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Activities
for
individuals or groups
'Jezebel' in films
(group or single activity)
 Using
the list of films at left, or films of your own choice, discuss the
following questions:
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What
are the main ideas in any story that has a 'Jezebel' character?
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What
are Jezebel's qualities? Her strengths? Her weakness?
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What
are the main ideas in the film you have chosen to think about?
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What
are the central relationships?
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Do
any of the scenes remind you of your own life or experiences?
Group
activity:
Discuss
the questions above, making sure everyone in the group has
a chance to talk about their ideas.
Individual
activity:
Take
some time to sit down for a few minutes and focus your mind
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think
about your responses to the film, and to ideas from the story of
Jezebel
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jot
down your responses
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leave
them for a few days, then look at them again: do you still agree
with what you wrote? Have you any new ideas you would like to add?
 Jezebel - guilty or innocent?
Conduct a mock trial of Jezebel. You will need a panel of judges, a prosecution and
defense lawyer and their assistants, and gatherers of evidence.
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Divide into two groups, one for the
defense and one for the prosecution.
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Have each group decide on points
your 'lawyer' will argue, and
imagine points that the other side's lawyer may raise.
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Choose a member of the group who will speak as a lawyer for its side, and his/her assistants.
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Nominate a panel of judges, and decide on their role.
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Conduct the
trial with an opening address, arguments for both sides, and summary.
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Listen to feedback from the panel of judges.
Courage in today’s world
Discuss instances in your own life when you have needed great courage. Describe one incident, then
answer the following questions:
Debate
Topic: 'That more can be achieved by a benevolent dictatorship than by a democracy.'
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Divide into two groups, one to take the affirmative side and one the negative side.
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Have each group decide on points for their own side, and consider points that the other side might raise.
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Choose the speakers for each group.
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Nominate the chairperson and explain that role.
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Make sure everyone understands the
debating rules.
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Choose the judging panel.
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Debate the issue.
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Listen to feedback from the panel.
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Discuss reactions to the debate.
Focus Questions
1. What are the most interesting moments in Jezebel's story?
2. In the story, who acts? Who gets what they
want? If you were in the story, which person would you want to be friends
with? Which person would you want to avoid?
3. What is God's interaction with the main characters? What does this tell
you about the narrator's image of God? Do you agree with this image?
4. What is happening on either side of the story, in the chapters before
and after it? Does this help you understand what is happening?
5. The narrator/editor has chosen to tell some things and leave other
things out. What has been left out of the story that you would like to
know?
6. Are the characteristics and actions of the people in the story still
present in the world? How is the story relevant to modern life, especially
your own?
Famous
Quotes
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'she painted her eyes and adorned her head, and looked out of the window'
(2 Kings 9:30)
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For thousands of years, women have been called 'Jezebels' if they used
cosmetics, particularly any sort of coloring on their faces.
The argument against using cosmetics is that women are trying to improve
on God's creation. In other words, women are dissatisfied with God's
handiwork and think they can do better themselves.
What
is your reaction to this accusation?
Extra Websites
Jezebel
- first on the list of the Bible's Top Ten Bad Women
Bible Top Ten
Bad Women
Study
guide, historical background, new ideas: not as boring as it sounds
Bible Women:
Jezebel
Sophisticated
jewelry worn by royal women like Jezebel
Bible Archaeology:
Jewelry
Archaeological
finds linked with ancient religions
Archaeology:
Ancient Religions
Jezebel's
palace, the 'Ivory House' at Samaria
Bible Archaeology:
Palaces
Ruins
of Jezreel, the city where Jezebel met her grisly death
Bible Archaeology:
Cities
Omri
and Ahab, among the Bible's Top Ten Warriors
Bible Top Ten
Warriors
Jehu
murders Jezebel and the royal children
Bible
Top Ten Murders
Photographs
of the ruined city of Jezreel, as it is today
Jezreel
Photo Gallery
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