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Oral bac anglais - notion Myths and heroes

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I will present you the notion “Myths and Heroes”. A myth is a story that may or may not be true. All cultures have myths and this mythology has been developed over time. Mythology includes the legends of our history, our religions, stories of how the world was created, and our heroes who can be defined as a person who is admired for their courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities. These stories have great symbolic power, and this may be a major reason why they survive as long as they do, sometimes for thousands of years. This is the case of the United-Kingdom because since 1707, with the Treaty of Union, this country wants to appear as an ideal of unification.
But this is not a myth ? I mean, Is the United-Kingdom, as its name says, really united ?
To answer this question, I will use four documents seen in class; firstly the film-trailer of The King's speech directed by Tom Hooper in 2010, then London today, a photograph taken by Gideon Hart in 2012, next Yes, Scotland, a propaganda video made by the Scottish Nationalist Party in 2014 and to finish, J.K Rowling's donation, an extract from the newspaper The Guardian, written on June 11th 2014.
From this document, I will talk about the mythical image of the United Kingdom especially with its heroes and then the true face of this country.
First at all, I will talk about the mythical image set to the United Kingdom. Indeed, this country remained united, notably during the Second World War thanks to King George VI. The film-trailer of The King's Speech gives a good review about the life of this important symbolic leader whose the elder brother abdicated to marry a divorcee. This king suffered from stammering whereas he should lead United Kingdom during the war. So he followed a speech therapy from Lionel Logue, an unorthodox speech therapist and successed to deliver a memorable speech heard live around the world by radio. He is considered as a hero for all the country because he overcame his disability, he reached to unite the English people. Still today, this event is an example for many English people of the unity of the United Kingdom beyond cause common.
This mythical image of union in the United Kingdom finds an echo today in global events. Indeed, professional photographers convey to the world an idealized image of a full United Kingdom united for the world to see. By example Gideon Hart did series of color photographs to promote the Olympic Games. On one of them, which represents the London Marathon, there is a group of young racers who are running along the bank of the River Thames; but what catches our attention here is that some of these men are wearing the traditional uniform of Royal Guard which is quite surprising in this context. We understand that is actually a photomontage. The photographer wants to show that anybody can take part to the London Marathon. His goal could be to illustrate multiculturalism in the UK and that the Royal Guards are the allegory of the English people because It is a symbol common of the English. So, they are all, a full United Kingdom, united beyond this event, as they are united during the Second World War.
However, if the myth of an united country is emphasized by the United Kingdom, It's not the same thing in the reality.
Indeed, there are some divisions in United Kingdom. The most famous concerns the independence of Scotland. To explain that, I've chosen a propaganda video titled Yes, Scotland, made by the Scottish Nationalist Party in 2014. The title refers to the referendum of the 18th September 2014 which asks to the citizens : « Should Scotland be an independent country? ». It means that there is a fracture between people who want to stay English and others who want to become independent of United Kingdom. Those had made the propaganda video want that people vote « yes » to the referendum and explain why. Indeed, by placing the point of view of a certain Kirsty who is « going to be born » the day of the referendum, they highlight two possibles in the future which depend on the outcome. On the one hand, if the outcome is in favor of the independence, Kirsty will be grow up in a Scotland fairer where she can reach her full potential. In a Scotland where she can follow a free higher education on an equal footing than everybody; in a place which wants to build a better world, where the wealth and natural resources are in Scotland's hands; and finally in a country where the decisions about the future are taken by the people who care most about Scotland. And on the other end, if the outcome is « no », Kirsty will be grow up in an opposite world, where by example, the country is ruled by Westminster, in a country which is « the fourth most

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MathieuM
Attention :
- l'adjectif est avant le nom à qui il se rattache 
- ne fais pas de traduction au mot, parfois ça ne marche pas, surtout pour les expressions idiomatiques. 
- des maladresses mais dans l'ensemble c'est pas mal 
- attention à la construction : vouloir que quelqu'un + verbe subjonctif = to want someone to + verbe infinitif


I am going to present to you the notion “Myths and Heroes”.
I will present... = futur lointain, dans le cas présent, tu es sur le point de parler de ces 2 notions, il est donc préférable d'utiliser la forme "to be going to + infinitif".

A myth is a story that may be true or not. All cultures have myths that are clustered in what we call a mythology (= a collection of myths). Mythologies belonged to one given society and evolve and get larger and larger over the time. Mythology includes the legends of our history, our religions, stories of how the world was created. Myths exalt typical characters, heroes, who can be defined as ø persons who are admired for their courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities. These stories have great symbolic power, and this may be a major reason why they has survived (le processus de survie a commencé il y a un moment et continue encore maintenant, il faut donc utiliser le present perfect) as long as they do, sometimes for thousands of years.

This is the case of the United-Kingdom because since 1707, with the Treaty of Union, this country wants to appear as an ideal of unification. However, is this unification real? has it led to a real social cohesion in a country where different people live? 

[...]  Ici tout est bien, je corrige la suite..

From this document, we will talk about the mythical image of the United Kingdom, by highlighting its heroes and then, we will study the true face of this country. 

First at all, I will talk about the mythical image the United Kingdom made about itself. [..].

So he followed a speech therapy from Lionel Logue, an unorthodox speech therapist and succeeded in delivering (to succeed in + V ing) a memorable speech heard live all around the world by radio (à travers le monde = throughout the world / all around the world). He is considered as a hero for all the country because he overcame his disability, he reached to unite the English people. Still today, this event is an example of how a man can unify his country and how a speech can involve a common cause in a country afflicted by war.

This mythical image of a unified kingdom finds an echo today in global events. Indeed, professional photographers offer the world an idealistic image of a United Kingdom fully unified. For example Gideon Hart made a series of colorful photographs to promote the Olympic Games.

[...]

We understand that is actually a photomontage. The photographer wants to show that anybody can take part in the London Marathon (to take part in smthg). His goal probably aims at illustrating multiculturalism in the UK and the Royal Guards would be an allegory of the English people because It is a common symbol of the English. Thus, those pictures show how a nation like the United Kingdom, can be unified even today, in the same way as they are united during the Second World War.
However, if the myth of an united country is emphasized by the United Kingdom, It's not the same thing in the reality.

Indeed, there are some divisions in United Kingdom. The most famous concerns the independence of Scotland. To explain that, I've chosen a propaganda video titled Yes, Scotland, made by the Scottish Nationalist Party in 2014. The title refers to the referendum of the 18th September 2014 which asks ø the citizens (pas de préposition) the following question: « Should Scotland be an independent country? ». It means that there is a rupture/distance between people who want to stay English and others who want to become independent ø. Those who had made the propaganda video wanted people to vote « yes » to the referendum and explain why. Indeed, by placing the point of view of a certain Kirsty who is « going to be born » the day of the referendum, they highlight two possibles ø futures which depend on the outcome of the vote. On the one hand, if the outcome is in favor of the independence, Kirsty will be grow up in a country and not in a region belonging to another country where she can reach her full potential. In a Scotland where she can access a free higher education; in a place which wants to build a better world, where the wealth and natural resources are in Scotland's hands; and finally in a country where the decisions about the future are taken by the people who care most about Scotland.
On the other hand, if the outcome is « no », Kirsty will be growing up in an opposite world, where by example, the country is ruled by Westminster, in a country which is « the fourth most unequal in the developed world."
MatM
Voici une suite possible :

We can criticise the fact that this propaganda video is dualistic: the good future for Scotland is all about getting rid of the UK whereas a "no" would have terrible consequence for the Scottish nation. Anyway, it is a proof that the unification is certainly not a dream for some people in the country. However, it would be worthwhile to mention that the video has so much impact on the British society that some celebrities had to take position against the independence. The 11st of June 2014, the famous newspaper The Guardian published an article mentioning that J.K Rowling, for instance, donated 1 million pounds to the campaign against the independence. Not only the writer gave money, but she also wrote down on paper an essay explaining her opinion. Firstly, she thinks that Scotland would suffer from economical issues if the independence really happen. Scotland relies too much on its oil but in the long term, those ressources won't be sufficient for the country to grow or even to survive. Rowling also mention the fact that Scotland doesn't have any currency and guarantee to access the European Union. 

 

Before ending the presentation, we will conclude by saying that the UK is a unified country but some tensions between the different cultures might be a threat for the future of the country. The idealistic picture of a unified kingdom was true during the Second War and some events demonstrated it might be true but at the same time Scotland question the so-called unity more and more often. Thus, the unity of the UK might be just a controversial myth.

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