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

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

3. 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.

4. 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

5. 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.

6. Feedback
Feedback your analysis of Act 3 Sc2

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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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?