Lamia Revision lesson - A level

For A level students doing AQA Lit B - Tragedy option

PPT includes:

• recap of the history of the genre of tragedy
• recap of the plot pattern for tragedy
• recap of tragic endings/resolutions
• an activity for students to choose three tragic methods in Keats’ poems (as attatched in full) and analyse/write about them
• exam skills focus: how do we write about Keats? Students are placed in the examiner’s position with an activity where they judge an exemplar essay response
• historical context of the poem
• the interpretations over time of Lamia
• semantic field and exercises relating to that
• Lamia as an allegory - students focus on what the characters could represent
• shifting perspectives and metamorphoses in the poem, including argument starters about that and critics’ views
• for revision: a template on how to analyse poems is included - this is applicable to any poem.