D of M book work....

After your lesson on Act 1 of The D of M, you should set up some pages (possibly at the back of your workbooks) with the following structure and title which cover the conflicts within the play.

Private domestic sphere vs public politcal sphere
Personal desire versus public responsibility
Political vs the family
Dynsaty vs the family
Bourgeois vs the aristocracy
The individual vs society
Virtuous angel vs lusty whore
Brother's grotesque misogyny (there is one in the scene where Ferdinand and the Cardinal ban her from marrying) vs Antonio's raturous idealisation
Body politic vs body natural
Political identity versus sexual identity
Sane versus the Mad

Also, you should set up some pages for quotation for charcacters that should their development - but also don't forget to think about the methods of charcterisation too!

With all of these pages you should divide the pages into 2 columns: 1 for quotes the other for explanations and thoughts!

Any problems, come and see me!

Mr. D

Resit Revision task

Plan all of these essays (with introductions) and then write at least a paragraph for each ensuring you cover AO4.

Making close reference to language, imagery and verse form, consider the ways...

a) in which the landscape of war is presented in 'The Show'
b) how Owen shows society lacked sympathy in 'A Terre'
c) how Owen represents the psychological, not just physical effects of the war in 'Mental Cases'
d) the ways in which Owen changes the landscape of war poetry in 'The Last Laugh'

Does Owen present this more or less effectively here than in other poems from the selection?

Bring all of this for discussion on Monday 8-10am.

Mr. D

Creative Task...

Imagine you are the women who killed the flea, Write an entry in your journal in which you relate the event, detailing your lover’s entreaties for you to relinquish your chastity. Reflect on your beliefs about sex and honour, and whether you find the lover’s rhetoric convincing.

For independent practice, students should complete the following creative response – For extension some students may wish to write as poetry.

Mr. D

Typed notes from Oxford Lecture...

Please post your notes from the Oxford Lecture on The Duchess of Mafi here. You needn't present everything here - key features of the lecture only. This is in case you missed a point or if other had other thoughts on the matter to share.

Also, you need to have notes complete by next Monday/Tuesday on Jacobean Tragedy. These do not have to be typed, but I'll expect at least a A4 page back and front (considering I've already marked several section this should be easy!)

Mr. D

Reading and preparation...

You should now be reading through the section on the source of the play (D of M) in preparation for next Monday or Tuesday's lesson - you need to have notes taken from the reading - not just annotations on the text.

I have also handed out a chapter, called Apostasy, on Donne. You should be reading through this chapter over the week (towards next Thursday or Friday) and recording notes on anything you find insightful (i will be checking these and setting time for those who fail to do so).

When you have completed the lesson on the Song: 'Sweetest love, i do not go' you'll also receive some advanced reading for the Flea. I'll hold back on further reading till next week as there is further preparation required for subsequent poems.

The order in which we will study the poems follows. You will, as usual, be required to complete the diction and intended meaning sections of your annotations in preparation for the lessons (and will be sent away to complete them if you haven't).

Go, and Catch a Falling Star
Sweetest love, I do not go
The Flea
The Sunne Rising
The Good Morrow
The Canonisation
Twickenham Garden
Love's Alchemy
Love's Growth
The Ecstasy
The Apparition (complete annotations independently after student lessons)
Woman's Constancy (complete annotations independently after student lessons)
Holy Sonnet IV (complete annotations independently)
Hymn to God the Father (complete annotations independently)
Holy Sonnet XIV
A Nocturnall upon St Lucie's Day

(Some of you missed the two Elegy's and we'll need to make a time to do these too!)

Regards,

Mr. D