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STEINBECK: OF MICE AND MEN — how do authors create characters?
RESOURCES for Of Mice and Men:
A study guide with explanations of words, idioms, and other background material. Revision questions
Dorothea Lange’s photographs taken during the depression years.
SHAKESPEARE: THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
No fear Shakespeare has Shakespeare’s text with a modern English version side by side
Lamb’s Tales retells the story as prose
How much would a ducat buy you today? CONVERT Antonio’s ducats to modern British pounds, remembering that 1 Ducat = £1
The BBC site on the play is worth exploring. It has information, videos and quizzes.
Learn about the ghetto of Venice the Rialto in Shakespeare's day.
LITERATURE
criterion a
THEY SHOW what we would know if we were there; as if we were watching a play
THEY TELL what only an author can know
HOW DO NOVELISTS PRESENT CHARACTERS?
FLY ON THE WALL
OMNISCIENT POINT OF VIEW
What a character looks like
How a character moves
How a character fits in the setting
How a character reacts to others
How others
react to the character
What thoughts characters have.
(minds)
The emotions characters feel.
(hearts)
What a character says
the unspoken words: subtext
What happened previously
(history)
HOW ALL OF THESE INTERRELATE
(conflict or harmony)
the spoken words: how the character uses language
Are the words sincere?
do the words reflect the truth?
PLUS EVERYTHING ON THE LEFT
LITERATURE
STEINBECK, SHAKESPEARE, POETRY, HADDON