A Raisin in the Sun

 

Set in the aftermath of World War II, the Younger family is facing its own war against racism in the Chicago slums. America’s complicated history of racial tension between black Americans and white Americans is ingrained into the Youngers’ everyday lives.

 

This play tells the story of a lower-class black family's struggle to gain middle-class acceptance. Conflicts and financial reversals test the spiritual and psychological mettle of each family member as they move into a white neighbourhood.

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6 Sessions (Online)

for 13 year-olds & above

(IGCSE Syllabus)

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Macbeth

 

Macbeth is a tragedy by William Shakespeare; it is thought to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatises the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those who seek power for its own sake. Of all the plays that Shakespeare wrote, Macbeth most clearly reflects the playwright's relationship with his sovereign.

 

A brave Scottish general named Macbeth receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders King Duncan and takes the Scottish throne for himself. He is then wracked with guilt and paranoia. Forced to commit more and more murders to protect himself from enmity and suspicion, he soon becomes a tyrannical ruler. The bloodbath and consequent civil war swiftly take Macbeth and Lady Macbeth into the realms of madness and death.

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6 Sessions (Online)

for 13 year-olds & above

(IGCSE Syllabus)

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A Separate Peace

 

A Separate Peace is a coming-of-age novel by John Knowles, published in 1959. Based on his earlier short story "Phineas", it was Knowles's first published novel and became his best-known work. Set against the backdrop of World War II, A Separate Peace explores morality, patriotism, and loss of innocence through its narrator, Gene.

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6 Sessions (Online)

(IGCSE Syllabus)

for 13 year-olds & above

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