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belong together, but it seems their love is forbidden.
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“Star-crossed lovers” may be two characters whose love story Popular stories
is forbidden by…/…who are separated by….
Présentation des documents
Le professeur pourra à sa guise fournir aux élèves les informa-
156 tions suivantes :
BEFORE CLASS!
Présentation du document Poster A is taken from the film adaptation of “The Fault
in Our Stars”, released in 2014, adapted from a novel by
Le document vidéo proposé est une publicité de 1’30’’ pour le John Green describing a love story between two teen-
déodorant Axe. Sans paroles, elle ne comporte aucune difficulté agers suffering from cancer.
et permet une entrée en matière ludique. Trailer: www.imdb.com/video/
vi2313071897?playlistId=tt2582846&ref_=tt_ov_vi
This is a TV commercial for a deodorant, which is based Poster B is from the 2017 film “The Space Between Us”,
on the famous “star-crossed lovers” trope in literature. depicting a romance between a young man born in
The catchphrase at the end (“Don’t rely on fate”) encap- space and raised on Mars, and his girlfriend who has
sulates the whole story: two lovers living through very always lived on Earth.
different eras in history (the major ones being the Stone Trailer: www.imdb.com/video/
Age, Roman Antiquity, the US Conquest of the West, the vi4198413849?playlistId=tt3922818&ref_=tt_ov_vi
sinking of the RMS Titanic and the US counter-culture of
the 1960s and 1970s…) in which they always end up Both stories share the same subjects, although in very
being separated by fate. different contexts, and show the obstacles of health and
poor body conditions in a love story.
On pourra demander aux élèves de visionner la vidéo à la
maison en suivant le principe de la classe inversée, en flashant
le QR code, en renvoyant les élèves au manuel numérique,
Mise en œuvre et réponses aux questions
au site compagnon, ou en suivant le lien : Les deux affiches peuvent donner lieu à un travail en groupes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGGzoPSkhFc qui portera sur la représentation des personnages (groupe A/
affiche A, groupe B/affiche B), ou à un travail en binômes (élève A/
affiche A, élève B/affiche B) qui génèrera une interaction orale
Script entre les élèves.
Music: “One Is The Loneliest Numbers” by Three Dog A. Poster A shows two teenagers lying close to each other on
Night. the grass. They seem to care for each other a lot, they’re obvi-
Catchphrase: “Don’t rely on fate”. ously in love. However, something looks wrong because the girl
is breathing through an oxygen mask, she might be ill. This is
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coined by Shakespeare
157 The expression “star-crossed lovers” is best known from
William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet (1595).
It refers to any lovers whose affection for each other is
Présentation du document doomed to fail or to end in tragedy.
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Réponses attendues après une première lecture : This text is taken from an interview with English actress
and poet Jade Anouka who has starred in a lot of
Who: Romeo and Juliet
adaptations of Shakespeare’s works. This interview is
What: part of a series to celebrate Shakespeare’s 400 th death
– Romeo leaves Juliet. anniversary.
– He climbs out of the window and down the wall. More videos about the bard and his plays:
– They describe each other. www.shakespearelives.org/
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Finally, some ominous elements foreshadow their pending
159 deaths*: two petals have fallen off one of the plants on the left-
Last kiss
hand side, and some leaves of the vine are rotten/dried-up in
the foreground, so as to show that death is looming.
Présentation du document
*Les détails dont il est question sont visibles en projetant
Le document central de cette activité est la peinture de Frank l’image à l’aide du manuel numérique. Voir les emplacements
Bernard Dicksee. Cette œuvre de style préraphaélite est conser- ci-dessous :
vée à la Southampton City Art Gallery. Cette peinture a été élue
à 71 % comme la plus romantique par les Britanniques en 2012.
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at the other zombies and shakes his head to signal his rejec-
162 tion of them. He also smears blood on her face so as to hide
Beauty VS the Beast her presence from the other zombies. It could be the begin-
ning of a romance as she starts seeing beyond appearances.
Présentation du document 6. Go further. He seems to be aware of his image, and even
mocks his real nature, as shown by the funny rhetorical ques-
tion: “How do I appear unthreatening when her lover’s blood
The excerpt is taken from the post-apocalyptic “zombie is running down my chin?” (l. 14-16).
romance” Warm Bodies, written by Isaac Marion in
Besides, the phrase “a gentle groan” (l. 7) is an oxymoron
2010. The characters’ names (“R” and “Julie”) were
showing he knows it is impossible to be attractive. It makes
inspired by Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet. The
us feel compassion/sympathy for him.
main interest lies in the author’s ability to rewrite and
parody the age-old trope of the star-crossed lovers.
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#IAmJuliet
A pop star-crossed 162
musical
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Exercice 1
A. We wanted to marry even though our families didn’t agree.
B. They decided to get married in spite of /despite the distance
between them.
C. She had a crush on him in spite of /despite his disreputable
past.
D. He was very good-looking, affectionate, and caring; not very
rich though.
E. Charming as he may be, his in-laws were not impressed!
F. Although he was very young, she was madly in love with
him.
Exercice 2
A. When I first saw Julia, I was struck by her beauty. I guess it is
what you call love at first sight!
B. I think Edward may have a soft spot for his neighbour,
Jennifer. He’s always trying to help her together.
C. After 5 years of relationship, Emily finally decided to pop the
question and ask Tim to spend the rest of his life with her.
D. I’ve been in love with the same woman all my life, we were
meant to be together.
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