Paradise Lost Lesson Plan

Film Screening: The Tragedy of Man

Kind of Activity:

Classwide Discussion

Objective:

Students will broaden their knowledge about the themes of the text.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.1 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.2 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.6

Structure:

For this exercise, students should watch two sections of the recent animated adaptation of Imre Mádach's The Tragedy of Man (a spin-off, of sorts, of Paradise Lost). The first section of the film, from 00:00:00 to 00:44:35, focuses on the Fall of Man and Adam's subsequent request to Satan to show him what will come of his descendants' striving in the world; the second part, from 02:29:18 until...