Donnerstag, 15. März 2012
Mittwoch, 14. März 2012
Freitag, 2. März 2012
Englisch 'The force of circumstance' tasks:
Vom Arbeitsblatt:
2) Going native- clash of cultures- Find instances in the story where Guy an Doris go native and the other way round, export British culture to the colonies.
Going Native:
- Guy is able to talk the native language 'malay'
- They are living in a bungalow like the other natives
- They are adopting the way of dressing ( Guy has a topee for instance)
- Guy feels more home in Sembulu than in England
- They have to adopt the native life-style for instance showering with a little tin pale
- Doris is willing to learn the native language
Export British culture:
- They are playing typical British sports like Tennis
- They are still reading English newspapers
- the House is decorated in a British look
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5) Symbols and Imagery:
- the river is somehow connected to Guy and Doris. it symbolizes their relationship.
- The chik chak animal is connected with Guy. it always appears when Guy is in trouble.
- many symbols like colours and the adjectives things are described with (the river had the white pallor of death, the sky was blithe and cheerful, the river was ghostly)
- use of metaphors_ 'the clouds in the sky looked like a row of ballet-girls, dressed in white.'
6) Narrative structure:
- The story is constructed like a fice-act-drama with tension, rising to the climax (Guys disclosure speech)
1. Exposition---> introduction to the exotic scenery
2. rising conflict--->confrontation of characters
3. climax--->Guys monologue, Doris' reaction
4. falling action---> Doris' long process of suffering and thinking of what she is supposed to do.
5. denouement--->Doris' leaving the restoration of the former circumstances
- a large portion of the story is taken up by dialogue ( mostly between Guy and Doris)
- from the moment on when Doris and Guy are talking about the half-caste boys we do more or less know how the story will go on
. carefully constructed scenes, very poetic descriptions of the scenery
- there are few long and descriptive or reflective passages
- third person narrator refrains from any auctorial comments
- he tells the story from an omniscient point of view
- he moves freely between the characters minds but with more emphasis on Doris' perspective
- he introduces the reader to the foreign country from a female perspective
Language:
- informal, ironic, reflects the typical middle-class conversation-standarts, straight-forward, short, easily flowing sentences
- descriptive passages (landscape, surrounding)
- the characters make use of a very figurative language, images and metaphors
Das hier haben wir heute in der Schule besprochen:
Doris' preconditions:
- Doris declares the temporary end of their sexual relationship
- She asks Guy to be patient, she wants to be on her own
- She sleeps alone in their old bedroom, she has the old bed removed (because the malay woman slept in there before so she is disgusted by it now)
- She says she forgives GUy for what he did
- she is calm ( the calmness before the storm???)
- her calmness frightens Guy and even herself
Doris' decision:
- Doris decides to leave Guy for good
- She points out that the decision does not have naything to do with common sense or reason
- It is a physical thing. she always sees Guy in the arms of the black woman
- She uses words, Guy already used before ( to be at the end of her tether, 'I am to blame')
Evaluation of Doris' decision:
- it ist better to be honest and leave Guy than to lie to him and stay with him against her will
- It shows that she probably was not that much in love with Guy if a thing like that influenced her that much.
- the malay woman shows a problem which was there already before. The malay woman herself ins't the problem, she just shows the problem which was already between Guy and Doris.
- the malay woman is just an excuse to leave Guy because in those days it was not common for women to leave their husbands so the malay woman was a good reason to finally do it.
2) Going native- clash of cultures- Find instances in the story where Guy an Doris go native and the other way round, export British culture to the colonies.
Going Native:
- Guy is able to talk the native language 'malay'
- They are living in a bungalow like the other natives
- They are adopting the way of dressing ( Guy has a topee for instance)
- Guy feels more home in Sembulu than in England
- They have to adopt the native life-style for instance showering with a little tin pale
- Doris is willing to learn the native language
Export British culture:
- They are playing typical British sports like Tennis
- They are still reading English newspapers
- the House is decorated in a British look
-
5) Symbols and Imagery:
- the river is somehow connected to Guy and Doris. it symbolizes their relationship.
- The chik chak animal is connected with Guy. it always appears when Guy is in trouble.
- many symbols like colours and the adjectives things are described with (the river had the white pallor of death, the sky was blithe and cheerful, the river was ghostly)
- use of metaphors_ 'the clouds in the sky looked like a row of ballet-girls, dressed in white.'
6) Narrative structure:
- The story is constructed like a fice-act-drama with tension, rising to the climax (Guys disclosure speech)
1. Exposition---> introduction to the exotic scenery
2. rising conflict--->confrontation of characters
3. climax--->Guys monologue, Doris' reaction
4. falling action---> Doris' long process of suffering and thinking of what she is supposed to do.
5. denouement--->Doris' leaving the restoration of the former circumstances
- a large portion of the story is taken up by dialogue ( mostly between Guy and Doris)
- from the moment on when Doris and Guy are talking about the half-caste boys we do more or less know how the story will go on
. carefully constructed scenes, very poetic descriptions of the scenery
- there are few long and descriptive or reflective passages
- third person narrator refrains from any auctorial comments
- he tells the story from an omniscient point of view
- he moves freely between the characters minds but with more emphasis on Doris' perspective
- he introduces the reader to the foreign country from a female perspective
Language:
- informal, ironic, reflects the typical middle-class conversation-standarts, straight-forward, short, easily flowing sentences
- descriptive passages (landscape, surrounding)
- the characters make use of a very figurative language, images and metaphors
Das hier haben wir heute in der Schule besprochen:
Doris' preconditions:
- Doris declares the temporary end of their sexual relationship
- She asks Guy to be patient, she wants to be on her own
- She sleeps alone in their old bedroom, she has the old bed removed (because the malay woman slept in there before so she is disgusted by it now)
- She says she forgives GUy for what he did
- she is calm ( the calmness before the storm???)
- her calmness frightens Guy and even herself
Doris' decision:
- Doris decides to leave Guy for good
- She points out that the decision does not have naything to do with common sense or reason
- It is a physical thing. she always sees Guy in the arms of the black woman
- She uses words, Guy already used before ( to be at the end of her tether, 'I am to blame')
Evaluation of Doris' decision:
- it ist better to be honest and leave Guy than to lie to him and stay with him against her will
- It shows that she probably was not that much in love with Guy if a thing like that influenced her that much.
- the malay woman shows a problem which was there already before. The malay woman herself ins't the problem, she just shows the problem which was already between Guy and Doris.
- the malay woman is just an excuse to leave Guy because in those days it was not common for women to leave their husbands so the malay woman was a good reason to finally do it.
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