Shakespeare & Literary Heritage Explore the ways writers present choices in the texts you have studied

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1 Shakespeare & Literary Heritage Explore the ways writers present choices in the texts you have studied 2011 Browning 1.ppt

2 Learning Outcomes ALL: Develop understanding of the poem, its context and its narrative MOST: Analyse Browning s use of language and its effects SOME: Evaluate how the poem s theme connects with Macbeth 2011 Browning 1.ppt

3 Browning Robert Browning (7 May December 1889) was an English poet and playwright who wrote dramatic verse in the form of dramatic monologues. This made him one of the most famous Victorian poets Discussion Point (Make sure you make some notes!) What features does a monologue have? How is a monologue similar to a soliloquy? 2011 Browning 1.ppt

4 The rain set early in tonight, The sullen wind was soon awake, It tore the elm-tops down for spite, And did its worst to vex the lake: I listened with heart fit to break. When glided in Porphyria; straight She shut the cold out and the storm, And kneeled and made the cheerless grate Blaze up, and all the cottage warm; Which done, she rose, and from her form Withdrew the dripping cloak and shawl, And laid her soiled gloves by, untied Her hat and let the damp hair fall, And, last, she sat down by my side And called me. When no voice replied, She put my arm about her waist, And made her smooth white shoulder bare, And all her yellow hair displaced, And, stooping, made my cheek lie there, And spread, o'er all, her yellow hair, Murmuring how she loved me she Too weak, for all her heart's endeavor, To set its struggling passion free From pride, and vainer ties dissever, And give herself to me forever. But passion sometimes would prevail, Nor could tonight's gay feast restrain A sudden thought of one so pale For love of her, and all in vain: So, she was come through wind and rain. Browning Porphyria s Lover Be sure I looked up at her eyes Happy and proud; at last l knew Porphyria worshiped me: surprise Made my heart swell, and still it grew While l debated what to do. That moment she was mine, mine, fair, Perfectly pure and good: I found A thing to do, and all her hair In one long yellow string l wound Three times her little throat around, And strangled her. No pain felt she; l am quite sure she felt no pain. As a shut bud that holds a bee, l warily oped her lids: again Laughed the blue eyes without a stain. And l untightened next the tress About her neck; her cheek once more Blushed bright beneath my burning kiss: l propped her head up as before, Only, this time my shoulder bore Her head, which droops upon it still: The smiling rosy little head, So glad it has its utmost will, That all it scorned at once is fled, And l, its love, am gained instead! Porphyria's love: she guessed not how Her darling one wish would be heard. And thus we sit together now, And all night long we have not stirred, And yet God has not said aword! 2011 Browning 1.ppt

5 Browning Porphyria s Lover 1. Write down the definitions of the following words: Group 1 Sullen Spite Vex Group 2 Dripping Soiled Damp Struggling 2. What do the words have in common? Group 3 Glided Kneeled worshipped 3. What could each group or words relate to? Group 4 Smiling Darling Together 2011 Browning 1.ppt

6 Browning Porphyria s Lover Look at the following lines taken from the poem. What do they suggest about the relationship between the narrator and Lover? Describe the characters / personalities of the narrator and the Lover. 1. I listened with a heart fit to break 3. And called me. When no voice replied She put my arm about her waist, 2. And kneeled and made the cheerless grate Blaze up, and all the cottage warm 4. Murmuring how she loved me 2011 Browning 1.ppt

7 Task: Browning Porphyria s Lover In pairs, read the poem carefully, changing speaker at punctuation marks. Add your annotations of individual words. Highlight any other words which seem significant. Chart the events as the narrative unfolds e.g. The weather is turbulent and stormy 2011 Browning 1.ppt

8 Task: Porphyria s Lover and Macbeth In both pieces, the choice is made to kill someone. 1. Why is the choice made? 2. How is the choice made? 3. How is the killing carried out? 4. Who else is involved in the killing? 5. How does the killer feel afterwards? 6. How does the writer judge the killing? Extension: Using your previous work on quotations from Macbeth match them to quotations in Porphyria s Lover. Are there any similarities in the language? 2011 Browning 1.ppt