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Effect of dramatic monologue in My Last Duchess

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Further way the Duke asserts his control

Lack of other voices distorts how we view the crime

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Cyclical structure in MLD significance ?

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Signifies the Duke’s continuation of power due to his status

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What is MLD written in?

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Iambic pentameter

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How does the Duke objectify the Duchess in MLD?

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‘my object’

She has no name

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Who was MLD based on?

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Renaissance Duke Alfonso and wife Lucrezia- however not named so feels universal

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How does the Duke assert his control in MLD?

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Controls physical setting
Curtain
Murder as the ultimate assertion of power
‘my object’

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Significance of the painting in MLD

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Values the painting, not her

Comments on artistry, not missing her

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Significance of the lack of violence in MLD

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Sinister, could reflect lack of remorse, or possibly the lack of attention paid to upper class crime

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‘My ____ __ _ ____ _______ year old name’

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‘My gift of a nine hundred year old name’

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What is the Duke’s motive in MLD?

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Jealousy, insecurity

These are universal emotions

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Lack of justice in MLD

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Comment on society- class? Patriarchy?

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What form is MLD?

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Dramatic monlogue

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MLD A03

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Marriage market

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Who is The Laboratory based on?

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Madame de Brinvilles

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Theme of gender in The Laboratory

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Uses her gender to her advantage- ‘take all my jewels’ ‘you may kiss me’

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What is The Laboratory written in?

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Anapestic tetrameter

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Effect of anapestic tetrameter in The Laboratory

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Staccato rhythm- reflects adrenaline

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Colourful language in ‘The Laboratory’

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‘gold oozings’, ‘exquisite blue’

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Significance of structure in The Laboratory

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We hear motive first- encourages sympathy

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Lack of remorse in The Laboratory

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‘and Pauline should have just thirty minutes to live!’

‘let death be felt’

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Plosive language in The Laboratory

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‘brand, burn up, bite into its grace’

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Portrayal of victims in The Laboratory

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‘While they laugh, laugh at me’ - paints herself as the victim

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Why might Browning have excluded the physical act of murder in The Laboratory

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To encourage more sympathy for the speaker?

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Jealousy in The Laboratory

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‘she ensnared him’

‘as they whispered’

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A03 poison in 19C
Fear of poison on the rise in French aristocracy
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Justification in Porphyria's Lover
'I am quite sure that she felt no pain' | 'And yet God has not said a word!'
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What was Porphyria (the disease) known as?
The Royal Disease | Hair???
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Lack of speech in Porphyria's Lover
Distant passive- suggestive of psychosis?
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Dramatic monologue in Porphyria's Lover
Lack of speech- distant, passive
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Control in Porphyria's Lover
'that moment she was mine, mine fair' | 'give herself to me forever'
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Significance of rhyme scheme in Porphyria's Lover
ABABB- regularity echoes calm, reasoning. Insight into the criminal?
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'_____ in Porphyria'
'glided'
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Pathetic fallacy in Porphyria's Lover
'sullen wind' 'rain' 'made the cheerless grate blaze up'
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Evidence of rationality in Porphyria's Lover
'debated what to do'
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'As a ____ ___ that holds _ ___'
'as a shut bud that holds a bee'
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'little throat'
Condescending, controlling tone
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What is the significance of the BORG being a ballad?
Ballads traditionally depict suffering
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Zoomorphism in BORG
'herd of brutes' | 'they hanged him as a beast is hanged'
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'A prison wall was around us both'
Social commentary- groups all criminals together
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How long did Oscar Wilde spend in jail?
2 years- gross indecency
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Transgression in the BORG
'the poor dead woman whom he loved' | 'scarlet coat'
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Description of the gaolers
'dread figures' | 'gloats', 'smirking pairs'
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'There was no ____ at all' (BORG)
'there was no grace at all'
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'Stripped him of his _____ _______' (BORG)
'stripped him of his canvas clothes' | Reduction of identity
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'All men kill the thing that they love'
Comment on varying degrees of courage
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Rhythm to describe the gaolers
'they glided past, they glided fast'
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PTSD in Peter Grimes
'cold, nervous tremblings'
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Complicy in Peter Grimes
'said calmly, Grimes is at his excersise'
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Hallucinations in Peter Grimes
'spirits', 'horrors' | Attempt to get pity, or actual remorse?
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Religious irony in Peter Grimes
He now fears religion/damnation
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Evidence that Peter has no remorse
'selfish pity' | Oxymoronic- suggests he just wants redemption
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When was the Poor Relief Act?
1601
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Where did George Crabbe grow up?
Aldeburgh, Suffolk
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What collection was Peter Grimes a part of?
The Borough
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Presentation of old Peter
'quiet Peter' 'from care broke loose' 'good old man'
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Presentation of young Peter
'cruel soul' 'sought for prey' 'horrid glee'
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'horrid ____'
'horrid glee' | Oxymoron, sadistic
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Deviance in Peter Grimes
'impious rage'
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Pity created for Peter
'oppressed the soul with misery, grief and fear'
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Victims in Peter Grimes
'piteous orphans' | 'pinn'd, beaten, cold, pinch'd, threaten'd and abused'
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'_____ orphans'
'piteous orphans'
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'bricks of _____'
'bricks of shame'
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'__________ torments'
'unremitted torments'
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Revenge in The Laboratory
'let death be felt' | 'brand, burn up, bite into its grace'
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Miscarriage of justice in BORG
'souls in pain' 'man's grim justice' 'it slays the weak, it slays the strong'
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Identity loss in BORG
'they stripped him of his canvas clothes' 'into his numbered tomb' 'and his grave has got no name'
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'into his _______ ____'
'into his numbered tomb'
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Indication that Peter is not remorseful
'selfish pity'
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Guilt/remorse in Peter Grimes
'tortured guilt'
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Significance of narration in TBORG
Wilde is an eyeglass for the reader into prison life

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