Originally posted on Beyond the Zeitgeist: Do we believe that Johnny “Rooster” Byron is having sex with Phaedra, the 15-year-old girl he’s sheltering from the stepfather who has apparently been sexually abusing her? And, if we do, how come we…
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Jerusalem (Butterworth) feeling the ‘beat’ extracts
6 extracts pdf'd for students to work on to disucss the significance of the Beats as outlined in this post. new doc 2017-04-03 18.57.33 Read More "Jerusalem (Butterworth) feeling the ‘beat’ extracts"
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Jerusalem (Butterworth): feel the ‘beat’
Following a comment by Martin Robinson in his excellent presentation at Research Ed: Language, I am going to engage students with some specific focus on the 'Beat' stage direction which appears throughout the text. Students can be confused by a …
Jerusalem (Butterworth): An introduction for students and teachers. Completed draft
PDF: Jerusalem study guide draft 1 JWP (2) I have been putting together an introduction to Butterworth's play. This is my draft complete copy. It is definitely work in progress, but I welcome feedback. The play appears on the OCR set text list …
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Jerusalem for AS English Lit: potential essay titles.
A list of essay titles for revision purposes. Whilst these are not really intended to follow the OCR outlines, I think that the ground covered in a sensible planning of each will leave little to chance... ‘What the fuck do …
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Jerusalem (Butterworth): An introduction for students and teachers
I am putting together an introduction to Butterworth's play. This is the beginning s of the first draft... it is definitely work in progress, but I welcome feedback. The play appears on the OCR set text list for AS and …
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“Jerusalem is the most Shakespearean of Butterworth’s plays”. Looking at the play, what are the features which reflect this cultural heritage.
A series of student essays in response to the above. I like the discussion of double entendre and sexual allusion in this one It is said that Butterworth’s ‘Jerusalem’ has irrefutable references to Shakespeare and cultural literary heritage. Like Shakespeare, …
