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Reflecting on the Legend of the Knight of the Swan
Relevant topics: These are some of the themes that could be considered under the following work proposal
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Personal identity
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Secrets
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Curiosity
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Promises
Work proposals
Basic reading material: Click here to go to the Legend of the Knight of the Swan
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Could Lohengrin forget his secret identity?
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What might the forbidden question symbolize?
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Could the pressure of others force us to be who we are not?
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What does it mean to be oneself?
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Do we truly know who we are? How can we find out?
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Is it possible to give up being oneself?
Other alternatives of a playful nature
- Divide the group into small teams. Each team must write an adaptation of the story of the Knight of the Swan following one of these topics (each group is unaware of the other groups’ topic):
A young man, in order to win a girl’s affection, tells her he plays football for a top-division club, when in reality he only works as an office clerk.
A young woman pretends to her friends that she has a standard of living that does not match reality, simply to impress them.
A young man tries to fulfil his parents’ wish that he study medicine when, in reality, his vocation is to be a rock musician.
Afterwards, in a plenary session, the common aspects of the four stories will be discussed.
- Propose an individual reflection exercise. I look at myself in the mirror — what do I see? Do others see the same thing I do? What would I like others to see when they look at me?