Year 11 Lit CA 2014 HWK PRJ – My Last Duchess

Year 11
Autumn 2
Homework Project
Task:
Human Weakness in Robert Browning’s ‘My
Last Duchess’
BBC Bitesize has some effective notes on this text.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english_literature/poetrycharacter
voice/mylastduchessrev1.shtml
Produce a set of A4 notes that shows:
- how the male narrator is weak;
- techniques used by the writer to show the character’s state of mind;
- an understanding of the context to explain why the writer may have
created the speaker in this way.
Skills needed/developed here:
- critical reading of internet resources;
- independent study of poetry text (key aspect of unit 2 assessment);
- consolidation of knowledge of language features;
- further strengthening of comparative skills.
Remember to include quotations!
DUE: Monday 1st December 2014 