Complete lesson resource for Robert Browning's My Last Duchess for AQA Conflict cluster

This resource includes:

• An introductory video and associated questions relating to the concept of respect through fear;
• A definition of two forms of respect - respect through fear and respect through admiration;
• Key contextual information relating to the renaissance Duke and Duchess that the action of the poem is based upon;
• A definition of the term sociopath/sociopathy;
• Full, colour-coded annotations of the poem with specific focus on AO2 skills and the explicit referencing of noun/verb/adjectival phrases etc;
• Class discussion/recap of the key aspects of the poem, its narrative structure etc;
• Summative notes on the poem - content; theme; mood; structure and language;
• A suggested essay question with simplistic starter sentence;
• A guided peer assessment task.