IB YR 1 ENGLISH
OPTIONS - TALES FROM OVID
THE STORIES IN ORDER
Below is a list of the poems I hope to study in order.
If we run out of time we will cut out Pygmalion, Echo and Narcissus and Midas.
Pyramus and Thisbe
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The Rape of Prosipina
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Pygmalion
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Actaeon
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Echo and Narcissus
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Midas
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Tereus
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Questions
Comment on the narrative voices in each story
What do the settings of these poems contribute to your appreciation of them?
Character
How is humanity presented?
How are the God’s presented?
Explore the theme of change/transformation
How does Hughes use language to create effects in the reader?
How are the poems structured?
Explore the way Hughes presents extreme physical and emotional states
What is Roman about these stories – [culture]?
What is English about these stories – [language]?
