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Lesson 1 (from Part I)

Objective

Setting. Sharpe's Revenge takes place during the Napoleonic Wars between France and England in 1814.

The objective of this lesson is to look at setting.

Lesson

1. Homework. Students will rewrite the basic plot of Sharpe's Revenge and set it in another century, explaining how the different setting changes the work. For example, what would be different if it was set in World War I or II?

2. Class discussion. Could Sharpe's Revenge have been set anywhere? How does the setting make this a unique story? How do the people in Europe in this era differ from the students' hometown? How does the setting affect the characters? The plot? The themes? Why is the setting important?

3. Group work. In groups, students will research a setting that might be similar and discuss the ways in which Sharpe's life would have been different set in another time or place.

4. Class work...

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