Y13: Top Ten Gothic Films

1. Nosferatu - 1922
2. Rebecca--1940--directed by Alfred Hitchcock
3. The Uninvited--1940something--Brother and sister buy a haunted house. Fun, scary Gothic
4. Dragonwyck--1940something--starring Gene Tierney who move to her cousin's mysterious mansion
5. The Innocents--1960something--GREAT adaptation of "The Turn of the Screw" starring Deborah Kerr as the governess for two charismatic/demonic children.
6. The Haunting--1960something--starring Julie Harris. Adapted from Shirley Jackson's novel about a woman in a haunted house investigation.
7. The Legend of Hell House--1970something--More of a horror film than others listed, but still a classic Gothic haunted house tale
8. The Changeling--1980something--Elegant, old fashioned Gothic haunted house tale
9. Haunted--1990something--set in the 1920's, Aidan Quin stars as a ghost hunter in this elegant film
10. Jane Eyre--most recent version

Y13: Nosferatu

If you want to watch the old Nos again, you can find it here.

Y13: The Raven

Take a look at this beautiful poem before next lesson.

Oh, by the way, you need to memorise it for next week.

Enjoy!

http://www.heise.de/ix/raven/Literature/Lore/TheRaven.html

Y10: Poetry from different cultures: Hinduism research

For researching the background to Beggarly Heart, you will need to find out a little about Tagore's background.

Use the following links to find out about Hinduism:

http://www.revisionworld.co.uk/gcse/re/hinduism
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/rs/god/hinduismrev1.shtml
http://www.religionfacts.com/hinduism/beliefs.htm

Use the links below to find out about Tagore and answer the following questions:

1) How were Tagore's poems discovered?
2) What was it about Indian culture that Tagore's poems supposedly opened up to a Western audience?
3) What were Tagore's connections with England?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabindranath_Tagore
http://www.schoolofwisdom.com/tagore-bio.html

FORM: Vote

Have a look at this website to find out who you would vote for...

http://www.activehistory.co.uk/Miscellaneous/free_stuff/vote_2010/frameset.htm

You can e-mail me your results, if you wish.

Y10: Denial: understandings of Christianity

For our Different Cultures coursework, you will need to discuss two poems whose writers have different backgrounds.

George Herbert was a Christian in the 17th Century.

Use the following links to find out about Christianity.

http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/carolrb/christianity/christian_beliefs.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/rs/god/christianityrev1.shtml

http://100prophecies.org/christianity.htm

You will also need to answer the following questions on George Herbert:

1) What was his involvement with the King?
2) What did he do after the King's death?
3) What did he do in his later job that made people think he was good at it?
4) What reasons (more than one) can you come up with that might show that he had strong religious beliefs?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Herbert

http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/herbert/herbbio.htm

Y13: Death

Another touch on the links between Ravens and death.

A brilliant read on mourning and loss.

Enjoy!

The Raven




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