YEAR 12 LESSON TWENTY-TWO [7th March 13]: Homework.

Students discussed issues relating to Jez Butterworth's JERUSALEM. Students were placed into groups and asked to consider the following features of the text:

• The significance of the title.
• The tragic/comic nature of Byron in the final scene of the play.
• The representation of the adult world.
• The serious issues being explored through the play.
• The extent to which the play conforms to Frye's Three World Model of comedy.
• The purpose of the comedy within the play.
• The comedic nature of Byron in the first scene before he has uttered a word.
• The significance of the scene with Dawn and Marky in Act Two.
• The significance of the dancing scene with Byron and Phaedra in Act Three.

Some feedback will be expected to the class next week.

HOMEWORK: Read the play and decide which question you will be attempting for coursework. Next week we will be discussing the play and your homework will be to construct the first draft of your coursework....so read the play.