Your first quiz for the "My Last Duchess" vocabulary will be this Thursday. We'll have a PowerPoint review on Wednesday.
Essential Question: What details in "My Last Duchess" help develop the character of the Duke?
RL.11-12.3
Analyze the impact of the author's choices regarding how to
develop and relate elements of a story or drama (e.g., where a story is set,
how the action is ordered, how the characters are introduced and developed).
RL.11-12.6
Analyze a case in which grasping a point of view requires
distinguishing what is directly stated in a text from what is really meant
(e.g., satire, sarcasm, irony, or understatement).
SL.11-12.1.a
Come to discussions prepared, having read and researched material
under study; explicitly draw on that preparation by referring to evidence from
texts and other research on the topic or issue to stimulate a thoughtful,
well-reasoned exchange of ideas.
New Graphic Organizers:
Graphic Organizers 2 and 3 are due at the beginning of class Tuesday, November 8th (tomorrow).
Graphic Organizers 4 and 5 are due at the beginning of class Wednesday, November 9th.
After those are complete, you will be able to begin your writing assignment on the poem.
I will hand out 4 additional graphic organizers deal with the following sections of the text:
Graphic Organizer 2, Lines 5-21 (6 questions)
Graphic Organizer 3, Lines 21-34 (6 questions)
Graphic Organizer 4, Lines 34-47 (6 questions)
Graphic Organizer 5, Lines 47-56 (6 questions)
Graphic Organizer 2 (lines 5-21)
5 Will ‘t
please you sit and look at her? I said
‘Frà Pandolf’ by design, for never read
Strangers like you that pictured countenance,
The depth and passion of its earnest glance,
But to myself they turned (since none puts by
10 The curtain I have drawn for you, but I)
And seemed as they would ask me, if they durst,
How such a glance came there; so, not the first
Are you to turn and ask thus. Sir, ‘t was not
Her husband’s presence only, called that spot
15 Of joy into the Duchess’ cheek: perhaps
Frà Pandolf chanced to say, ‘Her mantle laps
Over my lady’s wrist too much,' or ‘Paint
Must never hope to reproduce the faint
Half-flush that dies along her throat:' such stuff
20 Was courtesy, she thought, and cause enough
For calling up that spot of joy…
‘Frà Pandolf’ by design, for never read
Strangers like you that pictured countenance,
The depth and passion of its earnest glance,
But to myself they turned (since none puts by
10 The curtain I have drawn for you, but I)
And seemed as they would ask me, if they durst,
How such a glance came there; so, not the first
Are you to turn and ask thus. Sir, ‘t was not
Her husband’s presence only, called that spot
15 Of joy into the Duchess’ cheek: perhaps
Frà Pandolf chanced to say, ‘Her mantle laps
Over my lady’s wrist too much,' or ‘Paint
Must never hope to reproduce the faint
Half-flush that dies along her throat:' such stuff
20 Was courtesy, she thought, and cause enough
For calling up that spot of joy…
Answer
each of the following questions in complete, grammatically correct sentences.
1. In line 11, what do the words “if they durst” suggest
about the Duke’s view of himself?
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2. What does the Duke imply when he
uses the word only in line 14?
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3. What does the phrase “that spot
of joy” (14-15 and 21) suggest about the Duchess?
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4. What does the Duke imply in lines 15–21 might have caused
such an expression?
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5. Consider the title, “Fra” (a man
who has entered into a life of religious devotion). Is the Duke’s implication in
lines 15-21 believable, given the title of the painter?
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6. In lines 9-10, the Duke mentions a significant detail about
where the painting is kept. Identify that detail, and explain how that detail reflects
the Duke’s attitude toward the Duchess.
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Graphic Organizer 3 (lines 21-34)
…She had
A heart—how shall I say?—too soon made glad,
Too easily impressed; she liked whate’er
She looked on, and her looks went everywhere.
25 Sir, ‘t was all one! My favour at her breast,
The dropping of the daylight in the West,
The bough of cherries some officious fool
Broke in the orchard for her, the white mule
She rode with round the terrace—all and each
30 Would draw from her alike the approving speech,
Or blush, at least. She thanked men,—good! but thanked
Somehow—I know not how—as if she ranked
My gift of a nine-hundred-years-old name
With anybody’s gift….
A heart—how shall I say?—too soon made glad,
Too easily impressed; she liked whate’er
She looked on, and her looks went everywhere.
25 Sir, ‘t was all one! My favour at her breast,
The dropping of the daylight in the West,
The bough of cherries some officious fool
Broke in the orchard for her, the white mule
She rode with round the terrace—all and each
30 Would draw from her alike the approving speech,
Or blush, at least. She thanked men,—good! but thanked
Somehow—I know not how—as if she ranked
My gift of a nine-hundred-years-old name
With anybody’s gift….
Answer each of the following questions in complete, grammatically
correct sentences.
1. What does the Duke mean when he
claims the Duchess’s “looks went everywhere” (line 24)?
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2. How does the Duke’s comparison of
his “favour at her breast” (25) with the other pleasures that brought joy to
the Duchess (26-29) reveal the Duke’s personality?
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3. What inferences can be made about
the Duchess’s personality based on lines 25–31?
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4. What does the Duke mean by the
“gift of a nine-hundred-years-old name” (line 33)?
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5. From the Duke’s perspective, how
does the Duchess value the gift of the Duke’s family name? Weave text into your
response.
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6. How does this contrast with the
Duke’s view of the gift of his name in lines 31–34?
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Graphic Organizer 4 (lines 34-47)
…Who’d stoop to blame
35 This sort of trifling? Even had you skill
In speech—(which I have not)—to make your will
Quite clear to such an one, and say, ‘Just this
Or that in you disgusts me; here you miss,
Or there exceed the mark’—and if she let
40 Herself be lessoned so, nor plainly set
Her wits to yours, forsooth, and made excuse,
—E’en then would be some stooping; and I choose
Never to stoop. Oh, sir, she smiled, no doubt,
Whene’er I passed her; but who passed without
45 Much the same smile? This grew; I gave commands;
Then all smiles stopped together. There she stands
As if alive…
35 This sort of trifling? Even had you skill
In speech—(which I have not)—to make your will
Quite clear to such an one, and say, ‘Just this
Or that in you disgusts me; here you miss,
Or there exceed the mark’—and if she let
40 Herself be lessoned so, nor plainly set
Her wits to yours, forsooth, and made excuse,
—E’en then would be some stooping; and I choose
Never to stoop. Oh, sir, she smiled, no doubt,
Whene’er I passed her; but who passed without
45 Much the same smile? This grew; I gave commands;
Then all smiles stopped together. There she stands
As if alive…
Answer each of the following questions in complete, grammatically
correct sentences.
1. What does the Duke’s repetitive use
of the word “stoop” in lines 34, 42, and 43 suggest about his attitude toward
the Duchess?
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2. What inference can be made about the Duke based on what
he says about his speaking ability in lines 35-36?
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3. What does the rhetorical question in lines 44-45 suggest
about the Duke’s attitude toward the Duchess?
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4. How does the Duke reveal his personality in lines 42-43?
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5. What might the Duke mean by, “I gave commands; / Then all smiles stopped together” in lines 45–46?
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6. How does the repetition of the phrase from line 2, “as if
alive” in line 47 affect the meaning of the poem?
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Graphic Organizer 5 (lines 47-56)
…Will ‘t please you rise? We’ll meet
The company below then. I repeat,
The Count your master’s known munificence
50 Is ample warrant that no just pretence
Of mine for dowry will be disallowed;
Though his fair daughter’s self, as I avowed
At starting, is my object. Nay, we’ll go
Together down, sir. Notice Neptune, though,
55 Taming a sea-horse, thought a rarity,
Which Claus of Innsbruck cast in bronze for me!
The company below then. I repeat,
The Count your master’s known munificence
50 Is ample warrant that no just pretence
Of mine for dowry will be disallowed;
Though his fair daughter’s self, as I avowed
At starting, is my object. Nay, we’ll go
Together down, sir. Notice Neptune, though,
55 Taming a sea-horse, thought a rarity,
Which Claus of Innsbruck cast in bronze for me!
Answer each of the following questions in complete, grammatically
correct sentences.
1. What are the Duke and the
listener discussing in lines 49–53?
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2. What is the connection between
the Count’s “known munificence” and a “dowry” in lines 49–51?
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3. What might we learn about the
Duke’s attitude towards women from his choice of the word object in line 53?
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4. What does the Duke ask the
listener to “notice” (lines 54-56) as they go downstairs?
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5.
How is the object the Duke points out in line 54-56 significant in terms of his
attitude towards women?
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6.
How is the object the Duke points out in line 54-56 significant in terms of his
view of himself?
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Quiz on November 10th
- countenance (noun) – face
- earnest (adjective) – serious in intention, purpose, or effort; showing depth and sincerity of feeling
- durst (verb) - dare
- mantle (noun) – a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape
- flush (noun) – a redness on a person’s face because of emotion
- bough (noun) – a branch of a tree, especially one of the larger or main branches
- officious (adjective) – objectionably aggressive in offering one’s unrequested and unwanted services, help, or advice; meddlesome
- trifling (noun) – idle or frivolous conduct, talk, etc.
- will (noun) – a person’s choice or desire in a particular situation
- lessoned (verb) – taught; instructed; given a lesson; admonished; reproved
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