Jacobean Revenge Tragedy Lesson 15 LO: To explore the language, punctuation and structure used in Act 3 sc 2. .

Starter Jot down a quotation from the play for each of the themes below. No referring to your books! Illusion vs. Reality Hierarchy and class Suffering

Close Analysis Read your given pages. Create a brief summary of what is being said Select key quotations. Analyse the key quotations - explore language, punctuation and structure. Link to relevant context. Extra challenge: How can you draw comparisons to Rossetti? You have 25 minutes to complete the task. Then we will feedback.

Aina, Gunjan Pages 64-66 Ishu, Angelika Pages 67-69 Gagandeep, Inderpreet Pages 70-72 Muna and Safiya Pages 73-75 Priyanka and Meru Pages 76-78

Starter Categorising women – critical interpretations Characters of intellect Characters of passion and imagination Triumphant women Pathetic women Good wives Outspoken females Suffering women Villainesses Passive women Independent wives Rural simpletons Witty ladies Young, desirable unmarried women Shrewish, discontented older women From your independent study, how would you categorise the Duchess? Why? Support with evidence from the text.

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Critical term sophistry NOUN: the use of clever but false arguments, especially with the intention of deceiving. synonyms: trickery · deviousness · deceit · deception · dishonesty

Scene summary questions The night begins with happy intimacy and ends with fearful destiny. How? What do The Duchess and Antonio decide to do, despite the fact that Ferdinand is close by? What recurring symbol do we see Ferdinand use? What does Ferdinand invite the Duchess to do? What reason does Ferdinand give for the Duchess not to marry again? How does the mood change when Ferdinand leaves? What flaw(s) is revealed about Antonio’s character? Explain how the Duchess plans to save her family. What is the first disastrous mistake that the Duchess makes? What is her second mistake? 1: Duchess and Antonio pre-pillow talk, passionate, playful 2: sleep together: what is the tone of their exchange, what is its effect? 3: a dagger used in Act 1 4: to kill herself (what does this show about him? He can threaten but is not a practitioner of violence) 5: bigamy 6: anxious/furtive 7: he is a coward, unstable 8: she constructs a plan to accuse Antonio of a ‘noble lie’ and have him expelled to Malfi 9: she confides in Bosola that Antonio is her husband 10: she does not heed Cariola’s advice to escape to Germany outside of her brothers’ jurisdiction

Plenary What is so important about this scene? What are the key themes of this scene? How have our attitudes towards Antonio changed? How have our attitudes towards the Duchess changed? What context is relevant to this scene? It marks the beginning of the Duchess’ demise Webster is concerned with the corruption of King James’ court and catholic corruption but hides behind Italy

Homework Complete the wider research task: Considering why Italy was used as a setting for so many English Renaissance plays; through play extracts, exploring what is represented and how it was used for stories, settings and themes. Write up the following as a short essay (500 words): Which, if any, of these representations of Italy seem relevant to TDOM? ● Find an event, quote, or character trait from the play that you are studying that illustrates this representation. ● Discuss what you think the Italian setting contributes to your play. Why do you think the playwright chose this setting in this particular case?