Fear in Literature, Tuesday 4th period

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Jon was looking much better this week. Was in fact looking about as good as he ever did, albeit somewhat sheepish.

The board read: The Stranger: Fear of the unknown, uncanny, and unfamiliar. The creeping horror that something is not right. Circuses and mannequins.

"Welcome, class," Jon said. "It would appear that I neglected to ever assign you a reading for this week, despite Ms Jones's reminder, and I apologise for that." He sighed. "So, we will instead be watching a movie involving the subject. I still expect you to pay attention and think of the usual questions: how well does it demonstrate this particular fear? How well or poorly do you feel the protagonists handle it?

"Apart from that, thank you all for being here this semester, and I hope you have a good holiday."

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Listen to the lecture

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Wonder how your teacher makes a movie week actual work.

Class activity

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How eerie and uncanny is this circus? How creepy is Jonathan Pryce?

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“Is he always that creepy?” Jo found herself asking after the movie had finished, she didn’t know who Jonathon Pryce actually was but well she had found the whole circus aspect rather unsettling.

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"That depends entirely on your opinion of yellowface versus the acting establishment," Jon muttered. Thank you, Beholding, he'd absolutely needed to know that.

"Erm, yes, he is often the villain," he said more loudly. "And he does a very good job of it. That or comic relief."

Talk to Jon!

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He's here! And actually present, too!

OOC!

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Yeah, I never could find a good short story for this one, and I wasn't gonna try and reread the book in a week. So I give up. Apparently way too many stories old enough to be public domain are just flat-out awful about the uncanny and strangeness. Hooray racism and anti-semitism!