Course curriculum

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    1. Introduction

    • 'My Last Duchess' Full Poem

    • 'My Last Duchess' Performance

    • Start With Brain Dumps

    • Introduction: Why You Need to Stop Thinking About Grades

    • Quiz on Introduction

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    2. Which Skills Demonstrate Mastery?

    • Real Skills For Mastery

    • Writing Skills for Mastery Quiz

    • Discussion on Writing Conceptually
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    3. A Sample 100% Comparison Essay Between 'My Last Duchess' and 'Ozymandias'

    • A Sample 100% Comparison Essay Between 'My Last Duchess' and 'Ozymandias'

    • Why Does this Essay Score 100%?

    • How is the Sample 100% Essay Organised?

    • QUIZ - 100% Sample Comparison Essay Between 'My Last Duchess' and 'Ozymandias'

    • 'My Last Duchess' Full Poem GCSE Exam-Style Question
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    4. The Importance of Context

    • Discussion on Context

    • Why Context is The Key to Meaning

    • Quiz on The Importance of Context
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    5. Introduction to Form

    • Why Form Distinguishes You From Other Students

    • Quiz on the Introduction to Form
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    6. Context: The Big Ideas in literature

    • What is Literature Really About?

    • Discussion on What Literature is Really About

    • Context: Who Was Robert Browning?

    • Robert Browning Quiz

    • Robert Browning Brain Dump
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    Mid- Course Quiz

    • My Last Duchess Mid-Course Quiz
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    7. How to Figure Out a Poem

    • Understanding Symbolic Language and the Importance of Metaphor

    • Discussion on Metaphor
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    8. Structure: Introduction to Structure in 'My Last Duchess'

    • Structure: Characterisation - The Duke's Dangerous Sense of Self-Importance

    • Structure: The Importance of Understanding Contrasting Techniques

    • Discussion on Contrasting Techniques for My Last Duchess

    • Discussion on Contrasting Techniques for Other Texts
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    9. Language, Structure, Context and Theme

    • Pre-Unit Vocab Quiz

    • The Theme of Power of Status in Literature

    • Language: How the Duke's Tone Reveals His Character

    • Stories are Simulators for Real Life

    • What is Empathy?

    • Empathy in Your Own Words

    • Thinking About Characters and Empathy

    • Theme: The Destructiveness of a Lack of Empathy

    • What Does this Poem Teach us About the Consequences of a Lack of Empathy?
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    10. Context: Women Rights and the Romantic Literary Movement

    • Context: Is the Poem Just About Women?

    • Context: The Romantic Literary Movement

    • The Romantic Literary Movement

    • Context: Women's Rights

    • Women's Rights and Our Rights: In Your Own Words
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    11. Form: The Dramatic Monologue

    • Form: The Dramatic Monologue and The Ambiguity of Truth

    • The Duke's Nine Hundred Years Old Name

    • Form: How Browning and Tennyson Developed the Dramatic Monologue

    • Form: The Dramatic Monologue and the Audience Within The Poem

    • Form and Language: How Browning's Form and Language Make Us Question Reality and Truth

    • Form: How Browning's Form and Language Make us Question Reality and Truth

    • Form: Self-Revelations in Dramatic Monologues
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    12. Language and Structure

    • How Browning's Rhyme and Metre Reflect The Duke's Controlling Nature
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    13. Theme: Power and Status

    • The Addictive Nature of Power and Status
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    14. Form: Exploring Different Perspectives

    • How the Dramatic Monologue Allows Us To Explore Different Perspectives

    • How Dramatic Monologues Help us Explore Evil Minds

    • How Browning's Monologues Help Us Understand Evil Minds

    • Form: Browning's Silent Interlocutor
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    15. Structure: Symbolism

    • The Symbolic Meaning of The Fresco Painting

    • Structure: Why The Painting and Fra Pandolf Disprove the Duke's Imagination

    • Structure. How Browning Portrays the Duke Living Out His Own Psycho Drama
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    16. Browning's Purpose

    • Browning's Purpose: Criticising the Rich and the Powerful
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    17. Language and Structure: Enjambment, Metre, Rhyme and Language

    • Structure: Browning's Use of Enjambment

    • Language and Structure - The Duke's Focus on Himself and Possession

    • Why Browning's Metre and Rhyme Scheme Prove The Duke is Not Mad
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    18. The Moral Dilemma of the Duke's Marital Conditions

    • Why Would Anyone Accept The Duke's Marital Conditions?
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    19. Structure: The Size of the Verse

    • Structure: How the Size of the Verse Reflects the Enormity of the Duke's Pride

    • Structure- Why Browning Begins in Media Res

    • Structure: Browning's Characterisation of the Duke
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    20. Language: Euphamism

    • Language - What the Duke's Euphamistic Language Reveals About Him

    • Language: The Effects of Ambiguity

    • Language: The Ambiguity of Language Reflects the Ambiguity of Life

    • Language: How The Duke's Rhetoric Makes Him Seem Disingenuous