Literature 4 Oscar Wilde A Model Millionaire

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 4

Literature 1

Road Map

- Oscar Wilde  -  The Model Millionaire 

• Context of Oscar Wilde
• Language and vocabulary 
• Literary aspects
• Reader experience
  

- Focus: The characters of the story!

- Oral tests - planning!

- Test week

- Mission 10  - resit

Lesson goal

At the end of this class you are able to:

• recognise Oscar Wilde's context;
• place the work of Wilde in the greater context of English literature;
• describe the content and main characters of the short story discussed;
• describe the five stages of a short story and recognise them in a story;
• discuss the moral aspects of the story in class. 

Context

• Oscar Wilde 
• 1854 (Dublin) - 1900 (Paris)
• Trinity College Dublin and Oxford
• Reading Goal
• Other works: An Ideal Husband, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Picture of Dorian Gray

Periods of British Literature

Renaissance = also called 'Early Modern Period'

What do you know about ....

The Victorian Era?

Context

• Queen Victoria 
• Industrialised world
• The British Empire 
• Inventions
• Conservative morals 

Do - in twos

Describe the three main characters of the short story: 

Hughie Erskine, Alan Trevor, Baron Hausberg.

What kind of people are they? What makes them tick? Why do you think that? Use quotes from the story to support your ideas. 

Main characters

Hughie Erskine

'Intellectually, we must admit, he was not of much importance. He never said a brilliant or even an ill-natured thing in his life. But then he was wonderfully good-looking ...'

'He was as popular with men as he was with women and he had every accomplishment except that of making money

He is liked 'for his bright, buoyant spirits and his generous, reckless nature'.

Baron Hausberg

Main characters

Alan Trevor

Painter, also an artist

A strange, rough fellow  with freckles and a beard.

Uses French words in his speech

Baron Hausberg

'He could buy all London to-morrow without overdrawing his account. He has a house in every capital, dines off gold plate, and can prevent Russia going to war when he chooses'.

Rich and powerful, with a good heart.

‘Millionaire models,’ remarked Alan, ‘are rare enough; but, by Jove, model millionaires are rarer still!’

 

Questions:

To what extent are appearances important in today’s society?

Do appearances determine our first impression of somebody? Why/How?

Have you witnessed/experienced situations in which somebody turned out to be different from what you initially expected?

To what factors could we attribute this? Is it something we are born with or, rather, something we are conditioned to learn as we grow up?

5 stages of a short story

Introduction

Protagonist and antagonist(s) are introduced.

Hughie has many problems        in his life  and...

he wants to marry Laura

Rising Action

* the part where the tension rises and where the conflict is starting. 

• Laura Merton’s father will only allowed Hughie to marry his daughter for him to amass a wealth of £10,000. The problem is Hughie doesn’t know where he will get money.

Climax  

The CLIMAX of the story is when 

the CONFLICT of the PLOT is resolved.

Hughie Erskine offers his last bit of money, a sovereign, to a beggar who turns out to be the Baron Hausberg in disguise.

(The climax of the story is Hughie finding out that the beggar is actually Baron Hausberg.)

Falling Action

The falling action starts after Hughie Erskine gives his last penny to the beggar, and is forced to walk home in the rain. 

He reflects on his actions and begins to regret giving away all of his money, realizing that he won't be able to pay his bills.

Resolution

Hughie and Laura marry.

Alan is the best man, and the Baron gives a speech. Alan declares that “millionaire models” are quite rare, but that “model millionaires are rarer still!”

Test week

Two tests for English  - 120 mins. 

Reading skills and literature -  60 mins each. 

Oral tests

Hand in your reading list 

Sign up!

Slots are available on a first come - first choice principle!

Lesson goal

At the end of this class you are able to:

• recognise Oscar Wilde's context;
• place the work of Wilde in the greater context of English literature;
• describe the content and main characters of the short story discussed;
• describe the five stages of a short story and recognise them in a story;
• discuss the moral aspects of the story in class. 

Formatief

Looking at today's lesson goals:

compose / formulate / come up with ONE possible Test question!

What could a possible test question be? Write one yourself!

Homework

Read 'The Shabbat' 

Study the literary definitions on the LessonUp slides!