1. BRIAR ROSE Intertextuality & Allegory

2. Intertextuality: The idea that all texts are linked and we understand them better if we know the links. Why do we use this intertextuality?  Reference to another text creates another layer of meaning  Makes it more challenging and interesting to the responder  Creates an ‘experience' for the responder

3. Allegory: an extended metaphor whereby the responder is exposed to another story or interpretation within a narrative on a much deeper level. Why do we use allegory?  Often makes difficult subjects easier to understand  Enables the writer/storyteller to entertain while he/she teaches moral lessons or acceptable behaviour

4. SLEEPING BEAUTYGEMMA’S EXPERIENCE Briar RoseGemma The bad fairy The curse of death Other sleepers in the castle Previous princes who braved the thorns The castle they slept in for a hundred years Thorny briary hedge Sleeping mist Tin latticed tower room Prince plunging his hands into the thorns Beauty being kissed awake The baby girl she has Living happily ever after Fill in Gemma’s experience for each specific part of the sleeping beauty story.

5. SLEEPING BEAUTYGEMMA’S EXPERIENCE Briar RoseGemma The bad fairyThe Nazis and the SS The curse of deathThe Holocaust and WWII Other sleepers in the castleThe other prisoners at the camp Previous princes who braved the thornsHeroes who gave their lives during the war The castle they slept in for a hundred yearsThe death camp that is in a ruined castle Thorny briary hedgeBarbed wire around the camp Sleeping mistExhaust gas which killed the prisoners Tin latticed tower roomThe tin latticed vans the prisoners died in Prince plunging his hands into the thornsAron jumping into the mass grave Beauty being kissed awakeJosef Potoki who brought Gemma back to life The baby girl she hasEve Berlin, Becca’s mother Living happily ever afterGemma’s long life with her family

6. QUESTION Why do you think Yolen uses allegory to illustrate Gemma’s experience of the Holocaust?