Breakfast At Tiffany's                Part 7 : Two Drunks

Before Watching :
Marilyn Monroe And Truman Capote

Read the following and answer the questions:

Capote originally picked Marilyn Monroe to play the role of Holly Golightly but Paramount chose the waif Audrey Hepburn to play the part instead . Capote and Monroe shared a similar background that made him persistent in casting her. Capote adored Marilyn - they both had very difficult childhoods and had trouble throughout their careers dealing with their fame through drugs and alcohol. Although Capote lived longer than Monroe, they both ended their days in similar ways.

  • Why was Capote keen on Marilyn playing the part of Holly?
  • Did he accept Paramount's decision to cast Hepburn?
  • How did Capote die?
  • Think of synonyms for the following words : waif, trouble, persistent.

With your partner, imagine the kind of a place do you think Holly would go to for a drink?

While Watching :
Complete the following quotations :
  1. Holly : 'Do you think she's .......................................................................?'
  2. Holly : 'Do you think she's .......................................................................?'
  3. Holly : If I had her money, I'd ..................................................................... ............because I'd ...........................................'
  4. Paul : 'We'd better get ...............................................................................'
  5. Holly : 'In spite of the fact that ................................................................... ............I find ........................................................................'
  6. Holly : ' I have tonight made .....................................................................'
  7. Holly : ' No longer will I ..............................................................................'
  8. Holly : ' Quiet up there! Do you ..............................................................?'
Answer the following questions :
  • What has Holly decided to do about Rusty Trawler ?
  • How rich is Rusty?
  • What does Holly need? How will she get it?
  • What does Holly say Paul should be used to now?
Finally, complete the following quotation :

Holly : "It should take you exactly ______ seconds to cross from here to that door. I'll give you ______"

After Watching :
Add the following missing words to Paul's monologue below :

misdemeanour, reasons, dose, fired, interest, heat, seem, made

For a headful of ______, I hadn't seen Holly, not really, since our drunken Sunday at Joe Bell's bar. The intervening weeks had given me my own ____ of the mean reds. First off, I'd been _____ from my job; deservedly, and for an amusing ___________ too complicated to recount here. Also, my draft board was displaying an uncomfortable _____; having so recently escaped the regimentation of a small town, the idea of entering another form of disciplined life ______ me desperate. Between the uncertainty of my draft status and a lack of specific experience, I couldn't ______ to find another job. All this, combined with the city _____of the summer, had reduced me to a state of nervous inertia.

Created and Maintained by: Graham Stanley
All Lesson Plans Copyright Graham Stanley, 1999
...but feel free to use them with your classes.

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