Dive into the Character of Salome
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Team Duffy:
Salome
Please come in and get your books,
anthologies and equipment out so you
are prepared for the lesson.
LO: TO under stand the poem
and to be able to analyse the poem
Starter
analyse and annotate this quotation:
•
“
hung over and wrecked as I was from
the night on the batter
”
7 minutes
Salome
I’d done it before (and doubtless I’ll do it again, sooner or later)
woke up with a head on the pillow beside me
– whose? –
what did it matter?
Good-looking, of course, dark hair, rather matted;
the reddish beard several shades lighter;
with very deep lines around the eyes,
from pain, I’d guess, maybe laughter;
and a beautiful crimson mouth that obviously knew
how to flatter…
which I kissed…
Colder than pewter.
Strange. What was his name
?
Peter?
Simon? Andrew? John?
I knew I’d feel better
for tea, dry toast, no butter,
so rang for the maid.
And, indeed, her innocent clatter
of cups and plates,
her clearing of clutter,
her regional patter,
were just what I needed –
hungover and wrecked
as I was from
a night on the batter.
Never again!
I needed to clean up my act,
get fitter,
cut out the booze and the fags and the
sex.
Yes
.
And as for the latter,
it was time to turf out the blighter,
the beater or biter,
who’d come like a lamb to the slaughter
to Salome’s bed.
In the mirror, I saw my eyes glitter.
I flung back the sticky red sheets,
and there, like I said – and ain’t life a
bitch –
was his head on a platter.
THOUGHTS
In the poem it appears that Salome has
become a serial remover of heads. She
tells us that she'd “done it before” and
that she would “doubtless...do it
again”. Having woken up with a
severed head on the pillow, she cannot
even remember the owner's name. So
she calls for the maid has breakfast,
and decides to “clean up” her life. As
part of this regime, she decides to get
rid of her lover - and the poem ends as
she pulls back the sheets “sticky” with
blood, to find “his head on a platter
MAIN ACTIVITY
Today, as our main task we will be
asking you to
create the character
of
Salome. To make this harder, you have
to write a paragraph to
describe the
character
of Salome. (E.G. How old is
she? What did she do? Why does she
do it? Etc.)
15 minutes
Bonus:
Research who
Salome was. House
points for finding out!
HOMEWORK
Get your diaries out.
To write a diary entry of what might of happened
the night before. You can be anyone. You could be
Salome or a character you made up like a bar
tender.
We expect it to be somewhere near a paragraph.
Not more than 2 paragraphs.
Immersive lesson on the character Salome, who is portrayed as a serial remover of heads in a poetic context. Analyze and explore her motivations, actions, and the intriguing storyline depicted in the text. Unravel the layers of this complex character through various activities and discussions.
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Team Duffy: Team Duffy: Salome Salome Please come in and get your books, anthologies and equipment out so you are prepared for the lesson. LO: TO under stand the poem and to be able to analyse the poem
Starter analyse and annotate this quotation: hung over and wrecked as I was from the night on the batter 7 minutes
Salome I d done it before (and doubtless I ll do it again, sooner or later) woke up with a head on the pillow beside me whose? what did it matter? Never again! I needed to clean up my act, get fitter, cut out the booze and the fags and the sex. Yes. And as for the latter, it was time to turf out the blighter, the beater or biter, who d come like a lamb to the slaughter to Salome s bed. Good-looking, of course, dark hair, rather matted; the reddish beard several shades lighter; with very deep lines around the eyes, from pain, I d guess, maybe laughter; and a beautiful crimson mouth that obviously knew how to flatter which I kissed Colder than pewter. Strange. What was his name? Peter? Simon? Andrew? John? I knew I d feel better for tea, dry toast, no butter, so rang for the maid. And, indeed, her innocent clatter of cups and plates, her clearing of clutter, her regional patter, were just what I needed hungover and wrecked as I was from a night on the batter. In the mirror, I saw my eyes glitter. I flung back the sticky red sheets, and there, like I said and ain t life a bitch was his head on a platter.
In the poem it appears that Salome has become a serial remover of heads. She tells us that she'd done it before and that she would doubtless...do it again . Having woken up with a severed head on the pillow, she cannot even remember the owner's name. So she calls for the maid has breakfast, and decides to clean up her life. As part of this regime, she decides to get rid of her lover - and the poem ends as she pulls back the sheets sticky with blood, to find his head on a platter
MAIN ACTIVITY Today, as our main task we will be asking you to create the character of Salome. To make this harder, you have to write a paragraph to describe the character of Salome. (E.G. How old is she? What did she do? Why does she do it? Etc.) points for finding out! Bonus: Research who Salome was. House Image result for cartoon pencil and paper 15 minutes
HOMEWORK Get your diaries out. To write a diary entry of what might of happened the night before. You can be anyone. You could be Salome or a character you made up like a bar tender. We expect it to be somewhere near a paragraph. Not more than 2 paragraphs.
