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