Transcript APLitIntro2_3_14MyLastDuchessSubMakeup

AP Literature and Composition
February 3, 2014
Mr. Houghteling
Sub Work
checklist.
“My Last Duchess.”
• Seven-question quiz on the poem.
• Review/discuss inference chart.
“Porphyria’s
Lover”
1. How old does the Duke say his name is?
2. What is the current object of the Duke’s
desire (as he sees it)?
3. Where is the Duke and his companion?
A. outside B. in a dining hall C. in the attic
D. on the grand staircase
4. Who was the sculptor of Neptune in the
poem?
A. Carlo Crivelli B. Fra Pandolf
C. Lorenzo Ghiberti D. Claus of Innsbruck
5. What does the Duke say was one of the
faults of the Duchess?
A. She hated him. B. She smiled too much.
C. She was never impressed. D. She was a
snob.
6. What does the Duke say he will never do?
A. love B. hate C. fear D. stoop
7. What happened to the Duke’s last
duchess?
“MY LAST DUCHESS”
“PORPHYRIA’S LOVER”
Inferences
Inferences
Speaker
Speaker
Woman
Woman
Setting
Setting
Past Events
Past Events
Your
opinion
of the
speaker
Speaker’s
opinion of
self
Complete
the inference chart
and the Venn diagram for “My
Last Duchess.”
Prepare for the discussion on
“Porphyria’s Lover.”
Lucrezia de’ Medici
The 14-year-old
daughter of the Grand
Duke of Tuscany,
Lucrezia married in
1558 Alfonso Il d’Este,
the fifth Duke of
Ferrara, who was 25 at
the time. The Duke
abandoned Lucrezia
for two years before
she died in 1561 at
age 17.
 Takes
place in 16th-century Italy
 Based on the life of Alfonso II, duke of
Ferrara.
 The duke is negotiating to marry the
daughter of a powerful count.
 As the poem begins, the duke is showing a
portrait of his former wife to the count’s
agent.
• Frà Pandolf: a fictitious friar and painter
• Claus of Innsbruck: a fictitious Austrian
sculptor.
From critic M.H. Abrams:
1.
A single person, who is
patently not the poet, utters
the speech that makes up
the whole of the poem, in a
specific situation at a
critical moment.
From critic M.H. Abrams:
2. This person addresses and
interacts with one or more
other people; but we know of
the [audience’s] presence,
and what they say and do, only
from clues [from the] single
speaker.
From critic M.H. Abrams:
3. The main principle controlling
the poet's choice and
formulation of what the speaker
says is to reveal to the reader, in
a way that enhances [his/her]
interest, the speaker's
temperament and character.
Your
opinion
of the
speaker
Speaker’s
opinion of
self