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