Student Worksheets: 19th Century Texts Marriage Activity 1: Recognising themes Certain ideas always interest us. They repeat through time, appearing in literature and non-fiction, film and music. Think about the theme of dual identity: 1896 1972 2008 Think about the theme of invasion: 1898 1951 2002 Sometimes themes overlap and give rise to hybrids: The dual identity theme in merged with the theme of alien The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde invasion in The War of the Worlds in the 1956 film Invasion of the Bodysnatchers (based on Jack The Body Snatchers). The extra-terrestrial invaders replace the human beings they Finney’s 1954 novel invade with clones that have no emotions.
Student Worksheets: 19th Century Texts Marriage Activity 1: Recognising themes Certain ideas always interest us. They repeat through time, appearing in literature and non-fiction, film and music. Think about the theme of dual identity: 1896 1972 2008 Think about the theme of invasion: 1898 1951 2002 Sometimes themes overlap and give rise to hybrids: The dual identity theme in The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde merged with the theme of alien invasion in The War of the Worlds in the 1956 film Invasion of the Bodysnatchers (based on Jack Finney’s 1954 novel The Body Snatchers). The extra-terrestrial invaders replace the human beings they invade with clones that have no emotions.
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