Lesson video

I am Miss Howell.

Welcome to today's English lesson.

All you need is a pen and a piece of paper so make sure that you have everything you need at hand and take a moment to clear yourself of any distraction so that you are ready for our learning today.

Our lesson today is going to focus on Gothic character and in particular, the typical features that we would find in Gothic characters.

Please write down your title for the lesson.

'Typical features of Gothic characters' pausing the video here to do that now.

Our piece of vocabulary that we're going to focus on in our lesson today is again Tier 3, so this is our subject focus vocabulary, and our key word is eponymous.

Please take a moment to read through the definition, which is on the slide and write down the key word and the definition on your sheet of paper.

Pause the video here to complete that now.

We are now going to explore some different Gothic characters that you would typically find in Gothic literature.

It might be an idea to take some notes as I go through each of these characters, and if you would like to do that, I would pause the video when it is most suitable for you to allow yourself to do that.

You will be answering questions later on in the lesson, only information that I'm taking you through now.

It probably would be a very good idea to pause the video, and get down these notes as I take you through that.

The first Gothic character we're going to look at, is the Byronic Hero.

Eponymously titled after the "mad, bad, and dangerous to know" Romantic poets, Lord Byron, a Byronic Hero is an antihero.

He is typically rebellious, arrogant, antisocial, or an exile and darkly enticingly romantic.

Like the Romantic Hero, The Byronic Hero is a complex individual who often works against the grain of societal norms. More so than the traditional Romantic Hero, the Byronic Hero is psychologically damaged in some way.

Even when he acts in a benevolent manner, it is often tainted by his brooding dark nature.

Essentially, he is a tortured soul whose turmoil makes him the centre of his own world his emotional and sometimes physical scars are too profound for normal people to fully understand him.

The Byronic Hero is often handsome and a dangerous man to love.

He is highly intelligent, cunning, and manipulative.

Passion also fuels the Byronic Hero's need for justice.

Moral rights supersedes societal norm and laws, so this character functions on the fringe.

His personal code pushes him to defend, avenge, and rescue even when the law and the odds are against him.

Remember, do pause the video as in when you need to, to allow yourself to take down these notes.

Now we're going to move on to our second typical Gothic character, which is damsel in distress.

The word 'damsel' derived from the French meaning 'young lady.

' The damsel in distress is a chief character in Gothic literature, where she typically incarcerated in a castle or monastery and terrorised by a sadistic nobleman, or members of the religious order.

The damsel in distress is usually a beautiful, innocent, or helpless young female, placed in a dire predicament by a villain, and who requires a male hero to achieve her rescue.

Often these young women are stereotyped as physically weak and almost completely dependent on the male lead.

After rescuing her, the hero often obtains her hand in marriage.

We're going to move on to another Gothic character, which is the femme fatale.

The femme fatale-French for 'fatal women' is a character, who has existed historically in both biblical figures, as early as Eve's representation of the fall of man and mythical creatures, such as the Sirens, dangerous creatures in Greek mythology who lured nearby sailors with their enchanting music to shipwreck on the rocky coast of their Island, the femme fatale's appearance in romantic and Gothic literature can be clearly seen in John Keats 'La Belle Dame sans Merci' in which a magical female figure lures and injured knight to his death.

The femme fatale is a being of sexuality and femininity, enchantment and mystery? The femme fatale is often seen as destructive and transforming, and one is unable to get away from her without some sort of drastic change occurring.

The femme fatale uses her appeal, or her sexuality, to entrap men.

She may want to kill them; she may need them to do her bidding.

Dual task is to now answer the following questions, which are on the slide, on the Byronic Hero.

I would like you to put a subtitle Byronic Hero on your sheet of paper, and then answer all six questions on the slide, please either answer the question using full sentences or copy out the question and then answer underneath.

Please also ensure that you leave room after you've answered each question, to enable yourself to take down feedback when we go through these answers later in the lesson.

Pause the video here, to answer the questions on the Byronic Hero now.

Now, I'd like you to answer the questions on damsel in distress.

Write down your subtitle, 'Damsel in Distress' and underneath answer the questions that are on the slide.

Remembering to answer either in a full sentence or copy down the question and write your answer underneath.

Remember to leave space for the feedback, so that you can write down any answers or add to your own answers when we go through the feedback.

Pause the video here, to answer these questions now.

And then finally I'd like you to write down, the subtitle 'femme fatale' and underneath that subtitle, you're going to answer the questions on the slide on the femme fatale.

So again, just make sure that you are doing in nice full sentences or copying down the question and then answering underneath, leaving room off each question to enable yourself to get down the feedback, when we go through those answers.

Pause the video here to complete that now.

Now it's telling us to pause and reflect on all of your answers, and make sure you've tried your absolute best and you've answered to the best of your ability.

Just take a moment, to make sure that you've answered all of those questions, pausing here to do that now.

We will now review your answers.

By typing your different coloured pen, you can add or edit your answers as I take you through the correct answers on the slide.

If you need to pause the video, to enable yourself to get done the feedback as I take you through each character, then please do that wherever you see fit to do so.

We're as at number one, Lord Byron, number two, a central character in a story, film, or drama who lacks conventional heroic attributes.

Number three, rebellious, arrogant, anti-social, or in exile, and darkly enticingly seeming romantic.

Number four, he's a tortured soul whose turmoil makes it difficult for normal people to fully understand him.

They therefore, often prefer isolation.

Number five, the Byronic Hero's personal code pushes him to defend, avenge, and rescue even when the law and the odds are against him.

And finally the number six, well done if you were able to get down some examples of Byronic heroes from the 19th century, which could include; Heathcliff from Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, Mr.Darcy, from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, and in film there is also Batman.

You might have got some other examples and that's absolutely fine.

Remember, just to pause here, should you need to take down any of that feedback before we move on.

It's time to check your answers for the damsel in distress questions, so the number one, young lady, number two, she's typically incarcerated in a castle or monastery and terrorised by sadistic nobleman or members of the religious order.

Number three, the damsel in distress is usually a beautiful, innocent or helpless young female.

Number four, requires a male hero to achieve her rescue, and finally, Disney loves having a damsel in distress: Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel to name a few.

And of course, you might have got down some different examples than the ones that I've got on the slide.

Remember just the pause that video here, if you need to take down any of that feedback on damsell in distress.

Finally then, we will go through the answers to the questions on the femme fatale.

So number one, fatal woman, number two, Eve could be the archetypal femme fatale because she tempts Adam to participate with her in a divinely forbidden act in order to gain illicit knowledge, thus luring him to his death, and with him, the rest of humankind.

Number three, sirens were dangerous creatures in Greek mythology who lured nearby sailors, with their enchanting music to shipwreck on the rocky coast, Number four, a magical female figure lures an injured Knight his death.

Five, the femme fatale is a being of sexuality and femininity, enchantment and mystery.

The femme fatale often seen as destructive and transforming.

And finally, number six, the femme fatale uses her appeal or her sexuality to entrap men.

She may want to kill them; she may need them do her bidding.

Just make sure that you have paused the lesson, if you need to, in order to take down any of that feedback really well done, if you are able to answer those questions and you've got most of those questions correct, and once you have taken down that feedback, that brings us to the end of our lesson.

So thank you for your focus, and I hope you have enjoyed our learning today.