• Do you have any prior knowledge of the Moors Murders?

• Read through the sheet and watch the clip

• Then answer the questions about your expectations of the poem

The Devil’s Wife: Starter

The Devil’s Wife

• In groups (of 4) you will analyse one verse of the poem, focusing on the following features:– Language and style– Presentation of Myra Hindley– Effect on the reader

• You only have 10 minutes• You will then present your ideas to the class

The Devil’s Wife

• Write an analysis of the presentation of Myra Hindley in the poem

Model AnswerCarol Ann Duffy has portrayed Hindley as a woman who has spent a lot of time in denial about her actions. Referring to the first child they murdered as a “doll” suggests that Hindley felt detached from the murders and that she did not see their victim as a human child, but rather as an inanimate object. Furthermore, Duffy writes that “he made me bury a doll”, suggesting that Brady was to blame for Hindley’s involvement. This shocks the audience who wonder how a woman could take the life of a child. Duffy is therefore emphasising the ways in which Hindley was dehumanised by the media and the public who could not comprehend a woman, who should be naturally maternal, committing such terrible crimes.

Peer Assesment

• Swap work with the person next to you and read through their work so far

• Note down one strength

• Then give them a target to improve their work

Homework

• Use your target to improve your analysis of Myra Hindley’s character (at least 1 side)

• Ensure you are confident in your understanding of the stories behind Little Red Cap, Anne Hathaway, Mrs Icarus and Mrs Darwin

‘isms’ – What are they?

A word to describe a particular view point or outlook on life.

»Marxism»Modernism»Post-modernism»Post-colonialism»Feminism

Marxism• Founder: Karl Marx • Marxists believe in 2 main social classes: the

proletariat (workers) and the bourgeoisie (owners).

• The bourgeoisie exploit the proletariat.• Believed that everyone should be equal.• "ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL, BUT SOME ARE

MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS” Animal Farm by George Orwell

Modernism

• Art (writing, painting, music etc) movement from about 1900 to 1940

• Industrial age brought many changes• World wars had affected peoples outlook on

life – less optimistic.• Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Virginia

Woolf, and James Joyce.

Post-modernism• We are in the post-modern era and it was a

reaction to the modernist and feminist and all other eras that have come before. Confused?

• What sets Postmodernism apart from its predecessor is the mixing, the disintegration, and the instability of identities.

Post-colonialism (race)

• This theory looks at literature retrospectively and sees how minorities and in particular the black community has been treated in the past.

• It explores the concept that white is not the superior race and how ‘others’ were presented in art.

Feminism• Feminism is the ‘belief in the social, political,

and economic equality of the sexes”• Society is dominated by patriarchy. Men control

the way that society works and oppression is endemic so women are not represented in power, dominated in the workforce and treated as slave labour.

• 1st Wave Feminism – 1800s –fight for the vote• 2nd Wave Feminism – 1970s – glass ceiling, sex

and equality, sisterhood...

Duffy and

Feminism

This one

NOT this one

http://www.bbc.co.uk/poetryseason/poets/

carol_ann_duffy.shtmlWhat insight do we get into Duffy’s reasons for

writing?

What does she say about being a feminist writer?

• http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/carol-ann-duffy-streetwise-heroines-at-home-743481.html

• http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/1999/sep/25/costabookaward.features