Document n°2 The Night of the Hunter Film sequence: Ben Harper`s

Document n°2
The Night of the Hunter
Film sequence: Ben Harper’s farewell to his children.
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What has Ben Harper (the father) given John (the son)?
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What does he want from John?
Film sequence: Ben Harper and Harry Powell in the same cell.
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What does Harry Powell try to do while is Harper sleeping?
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According to Powell, how could Harper find salvation and a place in Heaven?
Film sequence: Harry Powell’s monologue at the jail window.
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What is Powell actually doing?
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What are his intentions?
Film sequence: Bart gets back home.
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What is his present job? What was his job before?
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What doesn’t his wife want?
Grammaire: la structure Sujet1 + Verbe1 (+ Sujet2) + Verbe2
Le Verbe 1 …
 implique une intention,
 n’implique pas une
intention
 est MAKE ou LET
à la voix active
 est un auxiliaire modal:
… donc le Verbe 2 prend
la forme :
Exemples:
TO + base verbale.
Ben wanted to tell John a secret.
Ben wanted John to keep the secret.
terminaison –ING.
Ben can’t stand seeing poor children.
Ben made John swear.
A la voix passive : John was made to swear.
base verbale
CAN – COULD – WILL – WOULD –
MAY – MIGHT – SHALL – SHOULD
– MUST – USED TO
You mustn’t tell anyone, not even your mother.
John saw the police arrest his father.
base verbale
L’action désignée par ARREST est perçue en entier, du
début à la fin.
 est SEE ou HEAR
Powell heard Harper speaking in his sleep.
terminaison -ING
PRACTISE : a multiple choice test.
The children stopped ... when their dad arrived.
John stopped ... at the sky.
John never let Pearl ... their secret.
Powell tried to make Ben ... in his sleep.
Ben was made ... in his sleep.
Ben tried to avoid ... with Powell.
Ben refused ... what he did with the money.
Bart can’t stand … a hangman any more.
His wife is used ... to his grievances.
He used ... a miner, but now he is a hangman.
L’action désignée par SPEAKING est perçue dans son
déroulement, Powell n’a entendu ni le début ni la fin de
ce qu’a dit Harper.
A
B
play
played
look
to look
tell
to tell
speak
to speak
speak
to speak
talk
to talk
reveal
to reveal
be
being
to listening listen
be
being
C
to play
looked
telling
speaking
speaking
talking
revealing
to be
to listen
to be
D
playing
had looked
told
spoken
spoken
talked
revealed
to being
listening
to being