wilf a/a* - sophisticated engagement with writer’s ideas/attitudes and sophisticated analysis of...

WILF A/A* - Sophisticated engagement with writer’s

ideas/attitudes and sophisticated analysis of language and structure

C/B – Sustained appreciation of writers’ ideas and attitudes using quotes and convincing analysis of language and structure

Remember the Thought of the Week from PSHE To each there comes a

special moment in their lives when they will be tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique to their talents. What a tragedy if that moment finds them unprepared for their finest hour

Possessive pronouns & Objectification Me/My/Mine Ferrara has a desire to own an object “that

piece” Even in death he doesn’t relinquish her but

rather makes her a part of his collection She is the sea-horse, he is Nepture – A God

in his own image Calls the new girl “an object” LC tells Juliet “and you be mine, I’ll give you

to my friend”

Dehumanization of Women The referring of the women by merely parts

◦ Fettle your fine joints (Juliet goes to an animal’s perspective), graze, etc.

◦ MLD is simply about body parts smiles, breasts◦ LC doesn’t even speak to his daughter at the start

‘she’ ‘her’ Only when he gets upset does he switch to ‘you’

Repetition of key terms Too soon made glad/too easily impressed –

liked what she looked on and her looks went everywhere

Thank me no thankings, nor proud me no prouds

Lack of Identity Both have nameless wives & daughters

‘wife’, ‘my last duchess’, ‘she’ My last duchess A curse

Action vs. Inaction – Both Indicate Power and Arrogance

◦ Ferrara still has societal power that is recognized◦ Capulet loses power (was once called ‘Rich

Capulet’) and threatens with physical power

The Patriarchal Society and Women’s Perspectives – Victorian & Elizabethan Societies Contempt in a female’s perspective

◦ As if she ranked my gift…◦ Thank me no thankings, nor proud me nor prouds

Breaking literary/structural conventions◦ Enjambment “900 years old name with anybody’s

gift” – Anybody’s gift looks petty and small beside the fullness of Ferrara’s name in the previous line

Iambic Pentameter◦ Iambic Pentameter Lord Capulet

Punctuation◦ 900-years-old-name

Context◦ Victorian vs. Elizabethan age

Power in speech◦ Shakespearean structure

He who speaks most has the power (Speak not. Reply not. Do not answer me)

◦ MLD We never head anyone else speak Dramatic monologue but also his power The one dialogue he repeats is the hypothetical

dialogue from Fra Pandalf

Cruel disregard for life◦ “We were born to die”◦ ”All smiles stopped altogether” (sibilance –

creates a sinister mood)

Pride◦ “Even had you skill in speech (false modesty) –

brackets used to highlight this / I choose never to stoop (assonance to highlight his pride)

◦ She will be ruled in all ways by me