read that we could like.. do themes and shizz as well.

You can disagree with anything in English, it's usually just easier to agree.

tootyflutty

Poetry (3) - John Montague

Ok, I did the

Single Text - Macbeth - Ingredients of a compelling drama. (thought it was a lovely question that left it well open to talk about any aspect you wished, although I only talked about the forces of evil, and victory of good over bad).

Comparative - Jane Eyre, Secret Life of Bees and Strictly Ballroom - Theme and issue, thought it was ok, almost a bit too wide, left you free yo talk about anything, but I had my key moments learned off and was set on what to talk about before going in.

Poetry - John Keats - Honestly? Thought it was a horrible question! Abstract ideas in a clear way? Not a slight contradiction there in the question? Ah well I answered and got all my poems mentioned at least once, sort of ran short on time, but not to worry.

Considering the circumstances, it wasn't the worst of papers!:P

errlloyd

Comparative (B) - Cultural Context

More than 100% of people did comparative lol. Or else some of you answered twice.. That was silly.

Gavin "shels"

Poetry (1) - Derek Walcott

Claypigeon wrote: »

Compelling drama, Bishop and cultural context

Same, high 5!:D

Des23

Poetry (3) - John Montague

Annihilated the first Cultural Context Q and how Macbeth was a silly goose for murdering Duncan.

Was a bit disappointed with 'Cockney' Keats, wasn't really prepared for that question as well as I should have been, he would be my favorite aspect of the whole course..bit disappointed didn't do myself justice..

smndly

Poetry (3) - John Montague

errlloyd wrote: »

More than 100% of people did comparative lol. Or else some of you answered twice.. That was silly.

Im not great at maths but im fairly sure it adds up to 100%!!

challengemaster

Comparative (B) - Cultural Context

bythewoods wrote: »

Isn't Phasers incredibly defensive about her gender?

(I'm totally with you btw Phasey-Phases. If one more person refers to me as sir.... :mad: )

Oh....oops... :pac:

And...you're not a guy either?!

Du

Poetry (4) - Elizabeth Bishop

I'm guessing I'll be one of the very few who did Montegue then