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''What status does torture have in Ocenania's society? Is it allowed, condemned, etc.? Briefly comment on your opinion and give a page number as proof.''
 
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''Name two torture methods (give page numbers) and explain why you consider them torture.''
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''Name two torture methods (give page numbers) and explain why you consider them torture.(Dragomir, Zielonki, Bagus)''
  
  
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''Can or how does the reader know if Winston speaks the truth under torture? (Give a page number to support your argument)''
 
''Can or how does the reader know if Winston speaks the truth under torture? (Give a page number to support your argument)''

Revision as of 17:44, 18 April 2011

General Discussion

Questions/Critique/Proposals:

Additional representations of torture in: Literature / Drama / Film / Music

Please leave your name and a short explanatory note for each work you found:

  • Mark Ravenhill. Shoot/ Get Treasure/ Repeat Methuen, 2008.

Drama performed in 2010 by the Berliner Ensemble with the altered titel "Freedom and Democracy I hate you" (Sip)

Expert Groups

Please put your name in one of the groups:

Authority/Society/Context (Niewint/Senkbeil)

What status does torture have in Ocenania's society? Is it allowed, condemned, etc.? Briefly comment on your opinion and give a page number as proof.


Torture Methods

Name two torture methods (give page numbers) and explain why you consider them torture.(Dragomir, Zielonki, Bagus)


Truth/Confession (Sieling, Barkemeyer)

Can or how does the reader know if Winston speaks the truth under torture? (Give a page number to support your argument)