Browning's "My Last Duchess" and Dramatic Monologue

Draw back the curtain, add a spot of joy to your class, and let learners be instructional activityed by a close reading exercise that models how to develop an interpretation based on evidence drawn from a text. Robert Browning’s dramatic...

Scholars analyze words Robert Browning used in My Last Duchess to give readers insight about the Duke. Pupils review homework and form groups to closely study lines 31-35. They then respond to guided questions and complete a brief...

Students read and discuss Browning's poem, "My Last Duchess". In groups, they choose one character from the poem and, taking on the perspective of that character, write various character portraits.

The characters in The Grapes of Wrath come to life through an activity that asks groups to craft a dramatic monologue for a character in John Steinbeck's National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize winning novel.  Writers are challenged to...

In this literary analysis instructional activity, students examine Robert Browning's "My Last Duchess," as they read the poem and respond to 6 short answer questions.

In this poetry analysis learning exercise, students read a comment on the significance of the Duke’s art collection in Robert Browning's "My Last Duchess." Students then respond to questions about the Duke’s art gallery, his portrait of...

In this poetry analysis worksheet, students examine commentary about the jealousy of the Duke in Browning's "My Last Duchess." Students respond to discussion questions regarding the Duke’s suspicion that his wife is unfaithful, his...

In this poetry analysis worksheet, learners consider the motivation for the actions of the Duke in "My Last Duchess," by Robert Browning as they read a brief paragraph positing that the Duke is insane. Students then respond to 3...

In this "My Last Duchess" worksheet, students discuss the theme of power in the poem. Kids answer questions about the political and social power of the Duke. Students decide what it was about the Duchess that threatened her husband's...

Learn all about monologues with this webpage. Detailed here are internal, external, dramatic, narrative, and active monologues. Then, as you continue to scroll, you will see the character study. Unfortunately, the information is...