Of Course! Victorian Literature

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• Leerjaar 6

English for 6VWO

Study planner

FU 101-110

proficiency   prospective    inexhaustible    fatigued

                    constitution    convalesce    strenuous    elaborate

indulge    spendthrift    complacency    mould    renowned

FU 111-120

-What do you experience as a major impediment right now?

-Which rule do you prefer not to conform with?

-Have you ever experienced the infinite in the finite?

-Is there anything you ought to repent of?

FU 111-120

-Whose proximity would you find hard to bear?

-What is the most momentous decision you've ever taken?

-What is for you a prime example of cowardice?

-Do you harbour any grievances against any of your teachers?

Guiding Question

What is dramatic monologue and how does Robert Browning use it successfully in his poem, "My Last Duchess"?

Dramatic monologue

*a poem written in the form of a speech of an individual character

*it narrates a single vivid scene

*the reader has to piece together the complexity of the speaker's character from the latter's casual remarks and digressions.

Characters

*   Duke of Ferrara

*   Duchess of Ferrara

*   Brother Pandolf

*   The Count's Envoy

Analysis