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CINEMA & HISTORY DAYS
2012
CINEMA & HISTORY DAYS IES A XUNQUEIRA 1
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CINEMA AND HISTORY DAYS
INTRODUCTION
Last year the English Department created an activity called “Cinema and Literature Days”.
The idea was to offer the students the possibility of watching films mostly based on outstanding literary works. The result was really rewarding, because the project involved the whole school, much further than we had imagined: The members of the department, the teachers who collaborated in the presentation of the films and the preparation of the worksheets for the students, the art students who created about 40 wonderful posters and, of course, all the students who saw the films. The result of this work is still available from the school website.
When the activity ended, we had no doubt that there would be a second edition. We call it “ Cinema and History Days”, but the idea is exactly the same and, as it is sensible not to change those things that have worked well, we have prepared previous work to help students make the most of the films, some of our colleagues are helping us to present them and the Art students are preparing their posters for the mini festival.
We want to express our gratitude to Sonia Soto, Laureano Aragunde and Cristina Martínez, who are helping us elaborate the activities and the presentations; and Hernán Gómez Cortés and Sonia Omil, who have involved the Art students in the creation of the posters and bookmarks. The chosen posters will be exhibited in the school hall and the bookmarks will be available from the school website.
The chosen films are Animal Farm, based on the novel by George Orwell; Oliver Twist, based on the novel by Charles Dickens; The King’s Speech, which is a historic drama based on real facts; and Shakespeare in Love, a film that portrays a fiction story of Shakespeare that includes characters of some of his best-known theatre plays.
Finally, we are pleased to announce an important improvement. As our hall is not definitely a suitable projection room, we will be able to use the small auditorium in the Pazo da Cultura which will make the most important part of the activity much more comfortable and enjoyable. We are grateful to the council for this necessary support.
ANIMAL FARM
Based on the novel “Animal Farm”, By George Orwell.
Audience: 1st & 2nd E.S.O.
Date: Thursday 23rd February.
Place: Pazo da Cultura.
Time: 9 to 11.30 a.m.
Presented by Ms. Cristina Martínez (Master of Arts)
ANIMAL FARM By Sonia Soto (Bachelor of Arts)
Animal Farm is based on a novel with the same title, by George Orwell.
THE AUTHOR AND THE NOVEL
George Orwell is the pseudonym used by Eric Arthur Blair, who was born in 1903 in India. He
fought briefly for the socialist cause during the Spanish Civil War and he became an important
British political novelist. He was also the author of the well known novel, 1984.
Animal Farm was the novel that made him famous. Time magazine considers it to be one of
the 100 best English-language novels. Orwell wrote it between 1943 and 1944 and after
experiencing serious difficulties to have it published, he finally succeeded in 1945, just as
Britain was emerging from World War II (1939-1945). For part of that war, Britain had fought
in alliance with the Soviet Union and it was feared that the book would upset this alliance,
because it was seen as an attack on Russia.
The novel is an animal fable, an allegory that represents historical figures and events that we
must have prior knowledge about, if we are to understand the significance of the story.
In the book, the animals of a farm successfully revolt against their despotic human owner, only
to turn it into a more brutal tyranny where corrupt pigs abuse power and use the law to
exploit other animals not for the general good but for their own good.
The novel is a satire on Soviet communism, Stalinism and totalitarianism. Orwell, a
democratic socialist, was a critic of Stalin and the corruption of the original socialist ideals of
the Soviet Union. He wrote “My starting point is always a sense of injustice (…) When I sit
down to write a book I write it because there is some lie that I want to expose”.
When we talk about Totalitarianism, this word refers to a political system dominated by a
single ideology and single party (that is often marked by the cult of a personality). It’s a system
where authority exercises absolute control over all aspects of life, opposing political expression
is suppressed, and where the use of terror is widespread. These regimes have a total
monopoly of the information through the state control of the mass-media, such as TV. It is
important to note that totalitarianism can be politically right or left wing, but all forms of
tyranny have the same characteristics and all highlight the conflict between the exploited and
the exploiting classes.
PLOT
After a rebellion, the animals on the farm throw out their human oppressors and establish a
new system called Animalism. This philosophy is based on Seven Commandments, laws
designed to unite the animals against humans and to prevent them from resembling men in
any way:
Soon after, the pigs, the most intelligent animals in the group, take control of the planning and
running of the farm. At first, Animal Farm prospers. As time passes however, the two leaders,
the pigs Napoleon and Snowball, begin to compete for power and influence amongst the other
animals. When Snowball announces his idea for a windmill, Napoleon opposes it and they
argue. Napoleon runs Snowball off the farm with a trained pack of dogs and declares that the
power to make decisions for the farm will be exercised by him exclusively. Napoleon and his
cohorts continue to abuse their power, making life harder for the rest of the animals, imposing
more control while reserving privileges for themselves.
In order to justify their acts, the pigs often manipulate the truth and even alter the Seven
Commandments, which at the end are reduced to a single phrase: “All animals are equal but
some animals are more equal than others”
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Napoleon continues to consolidate his power, eliminating his enemies and reinforcing his
status as supreme leader while the common animals, now cold, hungry and overworked,
continue to obey the pigs, hoping for a better future.
As the years pass on Animal Farm the pigs become more and more like human beings…
ANIMAL FARM IN THE CINEMA
Animal Farm has been adapted to film twice. The first one is a British animated film by John
Halas and Joy Batchelor. This was the first British animated feature released worldwide in
1955.
The second adaptation was made for a television live-action movie by John Stephenson and it
was released in 1999. This is the film that we are going to see.
CHARACTERS
Remember that Animal Farm is an allegorical critic of Russian history and Soviet Communism.
Because of that, the characters in the film represent historical personages, attitudes or
doctrines. Some of these parallels are the following:
- Human beings represent capitalism
- Animalism represents Communism
- Animal revolt represents Russian Revolution of 1917
- Animals on the farm, except the pigs, represent the poorest class in the community
(proletariat)
- Pigs represent the Party members
- Dogs represent the secret police
MAIN CHARACTERS:
OLD MAJOR
Old Major is as allegory of Karl Marx. This aged prize winning boar
provides the inspiration for the revolution. He tries to get all the
animals to become aware of their situation of exploitation and
oppression by the man. Old Major has thought about the brutal lives
that the farm animals have and is convinced that a rebellion must come soon, in which the
animals get rid of the tyranny of their human oppressors and come to live in perfect freedom
and equality.
NAPOLEON
The dictatorial pig is the figure that drives most of the action.
Napoleon is an allegory of J. Stalin. He begins gradually to build up
his power by training newborn puppies to be vicious attack dogs and
using them as his secret police. After driving Snowball off the farm,
Napoleon assumes full power, using false propaganda from Squealer
and threats and intimidation from the dogs to keep the other animals under control. Among
other things, he gradually changes the Commandments for his benefit. By the end of the book,
Napoleon and his fellow pigs have learned to walk upright and started to behave like the
humans, with all their vices (drunkenness, cruelty, greed…), against whom they originally
revolted.
SNOWBALL
Napoleon’s rival. He is mainly based on Leon Trotsky. Snowball was
a more vivacious pig than Napoleon, quicker in speech and more
inventive. Snowball initially works for the good of the farm and the
animals, and devises plans to help the animals achieve their vision of
an equal society, but Napoleon and his dogs eventually chase him
from the farm. Thereafter, Napoleon spreads rumours to make him seem evil and corrupt,
even claiming that he secretly sabotaged the animals' efforts to improve the farm. However,
Snowball is not such a great and noble pig. When the other animals protest against the pigs
taking all the milk for their mash, Snowball is united with Napoleon in claiming that the milk is
necessary for their brainwork.
SQUEALER
He is Napoleon's right-hand man and the minister of propaganda.
Squealer manipulates the language to excuse and justify all of
Napoleon's actions. He also limits debate by complicating it and he
confuses and disorients, making claims that the pigs need the extra
luxury they are taking in order to function properly, for example. However, when questions
persist, he usually uses the threat of the return of Mr. Jones, the former owner of the farm, to
justify the pigs' privileges and to convince the rest of the animals that Napoleon is a good
leader.
BOXER
Boxer is a loyal, honest, dedicated and respectable horse. He is
physically the strongest animal on the farm, but a bit silly so he
easily believes all that Squealer says.
JESSIE
A dog on the farm who has her puppies taken away by Napoleon for
"advanced education" (these dogs later run Snowball off the farm).
In the 1999 film version she is the narrator and main protagonist.
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE BOOK AND THE FILM
The film differs from the book in some important aspects. There are some omissions,
distortions and relevant additions. For instance, the dog Jessie is the narrator. Technology,
such as TV, is introduced on the farm and used as a way of entertaining and distracting the
crowd from the lies of the pigs. The “news” distorts the truth and is the most powerful kind of
propaganda.
At the end of the film and after the animals have escaped and have waited for years for the
end of the pig´s regime, the farm collapses (a parallelism to the collapse of the Berlin Wall) and
the animals return when new human owners take over.
ACTIVITIES
ANIMAL FARM FIRST LEVEL
1.- What is the setting of the story?
a) b) c)
2.- Explain the meaning of the word “Animalism”. Search for the word on the internet or in a
dictionary.
3.- Which of the following words are not related to the film:
a) Revolt e) Power i) Manipulation
b) Tyranny f) Rebellion j) Freedom
c) Democracy g) Army k) Rights
d) Corruption h) Monarchy l) Equality
4.- Define “Revolution”. If you need to, look up the meaning in the dictionary.
5.- Choose suitable adjectives for the following characters (You can use more than one for the
same animal):
a) Napoleon 1) Scapegoat
b) Boxer 2) Obedient
c) Mayor 3) Drunk
d) Mr. Jones 4) Hard-working
e) Snowball 5) Wise
f) Squealer 6) Cruel
g) Jessie 7) Leader
6.- What is the immediate cause and the immediate results of the rebellion?
7.- Which of these animals did you see in the movie?
a) Duck d) Puppies g) Donkey j) Giraffe
b) Cow e) Cock h) Goat k) Pigeon
c) Raven f) Mouse i) Zebra l) Goose
8.- What other animals do you remember seeing? What are their names?
a) b) c) d)
e) f) g)
9.- More about animals…Idioms. Match the sentences:
a) Something was really fishy 1) I suspect that something is not true
b) I smell a rat 2) Something is suspicious
c) You are making a real pig of yourself 3) Someone pretends to be a good person
d) Someone is a wolf in sheep´s clothing 4) You are getting dirty
10.- What kind of work do the pigs do after the revolt? Do you think this is a good reason to
eat better and live in the farm house?
11.- Snowball tries to teach other animals to read. Is this a good thing? Why?
12.- After the revolution how did the lives of the animals become more difficult?
13.- Animalism has Seven Commandments or laws. Do you remember the changes made to
these commandments? Match the following
a) No animal shall sleep in a bed 1) to excess
b) No animal shall drink alcohol 2) but some animals are more equal than others.
c) No animal shall kill any other animal 3) with sheets
d) All animals are equal 4) without cause
14.- What was the aim of these changes?
a) To improve the pig´s living conditions c) To all be equal
b) To improve all the animals conditions d) To resemble a human being
15.- TV is used as a way of:
a) Entertainment b) Punishment c) Information
16.- “News” is used as a way of:
a) Education b) Propaganda c) Showing the reality
17.- Mark where these parts of the animals are in the pictures:
Fur feather beak hoof tail horn fang
18.- What is the main threat that is used by the pigs to maintain order:
a) It is going to rain
b) Mr. Jones will be back
c) The Farm is going to collapse
19.- Most of the characters in this film are animals. Match the animals with the sound that
they make:
a) Horse 1) Bleat
b) Pig 2) Bark
c) Dog 3) Cluck
d) Hens 4) Grunt
e) Sheep 5) Neigh
20.- The animals are going to build something to improve their living conditions. What?
a) A factory b) A motorway c) A windmill
21.- Choose the animal in the picture that is blamed for all bad things that happen on the Farm:
22- What happens to Boxer when he can no longer work?
a) He retires.
b) Napoleon sells him to a glue factory.
c) He goes to hospital.
23.- At the end of the film pigs become just like humans; they are cruel and exploit other animals.
As a result of that, what do the animals do? :
a) They stay on the farm b) They fight against the pigs c) They escape
HIGHER LEVEL
24.- Animal Farm is a fable against Soviet Communism and totalitarianism. Which Russian leader
does Napoleon most resemble?
a) Trotsky b) Tsar Nicholas c) Stalin
25.- What is the role of the female animals in the film?
26.- Who is the most responsible for the failure of the revolution and why?
27.- Do the pigs use manipulation and fear as a method to impose power?
28.- Do you think that these things could happen in our society, among people?
29.-Make a comment on this statement “Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts
absolutely”.
30.- Make up two small fables of your own illustrating two good or bad human qualities (for
example laziness, courage, honesty, loyalty, self-sacrifice, greed)
31.- Forget all political associations. Write a review of Animal Farm from the point of view of a
member of an Animal Defence League, focusing not only on the relationship between people and
animals, but also on the exploitation of animals.
32.- Make up a story starting from the time the new farm owners take over.
TOPICS
33.- Describe one of the animals, saying what it does, how it behaves, etc. The other student has
to guess which animal it is.
34.- What animal would you most like to be and why?
35.- Have you ever visited an animal farm? Talk about your experience.
36.- Talk about something that you consider unfair.
37.- What are the functions of the TV in our society? Is it similar as shown in the film? Do you think
this is right? Why?
ACTIVITIES KEY
ANIMAL FARM 1.- b)
2.- Internet
3.- c), g), l)
5.- a) : 6, 7 b) : 4 c) : 5 d) : 3 e) : 1 f) : 6 g) : 2, 5
6.- Immediate causes: Mr. Jones, the farmer, mistreats and abuses the animals.
Immediate results: Animals defeat Mr. Jones and run him off the farm. At first, Animal Farm
prospers.
7.- All of them except i) and j)
8.- a) Pigs b) Sheep c) Horse f) Hens
9.- a) : 2 b) : 1 c) : 4 d) : 3
10.- Intellectual workº
12.- They had less food and harder work
13.- a) : 3 b) : 1 c) : 4 d) : 2
14.- a)
15.- a)
16.- b)
18.- b)
19.- a) : 5 b) : 4 c) : 2 d) : 3 e) : 1
20.- c)
21.- Snowball, the second pig on the left.
22.- b)
23.- c)
OLIVER TWIST
Based on the novel by Charles Dickens.
Audience: 3º & 4º of ESO.
Date: 24th February.
Place: Pazo da Cultura.
Time: 9 to 11.30 a.m.
Presented by Mr. Arturo Neira (Bachelor or Arts)
OLIVER TWIST
Summary
Oliver Twist was written by Charles Dickens, one of the best 19th century English writers.
Charles Dickens was born 7th of February 1812 –just 200 years ago. He was the second of eight children of a middle class family. He attended a private school for several years, but his life changed dramatically when his father went to prison because he could not pay his debts. All the members of the family lived in the prison with the father, except Charles who began to work in a blacking factory (a factory that made shoe polish) to pay back his father’s debt.
His experiences at the factory, where he worked 10 hours a day, from Monday to Saturday, and earned six shillings a week, gave him background material for his best novels, including Oliver Twist. At 22 he started writing for newspapers. In fact, most of his novels were published in newspapers, in weekly or monthly installments (por entregas). He used cliff-hangers – suspense endings at the end of each chapter- so people were waiting for the next.
His most famous literary works are: The Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Hard Times, A Tale of Two Cities, A Christmas Carol and Great Expectations.
Oliver Twist is the story of an orphan boy who is sent to a workhouse- an institution for orphans and poor and old people, where they had to work very hard, in cruel conditions for 12 hours a day. They were cold and ate only porridge, some onion and a bit of bread on Sundays. These institutions did not want to take care of the children, because they had to spend money on them, so they usually offered money to people who wanted to take them. In the film, a chimney sweeper comes to take Oliver because he will also get 5 pounds. Finally, he goes to work in a coffin factory. But they treat Oliver badly and he goes away to London, where he is taken by Fagin, who has a group of children. He teaches them how to be pickpockets and they work for him. The first time he goes out with the thieves, the police catch him, but they see he is innocent and a rich man adopts him. But this is not the end of his suffering, because the thieves are afraid that he might tell the police about them and they take him again and use him to rob the rich man’s house. In the end, he lives with the rich man and his family.
We will follow Oliver in the workhouse, on the road to London, with the thieves and in a rich people’s house. High class, middle class and poor people. This way Dickens can show us how people from very different social classes, in very different social and economic situations lived at that time and how they felt about each other.
The film we are going to watch was directed by Roman Polanski. He was a French Jew, who was born in Poland.
For more information about Polanski, his films and other film versions of Oliver Twist http://www.uhu.es/cine.educacion/cineyeducacion/temastwist.htm
One of the most remarkable features of the film is that the main characters are portrayed as caricatures, especially those who were considered the oppressors: the director of the workhouse, who was having a great meal while the children were starving, the mean coffin maker’s wife, the beastly chimney-sweeper or the greedy Fagin, the pickpockets’ boss.
PREVIOUS ACTIVITIES
OLIVER TWIST :
WHAT LIFE WAS LIKE FOR POOR CHILDREN
http://www.michellehenry.fr/OT.htm
A. Charles DICKENS
I. His life
1. When was he born ? ........................ 2. Why didn't he go to school at the age of ten ? ................. 3. What happened to his father in 1824 ? and why ? .............. 4. Where did Dickens work then ? ................... 5. Was that period important in his life ? .................... 6. Where did he go to live with his wife ? .................. 7. How many children did he have ? ................... 8. Did he always stay in England ? ...................... 9. When did he die ? and how old was he ? ................. 10. Where is he buried ? ........................
TIMELINE
Have a look at this website and answer these questions: http://www.filmeducation.org/olivertwist/learningresources/timeline.html
1-What’s the law that bans children under the age of nine working in the mines?
2-When was it passed in Parliament?
3-Who became Queen of England in the same year Dickens wrote Oliver Twist?
4-What did Mr. Talbot do in 1839?
5-What couldn’t people under ten do after 1842?
6-How many hours a day could women and children between 13 and 18 work after 1847?
7-How many people lived in the UK in 1851?
8-Which disease killed 11.500 people in London?
9-What happened in 1858?
10-Who published a very important scientific theory in 1859 and what was it?
11-When was the first underground built?
12-When was the transportation of prisoners to Australia prohibited?
AFTER THE FILM
Do the exercises you will find in these links.
http://www.edu.xunta.es/centros/iesxunqueira1/aulavirtual/mod/hotpot/view.php?id=1602
http://www.edu.xunta.es/centros/iesxunqueira1/aulavirtual/mod/hotpot/view.php?id=1603
http://www.edu.xunta.es/centros/iesxunqueira1/aulavirtual/mod/hotpot/view.php?id=1604
If the exercises are included in a Moodle group, qualifications will be available to teachers.
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
Script: Stanley Krammer.
Audience: 1st Bach.
Date: 23rd February.
Place: Pazo da Cultura.
Time: 12 to 2.30 a.m.
Presented by Mr. Laureano Aragunde (Bachelor of Arts)
READING TEST MARK: NAME: Group: 1º' ' Date: ---/---/---
Plot Summary for
Shakespeare in Love (Shakespeare enamorado) (1998) More at IMDbPro »Shakespeare in Love (original title) Will Shakespeare is a known but struggling poet, playwright and actor who not only has sold
his next play to both Philip Henslow and Richard Burbidge but now faces a far more difficult
problem: he is bereft of ideas and has yet to begin writing. He is in search of his muse, the
woman who will inspire him but all attempts fail him until he meets the beautiful Viola de
Lesseps. She loves the theatre and would like nothing more than to take to the stage but is
forbidden from doing so as only men can be actors. She is also a great admirer of
Shakespeare's works. Dressing as a man and going by the name of Thomas Kent, she auditions
and is ideal for a part in his next play. Shakespeare soon see through her disguise and they
begin a love affair, one they know cannot end happily for them as he is already married and
she has been promised to the dour Lord Wessex. As the company rehearses his new play, Will
and Viola's love is transferred to the written page leading to the masterpiece that is Romeo
and Juliet. Written by garykmcd
Romantic comedy set in London in the late 16th century: Young playwright William
Shakespeare struggles with his latest work "Romeo and Ethel the Pirate's Daughter". A great
fan of Shakespeare's plays is young, wealthy Viola who is about to be married to the cold-
hearted Lord Wessex, but constantly dreams of becoming an actress. Women were not
allowed to act on stage at that time (female roles were played by men, too), but dressed up as
a boy, Viola successfully auditions for the part of Romeo. Soon she and William are caught in a
forbidden romance that provides rich inspiration for his play. Written by Armin Ortmann
Answwer the following questions:
1.-What does Shakespeare do for a living?
2.-What is Viola like?
3.-What is the relationship between Viola and Thomas Kent?
4.-Why is the romance Viola-Will forbidden?
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
PLOT
William Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) is a poor playwright for Philip Henslowe (GeoffreyRush),
owner of The Rose Theatre, in 1593 London. After learning that his love was cheating on him
with his patron, Shakespeare burns his new comedy, Romeo and Ethel the Pirate's Daughter,
rewriting it as the tragedy Romeo and Juliet. Suffering from writer's block, he is unable to
complete the play, but begins auditions for Romeo. A young man named Thomas Kent is cast
in the role after impressing Shakespeare with his performance and his love of Shakespeare's
previous work. Kent is actually Viola de Lesseps (Gwyneth Paltrow), the daughter of a wealthy
merchant who desires to act, but women are banned from the stage and she must disguise
herself.After Shakespeare discovers his star's true identity, he and Viola begin a passionate
secret affair. Inspired by her, Shakespeare writes quickly, and benefits from the advice of
playwright and friendly rival Christopher 'Kit' Marlowe (Rupert Everett). Shakespeare and Viola
know, however, that their romance is doomed. He is married, albeit long separated from his
wife, while Viola's parents have arranged her betrothal to Lord Wessex (Colin Firth), an
aristocrat who needs money. When Viola is summoned to the court of Queen Elizabeth I (Judi
Dench), Shakespeare dons a woman's disguise to accompany her as her cousin. At court, he
persuades Wessex to bet £50 that a play cannot capture the nature of true love. If Romeo and
Juliet is a success, Shakespeare as playwright will win the money. The Queen, who enjoys
Shakespeare's plays, agrees to witness the wager.
Edmund Tilney (Simon Callow), the Master of the Revels, the Queen's official in charge of the
theatres, learns that there is a woman in the theatre company at The Rose playhouse, and
orders the theatre closed for violating morality and the law. Left without a stage or lead actor,
it seems that Romeo and Juliet must close before it even opens, until Richard Burbage (Martin
Clunes), the owner of a competing theatre, the Curtain, offers his stage to Shakespeare.
Shakespeare assumes the lead role of Romeo, with a boy actor (Daniel Brocklebank), playing
Juliet. Viola learns that the play will be performed on her wedding day, and after the ceremony
secretly travels to the theatre. Shortly before the play begins, the boy playing Juliet starts
experiencing the voice change of puberty. Viola replaces him and plays Juliet to Shakespeare's
Romeo. Their passionate portrayal of two lovers inspires the entire audience.
Tilney arrives at the theatre with Wessex, who has deduced his new bride's location. Tilney
plans to arrest the audience and cast for indecency, but the Queen is in attendance. Although
she recognizes Viola, the Queen does not unmask her, instead declaring that the role of Juliet
is being performed by Thomas Kent. However, even a queen is powerless to end a lawful
marriage, so she orders "Kent" to fetch Viola so that she may sail with Wessex to the Colony of
Virginia. The Queen also states that Romeo and Juliet has accurately portrayed true love so
Wessex must pay Shakespeare £50, the exact amount Shakespeare requires to buy a share in
the Lord Chamberlain's Men. The Queen then directs "Kent" to tell Shakespeare to write
something "a little more cheerful next time, for Twelfth Night".
Viola and Shakespeare part, resigned to their fates. The film closes as Shakespeare begins to
write Twelfth Night, Or What You Will imagining his love washed ashore in a strange land after
a shipwreck and musing, "For she will be my heroine for all time, and her name will be...Viola",
a strong young woman castaway who disguises herself as a young man.
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS ON THE PLOT
1. Why was Thomas Kent hiding his true identity?
2. When did the love affair between Shakespeare and Viola begin?
3. What/who helped Shakespeare overcome writer´s block?
4. Why was their relationship doomed?
5. Explain the bet made between Shakespeare and Wessex?
6. What does Viola do after her wedding ceremony?
7. Why does Viola replace the actor meant to play the role of Juliet?
8. How does the Queen protect Viola?
9. Who won the bet?
10. How does the film end?
WRITING TEST MARK: Name: Group 1º" " Date---/-- -/---
Shakespeare in Love
Write about the relationship between William and Viola.(1oo words)
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
QUIZ
1-What character did Viola audition for in Will's play?
Juliet
Mercutio
Nurse
Romeo
2. What alias did Will use at the DeLesshups' dance when speaking to Lord Wessex?
Answer: (Two Words)
3. What actual play of William Shakespeare's was the character Viola in?
Romeo and Juliet
The Twelfth Night
A Midsummer's Night Dream
Hamlet
4. How much money did Will wager (and win) with the bet he had with Lord Wessex?
50 shillings
25 shillings
75 pounds
50 pounds
5. Who played the part of Queen Elizabeth?
Answer: (two words - title not necessary - or just last name)
6. What was Viola's alias when she was an actor?
Answer: (Boy's Name, Two Words)
7. This one may be a little tough. In the morning, after Viola's 'first night' with Will, what does she say to
the nurse when told 'It is a new day'? ('It is a ________.')
Answer: (Two Words)
8. Why did the boy who was supposed to play Juliet have to drop out of the show moments before starting?
He forgot his lines
He got stage fright
His voice changed
He got sick
9. How did Christopher Marlowe die?
He was poisoned
He was stabbed with a knife in a bar fight
He was shot while riding his horse
He was hanged for stealing a loaf of bread
10. Finish this quote. 'I don't know, it's a ________.'
Answer: (One Word)
QUIZ RESULTS
1- Romeo
2-Christopher Marlowe & Marlowe
3-The Twelfth Night
4-Fifty pounds
5-Judi Dench & Dame Judi Dench & Dench
6-Thomas Kent & Master Kent & Thomas & Kent
7- new world
8-His voice changed
9-He was stabbed with knife in a bar fight
10-mystery
THE KING’S SPEECH
Screenplay: David Seidler Audience: 2nd Bach.
Date: Friday 24th February.
Place: Pazo da Cultura.
Time: 12 to 14.30 a.m.
Presented by Ms. Carmina Aguado (Bachelor of Arts)
CINEMA & HISTORY DAYS
IES A Xunqueira 1 Pontevedra.
23-24 February 2012
Activities by Carmina Aguado Madrigal
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CONTENTS Page Before watching the film………………………………………….... 3
The King´s Speech plot…………………………………………..… 4,5
Reading test………………………………………………………… 6
Speaking.Speaking in public.............................................................. 7
Writing.Public speaking tips……………………………………….. 8
Reading.Famous speeches…………………………………………. 9
Listening.Memorable quotes………………………………………. 10
The King´s Speech presentation…………………………………… 11
Film based on true events………………………………………….. 12
House of Windsor family tree……………………………………… 13
Characters………………………………………………………….. 14
Use of English……………………………………………………… 15
Revolution in mass communication……………………………….. 16
Historical accuracy………………………………………………… 17
After watching the film……………………………………………. 18
Listening.Quiz……………………………………………..………. 19,20
Speaking. Pictures…………………………………………………. 21
Reading.The real King´s speech…………………………………… 22
Writing.The importance of the radio………………………………. 23
Answer key……………………………………………………….. 24
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The King's Speech Plot
Prince Albert, Duke of York (Colin Firth), the second son of King George V, stammers through his speech closing the 1925 British Empire Exhibition at Wembley Stadium. The duke has given up hope of a cure, but his wife, Elizabeth, Duchess of York (Helena Bonham Carter), persuades him to see Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush), an Australian speech therapist in London. During their first session, Logue breaches royal etiquette and proceeds to call his patient "Bertie", a name used only within the duke's family. Logue bets a shilling that Albert can read perfectly, and gives him Hamlet's "To be, or not to be" soliloquy to recite aloud while listening to loud music on headphones. Logue records his performance on a gramophone record; convinced he has stammered throughout, Albert leaves in a huff, declaring his condition "hopeless" and dismissing Logue. Logue offers him the recording as a keepsake.
After King George V (Michael Gambon) makes his 1934 Christmas address, he explains to his son how important broadcasting has become to the modern monarchy. He declares that "David" (Edward, Prince of Wales, played by Guy Pearce), Albert's older brother, will bring ruin to himself, the family and the country when he accedes to the throne. King George demands that Albert train himself, starting with a reading of his father's speech. He makes an agonising attempt to do so.
Later, Albert plays Logue's recording and hears himself reciting Shakespeare well. He returns to Logue, but he and his wife insist that Logue stop delving into his private life and merely work on the physical aspects. Logue teaches his patient muscle relaxation and breath control techniques, but continues to gently probe at the psychological roots of the stuttering. The duke eventually reveals some of the pressures of his childhood: his strict father, the repression of his natural left-handedness, painful childhood metal splints to correct his knock-knees, his first nanny, who hated and secretly mistreated him, and the early death of his younger brother, John. The two men become friends.
Firth and Bonham Carter as the Duke and Duchess of York
In January 1936, George V dies, and David reluctantly accedes to the throne as King Edward VIII, but there is a serious problem: he wants to marry Mrs Wallis Simpson (Eve Best), an American socialite and divorcée. At Christmas inBalmoral Castle, Albert points out that Edward, as head of the Church of England, cannot marry a twice-divorced woman; Edward accuses his brother of wanting to usurp his place, viewing his elocution lessons as preparation, and resurrects his childhood taunt of "B-B-B-Bertie".
At his next session, Albert expresses his frustration that his speech has improved while talking to most people—except his own brother. Albert reveals the extent of David's folly with Mrs Simpson. When Logue insists that Albert could be a good king, the latter calls it treason, mocks Logue's failed acting career and humble origins, and dismisses him. When King Edward VIII abdicates to marry Mrs Simpson, Albert becomes King George VI. The new king and queen visit Logue at his home to apologise, startling Logue's wife (who had been kept in the dark about the patient's identity).
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During preparations for his coronation in Westminster Abbey, Albert learns that Logue has no formal qualifications. Logue explains he was asked to help shell-shocked Australian soldiers returning from the First World War, and thereby found his calling. When Albert remains convinced of his unfitness to be king, Logue sits in King Edward's Chair and dismisses the underlying Stone of Scone as a trifle. Goaded by Logue's seeming disrespect, the duke surprising himself with his own sudden eloquence.
Upon the September 1939 declaration of war with Nazi Germany, George VI summons Logue to Buckingham Palace to assist him for his upcoming radio address to millions of listeners in Britain and the Empire. The king is left alone in the room with the microphone, except for Logue. His mentor suggests the king speak to him alone, and guides him silently throughout. George VI does an excellent job. Afterwards, the king and his family step onto the balcony of the palace, to the viewed and applauded by the thousands who have gathered.
A title card explains that Logue was always present at King George VI's speeches during the war, and that they remained friends for the rest of their lives.
Task:Write a summary of the plot. (50 words)
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READING TEST MARK: Name : Group:2º" " Date -----/------/----- The King's Speech (original title) Tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George('Bertie') reluctantly
assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stammer and considered unfit to be king, Bertie engages the help of an unorthodox speech therapist named
Lionel Logue. Through a set of unexpected techniques, and as a result of an unlikely friendship,Bertie is able to find his voice and boldly lead the
country through war. Written by Anonymous. Biopic about Britain's King George VI (father of present day Queen Elizabeth II) and his lifelong struggle to overcome his speech
impediment. Suffering from a stammer from the age of 4 or 5, the young Prince Albert dreaded any public speaking engagement and
history records that his speech at the closing of the 1925 Commonwealth exhibition in London was difficult for both him and everyone
listening that day. He tried many different therapies over many years but it was only when he met Lionel Logue, a speech therapist, that
he truly began to make progress. Logue did not have a medical degree but had worked as an elocution coach in the theater and had
worked with shell-shocked soldiers after World War I. Through a variety of techniques - and much hard work - he learns to speak in
such a way so as to make his impediment a minor problem and delivers a faultless speech heard around the world by radio when the
UK declared war on Nazi Germany in 1939. The King and Logue remained lifelong friends. Written by garykmcd
In the mid 1930s, King George V is concerned about the immediate future of the British monarchy. His eldest son David, first in line for
the throne, is in a relationship with American divorcée Wallis Simpson. Marriage to a divorcée and being King of England (and thus
head of the Church of England) is incompatible. And King George V's second son, Albert (or Bertie as he is called by family), second in
line for the throne, speaks with a stammer, something he's had since he was a child. Although a bright and temperamental man, Bertie,
because of his stammer, does not capture the confidence of the public, which is paramount if Britain does enter into war against Hitler's
regime. As King George V states about living in a communications age, a king can no longer get by in life solely by looking good in a
regal uniform and knowing how to battle riding a horse. Elizabeth, Bertie's loving wife, wants to help her husband gain confidence solely
in his increasing need to speak at public functions, regardless of if he becomes king or not. She finds an unconventional Australian
raised speech therapist named Lionel Logue to help assist in curing Bertie's stammer, with no one, even Lionel's family, knowing he has
this job with the royal highness. Lionel and Bertie's relationship is often an antagonistic one as Lionel feels the need for the two to be
equals during their sessions, with Lionel even calling him Bertie instead of your royal highness, which doesn't sit well with him, as he is
not used to such dealings with a commoner. Lionel does in time become Bertie's confidante and friend, especially from Lionel's side as
he tries to determine the psychological issues behind the speech impediment. An issue with Lionel, which he does not hide but also
does not fully disclose, may threaten their relationship altogether, which may be especially problematic as a still stammering Bertie
ultimately becomes King George VI and as Britain enters into war with Germany. Written by Huggo
In 1925, the Duke of York is stammerer and has troubles to speak to the public. His wife Elizabeth seeks the treatment of the speech
therapist Lionel Logue that follows unconventional methods and relationship, and Bertie gives up the treatment on the first day.
However, after listening to the session that was recorded by Lionel, Bertie returns to the treatment. In the mid 30's, the Duke of York is
forced to assume the throne of England as King George VI due to the abdication of his older brother King Edward VIII. Immediately
after, there is a crisis in the government and England declares war to Germany. King George VI needs to make a speech to his
compatriots, and his friend Lionel helps him using an unorthodox technique. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Answer the following questions:
1.-Was Bertie willing to assume the throne?
2.-Why is Lionel Logue an unorthodox speech therapist?
3.-How long did King George VI take to overcome his speech impediment?
4.-Did King George VI make a mistake during his speech heard in 1939?
5.-Why marrying a divorcée and being King of England is not possible?
6.-Did King George V give any importance to the radio?
7.-Why did Bertie return to the treatment?
8.-Why did Bertie have to assume the throne?
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SPEAKING Pairwork 10'
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WRITING Classwork 10'
Public speaking tips
1.Have Faith in Your Voice . You’re confident when you are familiar with what you want to say; you don’t typically stammer or get lost in your thoughts when you are speaking with your friends about something that you know well. Tip : Re-create familiarity by knowing what to say.
2. Admit You Need Help . Every public speaker can get better. There are many parts to a great speech: actual content, how the content is organized, how you transition between different points, eye contact, posture, room positioning, hand gestures, voice inflection, tone, volume, and so forth. Tip : Ask good speakers to teach you and demonstrate what they do so you can learn from them and get better.
3. Put the Hours In . You can tell when someone made up a good speech — but you can easily recognize when someone prepared an even better one. They have put in the hours to make sure that the content of their speeches are clear and concise, and they have practiced their delivery with others. Tip : Practice your speech with someone or in front of a mirror.
4. Become an Expert from Experience . Watch and listen to others — you’ll notice what they do well and what they don’t do well. The best way to improve in public speaking is to actually do it. Tip: YouTube different famous public speakers.
5. Broadcast a True Version of Yourself . Be genuine when you speak. A speech is the same thing as you telling your group of friends something. Be yourself and you will do fine. Tip : Imagine that you are about to tell your friends something before going up to make a speech.
Task : Write a paragraph giving one more piece of advice.
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READING Groupwork 10'
FAMOUS SPEECHES 1-What the libraries mean to the nation is fairly obvious to all of us, especially to those who are here this evening. We know that without libraries, without education, which is based largely on libraries, we cannot have an educated people who will carry on successfully our form of government,
A- Oliver Cromwell (25 April 1599 – 3 September 1658) was an English military and politicalleader who overthrew the English monarchy and temporarily turned England into a republicanCommonwealth, and served as Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
2- We admired Dr. King. We felt his loss as our own. We should not mourn for men of high ideals. Rather we should rejoice that we had the privilege of having had them with us, to inspire us by their radiant personalities. So today we are gathered not to offer you grief, but to salute a man who achieved so much in so short a time.
B Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill , KG, OM, CH, TD, PC, DL, FRS, Hon. RA (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British Conservative politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during World War II. Widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century, he served as Prime Minister twice (1940–45 and 1951–55).-
3- It is high time for me to put an end to your sitting in this place, which you have dishonored by your contempt of all virtue, and defiled by your practice of every vice; ye are a factious crew, and enemies to all good government; ye are a pack of mercenary wretches, and would like Esau sell your country for a mess of pottage, and like Judas betray your God for a few pieces of money.
C- Martin Luther King , Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, activist, and prominent leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement.[1] He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights in the United States and around the world, using nonviolent methods following the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi.[2] King has become a national icon in the history of modern American liberalism.[3]
4- I say to the House as I said to ministers who have joined this government, I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat. We have before us an ordeal of the most grievous kind. We have before us many, many months of struggle and suffering.
D-. Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910),[1] better known by his pen name Mark Twain , was an American author and humorist. He is most noted for his novels, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. - Twain was an adamant supporter of abolition and emancipation.
5- I should like to see the time come when women shall help to make the laws. I should like to see that whiplash, the ballot, in the hands of women. As for this city's government, I don't want to say much, except that it is a shame - a shame; but if I should live twenty-five years longer - and there is no reason why I shouldn't - I think I'll see women handle the ballot. If women had the ballot to-day, the state of things in this town would not exist.
E- Indira Gandhi was the first woman
ever elected to lead a democracy. She was
the Prime Minister from 1966-77 and then
again between 1980-84 till her death at
the hands of her own bodyguards. A
paradox she may seem for during the time
that she served India as a Prime Minister,
she was known as a dictator as well as one
of the most charismatic leaders of India. 6- I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal." I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slaveowners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
F- Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (October 11, 1884 – November 7, 1962) was theFirst Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945. She supported the New Deal policies of her husband, distant cousin Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and became an advocate for civil rights. After her husband's death in 1945, Roosevelt continued to be an international author, speaker, politician, and activist for the New Deal coalition..
Matching exercise:1.—2.—3.—4.—5.—6.—
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LISTENING Individual work 10'
Memorable quotes for The King's Speech (original title) Lionel Logue : What was your earliest ----------? King George VI : I'm not... -here to---- ------- -personal matters. Lionel Logue : Why are you here then? King George VI : Because I bloody well……….! ----------------------------------------------------------------- Lionel Logue : Do you know any………… ? King George VI : ...Timing isn't my ……… suit ----------------------------------------------------------------- Lilibet : What's he saying? King George VI : I don't know but... he …….. to be saying it ………. well ----------------------------------------------------------------- Queen Elizabeth : [Using the name "Mrs. Johnson"] My husband's work ………. a great deal of ……… speaking. Lionel Logue : Then he should change …... Queen Elizabeth : He can't. Lionel Logue : What is he, an indentured ……….? Queen Elizabeth : Something …… that.
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The King's Speech
Directed by
Tom Hooper
Produced by Iain Canning
Emile Sherman
Gareth Unwin
Screenplay by David Seidler
Starring Colin Firth
Geoffrey Rush
Helena Bonham Carter
Music by Alexandre Desplat
Cinematography Danny Cohen, BSC
Editing by Tariq Anwar
Studio UK Film Council
See-Saw Films
Bedlam Productions
Distributed by The Weinstein Company
Release date(s) 6 September 2010(Telluride Film Festival)
7 January 2011(United Kingdom)
Running time 118 minutes[1]
Country United Kingdom[2]
Language English
Budget £8 million ($15 million)[3]
Box office £250 million ($414,211,549)[4]
Presented by Carmina Aguado Madrigal 24th February Pontevedra
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FILM BASED ON TRUE EVENTS The film tells the story of King George VI´s radio address of September 3, 1939,delivered as Britain prepared for war with Germany. The speech sounds true in fact and in spirit,inspiring in tone,and economical with language.The entire text is just 404 words,though with George VI´s labored delivery,it took him 5 minutes and 44 seconds to read it. This is a film about the sound of the voice .Music has to deal with that.Music has to deal with silence.Music has to do with time.
The King's Speech: the real story
The story of the stuttering sovereign: the epic events that inspired the Oscar-tipped film, 'The King’s Speech’.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAhFW_auT20
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House of Windsor Family Tree
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CHARACTERS
Church of England Government
Women Protagonists
Queen Mary | | Duchess >Queen Elizabeth | | | Daughters | (Liz>Queen Elizabeth II, | Margaret) | | | Mrs Logue Mrs Simpson
Duke of York> King George VI | |
Mr Logue
Monarch (George V, Edward VIII, George VI )
Archbishop
Baldwin Chamberlain Churchill Hitler
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USE OF ENGLISH
FORMAL INFORMAL
How do you do? How are you? I don´t have "hubby" ...hubby…
We don´t pop ...pop…
Highness/Duke… Bertie,Lionel Highness/ma ´am …not Liz…
Fornication …fuck…
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REVOLUTION IN MASS COMMUNICATIO N
'The King's Speech' walks us back to radio's first steps In these days of cell phones, texting, instant messaging and cable TV, it may be difficult to appreciate the influence radio had in its infancy and development in the 1920s and 1930s. Diverse places all over the globe and in one’s own country and city could now be instantly and collectively linked by a rapidly delivered series of electro-magnetic pulses. Popular culture would never be the same. Radio broadcasting began in the United States in 1920 . His reign coincided with a revolution in mass com munication . For the first time in British history, subjects cou ld listen to their monarch addressing them through their wireles s sets, as if he were with them in their living rooms. But the technology didn’t allow George VI to pre- record his broadcasts, as would be the case for the generation s that followed . When he addressed the nation, it had to be done through a live microphone, without editing, an agon y for a stammerer. He actually delivered the speech standing at a l ectern in an anteroom, with the window open and his jacket off. Only Logue was allowed in the room with him and he advised the King to forget everyone else and just say the speech to him , as a friend. His delivery was calm, dignified and measur ed. At the end of the broadcast Logue finally called him 'Your Majesty’.
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HISTORICAL ACCURA CY
The film-makers tightened the chronology of the events to just a few years
The improvement in the Duke of York´s speech was apparent in months rather than years,as is suggested by the film. The alteration of historical details to preserve the essence of the dramatic story was sometimes necessary.
The high ranking officials,for instance, would not have been present when the King made his speech,nor would Churchill have been involved at any level. The severity of the King´s stammer was exaggerated and the characters of Edward VIII,Wallis Simpson,and George V made more antagonistic than they really were, to increase the dramatic effect. Churchill encouraged Edward VIII to resist pressure to abdicate,whereas he is portrayed in the film as strongly supportive of Prince Albert and not opposed to the abdication. The film used artistic license to make valid dramatic points,such as :
The probably imagined scene when George V lectures his son on the importance of broadcasting. George VI would never have tolerated Logue addressing him casually,nor swearing,and the King almost certainly would have understood a newsreel of Hitler speaking in German. The final scene on the balcony of Buckingham Palace is very absurd from a historical point of view-Chamberlain and Churchill were not present and there were no cheering crowds outside Buckingham Palace.
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LISTENING Groupwork 15' The King's Speech Created by roxymary Fun Trivia : Quizzes : K
Opening address at Australia's Federal Parliament at Canberra
Closing Olympic Games in Paris
Closing Empire Exhibition at Wembley Stadium
Opening Championships Wimbledon
1. The film opens with the Duke and Duchess of York wa iting for the Duke's cue to make a speech at which event?
2. Which actor plays the part of the Duke of York/King George VI?
Colin Firth
Hugh Bonneville
Joseph Fiennes
Jude Law
3. One therapist suggests that reading with several ma rbles in the mouth will eventually cure stammering. What else does he suggest?
Breathing exercises
Drinking brandy to settle the stomach
Smoking to relax the throat
Taking singing lessons
4. What is the nationality of speech therapist Lionel Logue?
American
English
Australian
Scottish
5. Logue bets the Duke of York a shilling that he can teach him to read without a stammer. How does he su cceed in doing this?
Singing a Christmas carol
Shouting out the window
Reciting a nursery rhyme
Reading whilst listening to music on headphones
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6. What name does the Duke call his youngest brother w hen he is telling Logue about his own childhood?
Henry
Johnny
Willie
Jimmy
7. Who is Prime Minister in the first half of the film ?
Neville Chamberlain
Clement Attlee
Stanley Baldwin
Winston Churchill
8. Who initiates an investigation which reveals Logue is not accredited in speech therapy?
Archbishop of Canterbury
Duke of Windsor (formerly Edward VIII)
Prime Minister
Queen Mary (wife of George V)
9. As the King makes his way to address the nation by radio broadcast regarding outbreak of war with Germ any, who confides that he once had a speech impediment?
Sir Walter Grey
Stanley Baldwin
Winston Churchill
Duke of Kent
10. What honour did the King bestow on Logue?
Knighthood
Royal Victorian Order
Order of Merit
Order of the Companions of Honour
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SPEAKING Pairwork 10' A B
C D
E F
G H
1.- STUDENT "A" DESCRIBES A PICTURE.STUDENT "B" MAKES A GUESS. THEN REVERSE THE ROLES. 2.-ORDER THE PICTURES CHRONOLOGICALLY. 1.--- 2.--- 3.--- 4.---- 5.--- 6.--- 7.--- 8.---
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READING Homework-Classwork 10"
GEORGE VI-KING´S SPEECH,SEPTEMBER 3,1939
This is the King's Speech which George VI broadcast to his people in Britain, and throughout the Empire, immediately after Britain's Declaration of War against Germany on September 3, 1939.
The following is the text of that speech, which the King delivered standing up (even though his official portrait depicts him sitting down): In this grave hour, perhaps the most fateful in our history, I send to every household of my peoples, both at home and overseas, this message, s poken with the same depth of feeling for each one of you as if I were able to cross your threshol d and speak to you myself. For the second time in the lives of most of us, we are at war. Over and over again, we have tried to find a peacef ul way out of the differences between ourselves and those who are now our enemies; but it has been in vain. We have been forced into a conflict, for we are cal led, with our allies, to meet the challenge of a principle which, if it were to prevail, would be fa tal to any civilized order in the world. It is a principle which permits a state, in the sel fish pursuit of power, to disregard its treaties an d its solemn pledges, which sanctions the use of forc e or threat of force against the sovereignty and independence of other states. Such a principle, stripped of all disguise, is sure ly the mere primitive doctrine that might is right, and if this principle were established through the world, the freedom of our own country and of the whole British Commonwealth of nations would be in d anger. But far more than this, the peoples of the world wo uld be kept in bondage of fear, and all hopes of settled peace and of the security, of justice and l iberty, among nations, would be ended. This is the ultimate issue which confronts us. For the sake of all that we ourselves hold dear, and of the world order and peace, it is unthinkable tha t we should refuse to meet the challenge. It is to this high purpose that I now call my peopl e at home, and my peoples across the seas, who will make our cause their own. I ask them to stand calm and firm and united in thi s time of trial. The task will be hard. There may be dark days ahea d, and war can no longer be confined to the battlefield, but we can only do the right as we see the right, and reverently commit our cause to God. If one and all we keep resolutely faithful to it, ready for whatever service or sacrifice it may demand, then with God's help, we shall prevail. May He bless and keep us all. (The King's Speech of September 3, 1939, quoted in its entirety by Larry Gray inFathers, Brothers and Sons, pages 127-128.) Answer the following questions :
1.-What did the king give the British people?
2.-Which sentence do you like best? Why?
Soon after the King delivered this speech, other Dominion governments also declared war against Germany. The impact of the war upon the King, George VI, was incalculable. He died, at the age of 56, in February of 1952. He was succeeded by his daughter, Britain's current Queen Elizabeth II.
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WRITING Individual work 10'
*Write about the importance of the radio for the story of The King´s Speech (100 words)
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ANSWER KEY 1 KING´S SPEECH PLOT.pages 4-5 Possible answer:The film tells the story of King George VI and his battle with a speech impediment.Bertie,as he was known,seeks the help of a speech therapist.By the end of the film,Bertie has conquered his stammer,and the British people are well on their way to vanquishing fascism,thanks to an inspiring royal address from Buckingham Palace. 2 FAMOUS SPEECHES.page 9 1-F What Libraries Mean To The Nation 2-E Martin Luther King 3-A Dissolution of the Long Parliament 4-B Blood Toil Tears and Sweat 5-D Votes for Women 6-C I Have a Dream 3 MEMORABLE QUOTES.page 10 Memory / discuss / stammer / jokes / strong / seems / rather / involves / public / jobs / servant / like 4 QUIZ .pages 19-20 1.-Closing Empire Exhibition at Wembley Stadium. 2.-Colin Firth. 3.-Smoking to relax the throat. 4.-Australian. 5.-Reading whilst listening to music on headphones. 6.-Johnny. 7.-Stanley Baldwin. 8.-Archbishop. 9.-Winston Churchill. 10.-Royal Victorian Order. 5 PICTURES. Page 21 1.-B 2.-G 3.-F 4.-A 5.-E 6.-H 7.-D 8.-C 6 KING´S SPEECH.page22 1.The King gave them reassurance that the country was on the side of the right.What´s more,he gave them something to do-"stand calm and firm and united in this time of trial"-an instruction.
