Category: Education

  • The Macbeths’ Song

    (to the music and lyrics of ‘Get Lucky’ by Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) Are they prophesizing witches? Or just some crazy bitches? The Thane is “Hashtag winning” (Uh). His ambition’s just beginning. (Look) He’s come so far: this bold, warr-i-or. Should he be in charge, or just trust in the stars?…

  • Batman vs Life of Pi

    Yann Martel’s novel Life of Pi and Christopher Nolan’s (Batman) Dark Knight film trilogy explore the way young men use an animal persona to cope with the anger, rage, fear and violence of traumatic experiences of both a physical and mental nature. The central characters Piscine Patel and Bruce Wayne adopt the symbolic facades of…

  • Titania’s Song – A Midsummer Night’s Dream

    The next step on from the Jukebox Journal is to write a song from the character’s perspective, using their quotes or quotes about them. This can be difficult for Shakespearian language, but if it helps you to remember the quotes, it’s worth it! The following song is written almost entirely of quotes, to the music…