Classwork 1/22/09 - 1/23/09
Objectives: Students will review the movie Seven (Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman) and identify the seven deadly sins. Then compare the sins illustrated in the movie to the sins in Dorian Gray.
Movie background: Lt. William Somerset, a burnt-out veteran cop, is on the brink of retirement. Forced to train his ambitious and eager replacement, Somerset is teamed with Detective David Mills on an investigation that draws these disparate cops deeper and deeper into the twisted world of a cunning and meticulous criminal. He is methodical, exacting and grotesquely creative. He is known as John Doe and he is the most vicious serial killer alive, fashioning murders based on the seven deadly sins. As each new victim is discovered, the detectives must combine their collective experiences to track the trail of a killer bent on seeking attrition for society's sins.
Do Now: Watch the movie and compare the seven deadly sins to that of Dorian Gray.
Homework: Create a two column sheet comparing the movie to text sins or draw a Venn Diagram and illustrate both
Movie background: Lt. William Somerset, a burnt-out veteran cop, is on the brink of retirement. Forced to train his ambitious and eager replacement, Somerset is teamed with Detective David Mills on an investigation that draws these disparate cops deeper and deeper into the twisted world of a cunning and meticulous criminal. He is methodical, exacting and grotesquely creative. He is known as John Doe and he is the most vicious serial killer alive, fashioning murders based on the seven deadly sins. As each new victim is discovered, the detectives must combine their collective experiences to track the trail of a killer bent on seeking attrition for society's sins.
Do Now: Watch the movie and compare the seven deadly sins to that of Dorian Gray.
Homework: Create a two column sheet comparing the movie to text sins or draw a Venn Diagram and illustrate both
| The Picture of Dorian Gray | Similarities | Se7en |
| Lord Henry was an extremely strong influencer and manipulator | Both utilize the seven deadly sins in order to develop the plot. | There is no such influential/manipulative force in the film. |
| In The Picture of Dorian Gray, there are many homosexual references. | At one point in the plot there is one character chasing after the gentleman committing the seven deadly sins. | There are no homosexual references in the film so far. |
| It only rains once during the entire novel. | Both Detective Somerset and Dorian are not married. | It is always, always raining during the daytime but never during the night. It is as though there is a constant storm that will never stop unless the sun goes down. |
| Only one person knows of Dorian’s devilish personality. | Both Detective Mills and Lord Henry are married. | The entire world knows of John Doe’s crimes but no one knows who it is. |
| There is an indirect competition in both. In The Picture of Dorian Gray, Basil and Lord Henry compete for time with Dorian. Detective Mills was fighting against Detective Somerset for the case and his position. | ||
| Both Dorian and Detective Mills were close to death. | ||
| Both Lord Henry and Detective Somerset seek the help of another person to get more information about a person. | ||
| The innocent always seem to die. Basil was an innocent man and was killed by Dorian. Most of the victims in Se7en seem innocent subjects of John Doe’s sick mind. |