Talk:2011 AM Literary Representations of Torture

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)

• Mel Brooks. "The Inquisition". The History of the World. Part I. 1981.

Expert Groups

Please put your name in one of the groups:

Society/Context

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.

Truth/Confession

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