Hello, everyone.

It's lovely to see you here today.

My name is Dr.

Clayton, and I'm here to guide you through your learning journey today.

So grab your pen, laptop, or whatever you're using for this lesson, and let's get started.

Welcome to the lesson.

The lesson's called understanding the outsider, and by the end of the lesson, you'll understand the perspective of an outsider in "The Tempest".

Now, the concept of an outsider is a key literary theme that runs through so many literary works, including more of Shakespeare's plays.

It's part of our innate human nature that we want to feel as if we belong with a group of people.

It's a most likely time in all our lives.

We feel as if we don't quite fit in with the people around us.

And that's the beauty of literature.

It allows us to explore these parts of ourselves and develop our empathy for others and how they might be feeling.

So we have four words today.

We're gonna focus on outside keywords.

They'll be identified in bold throughout all of the learning material, and I'll try to point them out to you as well, so you can see them being used in context.

Our first keyword is outsider.

This is absolutely essential to the lesson.

This we're going to be thinking about how we can understand the perspective of an outsider.

So an outsider is someone who is not accepted by a particular group, or feels they don't belong in it.

Our second keyword is isolated.

Now, this is something we might associate with feeling like an outsider because to feel isolated means you feel separated from other people.

Our third keyword is unique.

Now, when we're thinking about an outsider, we might automatically think of that as a negative experience, but what we are gonna do throughout the lesson 'cause there are not only the negative feelings attached to being an outsider, but also how being an outsider might mean you don't conform to society's expectations or that perhaps you're unique, which means being the only existing one of its type or more generally something unusual or special in some way.

Our final key word is intimidated.

Now, like isolated, this is something we might associate with the idea of feeling like an outsider.

So if you feel intimidated, you feel frightened or nervous because you aren't confident in a situation.

Now, I'll just give you a moment to write down those key words and their definitions.

So pause the video and write them down now.

Amazing, everyone.

Let's get started with the lesson.

So we have two learning cycles in our lesson today.

For our first learning cycle, we're going to consider three of the characters from Shakespeare's "The Tempest" and think about how we might see them as outsiders and how we might imagine they would feel.

So we're going to think about Ariel, Caliban and Miranda.

Now each of these characters might feel like an outsider in different ways, but we might imagine they all might feel as if don't belong throughout the play.

For our second learning cycle, we're going to think about how we can understand the perspective of an outsider.

So we're gonna consider how we might feel if we were transported back in time to Shakespeare's time, and we found ourselves on the island with the characters from "The Tempest." And we're going to think about how that might help us understand what it feels like to be an outsider.

So an outsider is a key thread running through this lesson, and an outsider is someone who is not accepted by a particular group, or feels they don't belong in it.

Now, we're going to consider three characters from "The Tempest" and how they can be thought of as an outsider.

So we're gonna consider why they might not feel accepted by the other characters and why they might not feel as if they belong.

Now, those characters are Ariel, Caliban and Miranda.

So let's think about Ariel first.

What I'd like to do is think about why Ariel might be considered an outsider in "The Tempest?" So why might Ariel be considered a character who doesn't belong with the other characters? Pause the video and take a few moments to consider.

Amazing, some great ideas there.

It was great to see people looking back at their notes and reminding themselves about the character of Ariel.

Now, like Lucas, you might remember that "Ariel is a spirit, they're not human like the other characters and the only character they talk to is Prospero!" Now, we don't know how Ariel feels about being a spirit amongst humans, but the fact they only talk to Prospero, and they only talk to Prospero because he's enslaved them, might mean that we imagine them to feel quite isolated and lonely on an island with no one else to talk to.

Like Alex, you might take this idea of Ariel only talking to Prospero and expand on it.

By thinking actually, "We don't hear any of the other characters even acknowledging Ariel's existence.

So perhaps they don't know Ariel is there!" Now that would be a very isolating experience.

Be around people who don't even realise you exist.

Now, I think Ariel is the most mysterious character in "The Tempest" because we know practically nothing about them.

It's easy to imagine then being an outsider because they're so far removed from the other characters.

So now, let's think about Caliban.

Now, in terms of thinking about being an outsider, I think that perhaps Caliban is the most important character to consider.

What I'd like to think about now is why Caliban might be considered an outsider in "The Tempest?" So why might Caliban be someone who doesn't belong with the other characters? Pause the video, take a few moments to consider.

Amazing, some great ideas there.

It was great to see people consider whether or not they agreed with me that Caliban is the most important character to think about in terms of being an outsider.

Now, like Laura, you might remember that "All of the other characters treat Caliban as if he's inferior to them.

They don't think he belongs with them." So you might remember that Prospero enslaves Caliban and forced him to obey him and that none of the other characters of anything positive to say about Caliban.

He's called a monster, a thing, a hag-seed, throughout the play, which means that rather than Ariel, the characters do know Calaban's existence and they actively reject him.

Like Jacob, you might have expand on that and thought about perhaps why the other characters do reject him.

Now, Shakespeare presents as animalistic and aggressive through his violent language.

So perhaps the other characters treat him like an outsider because they don't think he acts as a human being should.

So now let's consider Miranda.

Now, the more I read "The Tempest," the more intrigued I am by Miranda as a character because she's the only female character.

So it's really interesting to think of her as an outsider because it points to how women in general were perhaps considered outsiders in society.

Now, what I like to think about is why might Miranda be considered an outsider in "The Tempest? So pause the video and take a few moments to consider.

Amazing.

It's great to see people looking at the context of Shakespearean England and thinking about how it as a patriarchal society where men held the power and authority.

Now, like Sam, you might have thought that "As the only female character, the other characters might see Miranda as inferior since the island's society was patriarchal." So the other characters might see themselves as having more power than Miranda and that she doesn't truly belong because they see her as lesser than them.

Like Izzy, you might have thought more specifically about how Shakespeare presents Miranda as a female character.

And remember that "Miranda doesn't always conform to patriarchal expectations which might set her apart as someone not following society's conventions." Miranda disobeys her father during the course of play as she considers herself just as strong as a man.

So perhaps we can see Miranda as not only an outsider through the eyes of the men, but also perhaps you'll be an outsider in the eyes of other women as well.

So she doesn't act in the way society expects her to act.

So I'd like to take everything we just talked about in terms of Ariel, Caliban and Miranda, and try to put yourself in their shoes.

What emotions do you think they would feel as outsiders? And I'd like you to create a mind-map to show those emotions.

So pause the video and create your mind-map now.

Amazing, some great ideas there.

So you might have thought potentially they'd feel isolated.

Now, isolated is one of our key words.

It means feel separated from other people.

We might imagine that someone who feels if they don't belong would definitely feel separated from the other people around them.

Potentially, you also might have thought they'd feel anxious.

Now, feeling anxious means you feel worried or stressed.

You might imagine that someone who feels like an outsider would feel like this because they're aware of the fact they aren't accepted by other people.

And that's something we all innately want, however, we think of it in a more positive way.

You might think they feel unique.

Now, unique as another one of our keywords and it means something unusual or special in some way.

Now, we could consider the idea of being an outsider as something that actually doesn't have to be negative.

We could see it as meaning.

Perhaps, you don't feel as if you belong because you don't fit with how society wants you to behave.

And that might makes feel unusual, but in a more positive way.

However, we think of it in a negative way, you might feel they feel rejected because actually if we think that someone doesn't belong, then they would feel as if the other people around them don't accept them.

Potentially, you also might have thought they might feel intimidated.

Now, intimidated is another one of our keywords.

It means to feel frightened or nervous because you lack confidence in the situation.

You might feel as if you're the group people who don't feel as if you belong with them.

You wouldn't feel particularly confident or comfortable in that situation.

Finally, you might feel different.

Now, they might feel as if they don't belong with other people or feel as if they fit in and that would make them feel different.

Now, as you can see, there are a lot of negative emotions we might associate with being an outsider, but I do want to encourage you to also think about how we could see it in a more positive way and consider an outsider as someone who doesn't necessarily fit with how they're expected to behave.

We're all individual and unique, so we're always gonna come across people in life who don't consider that perhaps we fit in or belong with their group.

Now, a quick check for understanding.

What I'd like you to do is complete the following two sentences.

So sentence one.

An outsider is someone who is not by a particular group or finds that they don't belong in it.

Sentence two.

Ariel, Caliban and Miranda can be considered outsiders because they're all somehow from the other characters and they don't always fit with society's.

So pause the video and complete the sentences now.

Amazing.

Now, you might have said, an outsider is someone who is not accepted by a particular group or finds they don't belong in it.

And sentence two.

Ariel, Caliban and Miranda can be considered outsiders because they're all somehow different from the other characters and they don't always fit with society's expectations.

So very well done if you've got that right.

Well done, everyone.

We've reached the first task of the lesson.

Now, this image is perhaps one of my favourite images of Caliban.

I love the abstract nature of the image because to me it's reminiscent of approaching literature in general.

Things might always be clear at first glance, but actually the more you look at something, the more you see how it could represent certain feelings or emotions and everyone will see it differently because abstract art in particular invites that individual interpretation.

So what I'd like you to do is write a short answer about how this image might represent an outsider and how they might feel? So think back to the mind-map we just made and we thought about how an outsider might feel isolated, unique, or perhaps different to other people.

Now, when you're thinking about the image, you might consider the way the hand is in the image, the way the body is made up of different shapes or the way the figure seems to be in motion.

So pause the video and write your answer now.

Welcome back, everyone.

It was great to see people really engaging discussions around the image and thinking about how they see certain aspects differently because we'll all see such an abstract shape in different ways.

And in terms of the answer, you might have said, "Potentially, the image might represent an outsider because having their hand out in front of them like that suggests that maybe they're creating distance between themselves and other people.

The fact that the body is made up of different shapes could represent the idea that outsiders often don't conform to how society expects them to be or how society expects them to look.

Finally, the fact that the body looks like it's in motion could show an outsider isn't settled with a group of people or society.

So it could be seen as either someone running away or maybe we could see it as someone who isn't static and settled because they don't fit in with how people think they should be." You're all doing fantastically well, everyone.

Onto our second learning cycle of the lesson.

We're going to be thinking about how we might better understand the perspective of an outsider.

By imagining ourselves in a situation where perhaps we might feel as if if we didn't belong.

So what I'd like you to start off by thinking about is if you, like William Shakespeare, wanted to create a character who was an outsider, what might you try to imagine? So pause the video and take a few moments to think about it.

Amazing, some great ideas there.

It was amazing to see people think about how to create character.

You might try to imagine a world where you don't feel as if you belong, where you fit in, so you can really try to understand the perspective of that character.

Because in order to create a convincing a character voice, you need to think about the perspective of that character.

How would they see and consider the world around them? Now to understand the perspective of an outsider, you're going to imagine you've travelled back in time and you find yourself on the island with Prospero and the other characters.

So what I'd like you to do is think about what your initial thoughts are about how different things might be between our modern time and Shakespeare's time? So remember that Shakespeare's life 400 years ago, how might things be different? Now, you might consider how attitudes might be different? So perhaps there are some social or moral issues that you might imagine we would think differently about than someone 400 years ago.

You also might think how clothing might be different and you might look at the image of King James I for inspiration.

So pause the video and have a think about it now.

Well done, everyone.

It was great to see people drawing on the historical knowledge to really think about how things might be different.

Now, here are some of the differences between Shakespeare's day and the modern day.

So they used Early Modern English in Shakespeare's time, which although it's an earlier version of Modern English and we use many of the same words, it does seem difficult to understand today.

If any of you have read a Shakespeare play before, you'll know that they could look quite intimidating on the page to begin with.

'Cause there are words that we don't use anymore and our use of grammar has evolved.

So sentences can strike differently today than they were in Shakespeare's time.

Now, Shakespearean society also has some legal differences from today's society.

For example, because it was a patriarchal society, there were legal restrictions on women.

So married women, for example, couldn't own property 'cause everything was considered the property of their husbands.

Shakespearean fashion was also very different from today's fashion.

Men typically wore boots, breeches, hose and jacket while women wore a shirt and many layers of skirt added to it.

So if you think back to the image of James I, we might imagine that perhaps that wouldn't be considered typical dress in today's society.

And equally James I might be quite shocked to see someone walking around in a baggy hoodie and jeans, for example.

Now, in order to start considering the perspective of an outsider, we're going to imagine that Sofia has just arrived on the island.

We're going to try and think about what the characters' first impressions of Sofia might be? So you might consider, what do you think they would think of Sofia's clothes? Now, Sofia is wearing a school uniform.

Do you think they would've been something they were used to seeing 400 years ago? What do you think they would think of the way Sofia talks? So do you think they'd be able to easily understand her? And what do you think of the way they might think about Sofia acts? This is perhaps the hardest question, but imagine a patriarchal society where women and girls are considered inferior to men.

How might they react to someone who's grown up believing that women are equal to men? So pause the video and take a few moments to consider.

Amazing, some great thoughts there.

Now, we might imagine that they would struggle to understand her.

As we said earlier, in Shakespeare's time they spoken Early Modern English, which has different words and a different grammatical structure to Modern English.

So you might imagine it be quite difficult to communicate at first.

We probably think they'd think she dressed oddly.

Women would generally have worn dresses.

So idea of someone wearing a blazer and a skirt, especially knee-length skirt would potentially be quite jarring for people in Shakespeare's time.

They might also think her manner was strange.

As we said earlier, society was patriarchal, so women and girls were told they were inferior to men.

So to come across someone who was self-assured and believed in their right to be treated equally might be quite disconcerting for the characters.

We might imagine the Miranda would say, "Canst thou understand what the lady's declaring?" Which means can you understand what she's saying? Or Prospero saying, "Fie! What is the lady wearing? Her robes art wondrous strange." Which means what is she wearing? Her clothes are really odd.

Now, for a quick check for understanding, what I'd like to do is tell me which two of the following statements are true.

Is it A? Nowadays we might struggle with some aspects of understanding Early Modern English.

B, legally, things are the same nowadays as they were in Shakespeare's time.

Or C, fashion has changed since Shakespeare's time.

So pause the video and make a selections now.

The correct answers are A.

Nowadays we might struggle with some aspects of understanding Early Modern English.

And C, fashion has changed since Shakespeare's time.

So very well done if you've got those right.

So now let's consider how Sofia might react to the way some of the characters are treated in "The Tempest." So how do you think she might react to Caliban and Ariel being forced to serve and obey Prospero? You might remember that Prospero rescued Ariel from imprisonment only to force them to serve him and he threatens to return Ariel to their imprisonment if they do not obey and then Prospero slaves Caliban and threatens him with physical violence if he does not obey.

And how do you think she might react to Prospero calling Miranda his gift to Ferdinand? So when Prospero and Ferdinand are talking about Miranda and Ferdinand getting married, Prospero says that Miranda is his gift to Ferdinand.

How do you think Sofia might react if a father tried to gift her to somebody else? So pause the video, take a few moments to consider.

Amazing, everyone.

Some great discussions there that really acknowledge how farsighted this comes to Shakespeare's time in terms of how we treat other people.

They might imagine Sofia saying, "I was horrified when I realised that Prospero is forcing Ariel and Caliban to obey him, he's using threats of physical violence and everything! I couldn't believe that Miranda just sat there silently, let her father gift her to someone else.

My father would've had a right talking to if he tried to do that to me." Now, I'd like you to try to imagine what might happen if Sofia tried to engage Prospero in a conversation about how he treats the other characters.

Now, remember this is a man who's enslaved others and he thinks his daughter is his gift to somebody else.

How do you think that conversation would go? So pause the video, take a few moments to consider.

Amazing, some great discussions there.

Now, we might imagine Sofia's disbelief and perhaps she says something like, "I don't understand, how can you treat people like this? You act as if you're some sort of overlord!" Then we might imagine Prospero dismissing her completely, because this is someone who's used to being in control.

He's not used to people questioning him.

He might say, "How darest thou speaketh to me liketh this? Thou art too bold." So now I've thought about how the characters from "The Tempest" might perceive Sofia and how her interactions with them might have gone? What I'd like you to do know is think about how you think Sofia might be feeling? How might she feel like an outsider in this situation? So pause the video, take a few moments to consider.

Amazing, some great discussions there.

You might think, she'd probably feel as if she wasn't accepted by the other characters because she didn't act in a way that they would've expected her to.

For Sofia, the idea of women being treated as objects and people being treated as slaves would be morally wrong, yet Shakespearean society in general wouldn't have had the same ideas as her.

Now, for a quick check for understanding, what I'd like you to do is tell me whether the following statement is true or false.

So it's true or false, that Sofia most likely be considered an outsider by the other characters.

Pause the video and make a selection now.

The correct answer is true.

She would be considered an outsider by the other characters.

Now, I'd like you to justify that answer.

So, would she even an outsider, because A, her speech, appearance and manner don't conform to Shakespearean society's expectations or B, her appearance, speech and manner do conform to Shakespearean society's expectations.

So pause the video and make a selection now.

The correct answer is A.

Her appearance, speech, and manner don't conform to Shakespearean society's expectations.

So she shouldn't act in a way they would expect her to.

So very well done if you got that right.

Amazing work, everyone.

We're now at the final task of the lesson.

Where you are gonna take these ideas we've had around what it means to be an outsider and consider how you might put yourself in the shoes of an outsider? So what I'd like you to do is think about how you would feel if you suddenly found yourself thrown back in time by hundreds of years? They might consider, the potential difficulty in understanding people, the potential misunderstandings due to modern mannerisms, the potential difference in societal expectations, the difference in how people dressed, and the difference in the way people treat each other.

Now, the idea of not belonging or feeling not accepted might be a sensitive topic for some people.

So when you're having discussions, makes you respectful of everyone's ideas that you don't talk over anyone when they're trying to explain their point of view.

So pause the video, take a few minutes to consider.

Welcome back, everyone.

It was great to see such respectful conversations where everyone was taking a turn at presenting their ideas, they'll been listened to by everybody else.

Now, Laura said, "I think I'd feel curious, it would be such a great opportunity to experience life in the past and see what it's really like!" So perhaps you like Laura, might have thought the experience of being transported back in time would be one of adventure, a chance to explore and understand the past.

Or Jacob said, "I think I'd feel intimidated being in a group of people who I felt looked and sounded different to me." Now, intimidated is one of our keywords.

Let me feel worried in a situation that you don't feel confident.

And Jacob thought, "They'd probably want to bide this time to see what they were like from a distance before you tried to interact with them." Remember, there are no right or wrong answers.

We're exploring what it means to put ourselves in someone else's shoes and that might feel differently to different people, depending on our experiences.

You all did amazingly well, everyone.

Here's a summary of what we covered.

Ariel, Caliban and Miranda can be considered outsiders because they all somehow considered different.

Caliban and Miranda in particular don't always conform to how Shakespearean society would've expected them to behave.

Shakespearean society had different expectations and legal restrictions than today's society.

I really hope you enjoyed the lesson everyone.

Goodbye.

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