Séance 1: William and Dolores

  • Objectif : décrire un personnage et une atmosphère à partir d’une image fixe et d’un extrait vidéo de Westworld, et repérer la transformation intérieure de William au contact de Dolores
  • Activités : travail lexical sur le vocabulaire du personnage, de l’atmosphère et des émotions, description d’une image fixe, tri de mots en deux catégories (personnage / atmosphère), compréhension vidéo de l’extrait « Trompe-l’œil », et repérage des lieux, du sujet et des sentiments des personnages
  • À retenir : savoir décrire un personnage et une atmosphère en anglais, identifier et exprimer des émotions, et comprendre comment un lieu peut révéler l’identité profonde d’un personnage

Vocabulary Kit - William and Dolores

Character
  • gentle = doux, douce
  • innocent = innocent, innocente
  • thoughtful = pensif, pensive
  • curious = curieux, curieuse
  • vulnerable = vulnérable
  • graceful = gracieux, gracieuse
  • a dreamer = un rêveur, une rêveuse
  • lost in thought = perdu(e) dans ses pensées
Atmosphere
  • intimate = intime
  • tender = tendre
  • peaceful = paisible
  • dreamlike = onirique
  • mysterious = mystérieux, mystérieuse
  • soft = doux, douce
  • warm light = lumière chaude
  • a calm morning = un matin calme
The scene
  • to wake up = se réveiller
  • to regret = regretter
  • unexpected = inattendu, inattendue
  • pandering = se laisser aller
  • to cater to = pourvoir à
  • to reveal = révéler
  • to unlock = débloquer, libérer
  • to imagine = imaginer
Dreams and landscape
  • to dream of = rêver de
  • a landscape = un paysage
  • to paint = peindre
  • to draw = dessiner
  • to copy = copier
  • the mountains = les montagnes
  • the sea = la mer
  • to long for = aspirer à

Document: Dolores

Still frame from Westworld — Dolores reaching out in warm morning light

Westworld, Season 1, Episode 7 — “Trompe-l’œil” — HBO Series, 2016

Comprehension

1.
Sort the words into the correct column: character or atmosphere.
Classe les mots dans la bonne colonne : personnage ou atmosphère.
Character
Atmosphere
2.
Describe the image in a short sentence. Prepare to read your sentence to the class.
Décris l'image en une courte phrase. Prépare-toi à lire ta phrase à la classe.

Document: Trompe-l’œil

William (Billy) has come to the park as a guest with his future brother-in-law Logan. They have had an argument, so William continues his journey through the park with Dolores, whom he has met during his visit.

William (Billy) est venu dans le parc en tant que guest avec son futur beau-frère Logan. Ils se sont disputés, alors William poursuit son voyage dans le parc avec Dolores, qu’il a rencontrée durant sa visite.

Westworld, Season 1, Episode 7 — “Trompe-l’œil” — HBO Series, 2016 — 2:26

Script
William
_____
Hey.
Dolores
_____ _____ _____ _____ _____
Morning, William. I didn’t wanna wake you.
_____ _____ _____ _____
I know last night was unexpected.
_____ _____
If you regret it...
William
_____ _____ _____
I don’t regret a thing.
Dolores
_____ _____ _____ _____ _____
I know you have someone waiting for you at home.
William
_____ _____ _____ _____
All that feels so unreal now.
_____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
I used to think this place was all about pandering to your baser instincts.
_____ _____
Now I understand.
_____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
It doesn’t cater to your lowest self, it reveals your deepest self.
_____ _____ _____
It shows you who you really are.
_____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
You remember the look on Logan’s face when we left him behind?
_____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
Do you know how long I’ve wanted to do that, to let him know what I think of him?
_____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
And you, last night, I’ve never felt that way before, not with any woman.
_____ _____ _____
You’ve unlocked something in me.
Dolores
_____ _____ _____
I’m not a key, William.
_____ _____
I’m just me.
William
_____ _____ _____
What is that? I don’t know.
_____ _____ _____
At home, I used to paint.
_____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
Landscapes mostly, but I was always just copying the world outside me.
_____ _____ _____ _____
This morning, I woke up and I thought...
_____ _____ _____
What if I drew something new?
_____ _____ _____
I imagined something beautiful.
_____ _____ _____ _____
A place where the mountains meet the sea.
_____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
Everyone who comes here is longing for excitement or conflict,
_____ _____ _____ _____
and you’re just dreaming of the opposite.
Dolores
_____ _____ _____ _____
Well, what about you, William?
_____ _____ _____
What do you dream of?

Comprehension

3.
Say where the scene is set.
Dis où se déroule la scène.
4.
Pick out the places mentioned and what is said about them. Relate them to the characters.
Relève les lieux mentionnés et ce qui en est dit. Associe-les aux personnages.
Hint: They talk about two real, and one imaginary place.
Indice : ils parlent de deux lieux réels et d'un lieu imaginaire.
5.
Describe each of the characters' feelings. Pick out why they feel this way.
Décris les sentiments de chaque personnage. Relève pourquoi ils se sentent ainsi.

Translate: William and Dolores

Build the sentence in English
Clique sur une flèche pour lancer la roulette.

Séance 2 : Violence and the human condition

  • Objectif : analyser une scène de violence dans Westworld et comprendre ce qu’elle révèle sur la nature humaine
  • Activités : travail lexical autour de la violence et de la morale, anticipation à partir d’une image fixe, compréhension vidéo de l’Extrait 3 (« The well-tempered clavier »), traduction de phrases clés issues de la scène
  • À retenir : savoir décrire les émotions et les réactions des personnages, comprendre ce que la scène dit des humains et de Dolores, et mobiliser le lexique de la souffrance et de la condition humaine

Vocabulary Kit: Violence and the human condition

Nouns
  • a still frame = une image fixe
  • a confrontation = une confrontation
  • a wake-up call = un électrochoc
  • a soul = une âme
  • a sap = un idiot, un naïf
  • blame = la faute
  • jealousy = la jalousie
  • contempt = le mépris
  • wounded pride = l’orgueil blessé
  • moral outrage = l’indignation morale
  • an awakening = un éveil
Adjectives
  • chaotic = chaotique
  • threatening = menaçant(e)
  • visceral = viscéral(e)
  • broken = cassé(e), brisé(e)
  • powerless = impuissant(e)
  • conscious = conscient(e)
  • poetic = poétique
  • almost prophetic = presque prophétique
Verbs and expressions
  • to fall for sb = tomber amoureux de qqn
  • to share = partager
  • to disgust = dégoûter
  • to share the blame = partager la faute
  • to push too hard = trop insister, aller trop loin
  • to gasp = haleter, suffoquer
  • to spread like a stain = (ici) salir
  • pandering = se laisser aller
  • to cater to = pourvoir à
  • to take cover = se mettre à couvert
  • to hide = se cacher
  • to inflict violence on sb = infliger de la violence à qqn
  • to suffer = souffrir
  • to react to pain = réagir à la douleur
  • to mock sb = se moquer de qqn
  • to judge = juger
  • to blur the line = brouiller la frontière
  • to unlock something in sb = débloquer qqch chez qqn
  • to raise questions = soulever des questions
  • to burn sth clean = purifier qqch par le feu
  • to deal with the human condition = traiter de la condition humaine
  • to reveal sth about sb = révéler qqch sur qqn

Document: Still frame — The well-tempered clavier

Logan confronts Billy and Dolores in a chaotic scene — Westworld, Season 1, Episode 9

Still frame from Westworld, Season 1, Episode 9 — “The well-tempered clavier” — HBO Series, 2016

Before watching — anticipate the scene

1.
Before you watch, look at the image and guess what sort of scene you are going to watch. Try and explain Logan’s behaviour.
Avant de regarder, observe l’image et devine de quel type de scène il s’agit. Essaie d’expliquer le comportement de Logan.

Document: The well-tempered clavier

Logan catches up with Billy and Dolores who have decided to go their own way through the park. They have fallen in love with each other, which Logan does not appreciate.

Logan rattrape Billy et Dolores, qui ont décidé de partir de leur côté dans le parc. Ils sont tombés amoureux, ce que Logan n’apprécie pas.

Westworld, Season 1, Episode 9 — “The well-tempered clavier” — HBO Series, 2016 — 2:30

Script
Logan
_____ _____ _____ _____ _____
Do you think you are the first sap to fall for one of these things?
William
_____ _____ _____
She’s not like the others.
_____
She’s...
Logan
_____ _____
She’s what?
_____
Special?
_____ _____ _____ _____ _____
Well, it’s only right that you share, then, isn’t it?
_____ _____
Come here.
(grunts)
_____ _____ _____
Prove to me that you’re a real live girl.
Dolores
_____ _____ _____
You disgust me.
Logan
(laughs)
_____ _____ _____ _____
Oh, darling, I am just getting started.
William
(shouts)
_____
Don’t touch her!
Logan
_____ _____ _____
I share the blame.
_____ _____ _____
I pushed too hard.
_____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
You have a poetic soul, Billy, but it is time for a fucking wake-up call.
_____ _____
Hold her.
_____ _____ _____ _____
Perhaps a more visceral demonstration.
William
(screaming)
_____
God damn you!
(gasping) (screaming)
Logan
_____ _____
Look, Billy.
_____
Look.
(gasping continues)
_____ _____
You have to look!
Dolores
(crying)
_____
Oh, William.
_____ _____ _____
There is beauty in this world.
_____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
Arnold made it that way, but people like you keep spreading over it like a stain!
Logan
_____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
Okay, I don’t know who the fuck this Arnold is, but your world was built for me and people like me.
_____ _____
Not for you.
Dolores
_____ _____ _____
Then someone’s got to burn it clean.
Logan
_____ _____ _____
Ah! Bitch! Ah!
_____ _____ _____
You’re not different, you’re fucking broken!
William
_____
Run.
_____ _____ _____
I’ll find you.
Man 1
_____
Take cover!
Man 2
_____ _____ _____
You can run, but you can’t hide.
Logan
_____ _____
Get her!

After watching — the scene and its meaning

2.
Say what the topic of the scene is.
Dis quel est le sujet / thème de la scène.
3.
Pick up details to describe the different characters’ emotions.
Relève des détails pour décrire les émotions des différents personnages.
4.
Say what strikes you about how Dolores reacts to pain and death.
Dis ce qui te frappe dans la façon dont Dolores réagit à la douleur et à la mort.

Translate: Violence and the human condition

Build the sentence in English
Clique sur une flèche pour lancer la roulette.

Séance 3: Evaluation

  • Type d’évaluation : QCM
  • Axe : Innovations scientifiques et responsabilité
  • Compétences : médiation (expliquer / traduire / résumer)
  • Coefficient : à confirmer
Nom, Prenom :
Classe :
Date :
Note :
Axe : Innovations scientifiques et responsabilité / Fictions et réalités
CECRL : B1+ / B2
Activité langagière : Compréhension de l'oral
Compétence : CO audiovisuelle + lexique moral
EVALUATION — Humanely conditioned Questions à choix unique
1.
In the "Dolores" still frame, the setting is…
2.
In the "Trompe-l'œil" video, where is the scene set?
3.
In the "Well-tempered clavier" still frame, Logan is…
4.
In the "Trompe-l'œil" video, what does William say about his old life at home?
5.
In the "Trompe-l'œil" video, what does William say Westworld does?
6.
In the "Trompe-l'œil" video, what does Dolores tell William she is?
7.
In the "Dolores" still frame, Dolores is…
8.
In the "Well-tempered clavier" still frame, the atmosphere is…
9.
In the "Trompe-l'œil" video, what does Dolores imagine?
10.
In the "Well-tempered clavier" video, what does Dolores say to Logan first?
11.
In the "Well-tempered clavier" video, who does Dolores say made the world beautiful?
12.
At the end of the "Well-tempered clavier" scene, what does Logan call Dolores?
13.
"Gentle" means…
14.
"A wake-up call" means…
15.
"Vulnerable" means…
16.
"To disgust" means…
17.
"To wake up" means…
18.
"Moral outrage" means…
19.
"To spread like a stain" means…
20.
"To long for" means…