The Sign of Four

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The Sign of Four

So this week we are going to look for signs of Empire in The Sign of Four.

Please read The Sign of Four

Compare it to the Granada Television version by clicking on the link below:

By looking for signs of the Empire, we are taking what is known as a post-colonialist approach. The post-colonialist approach was founded by the great Palestinian intellectual Edward Said and explained in his famous book: Orientalism

This film explains it briefly:

  When you have watched the film you may like to read this article, remember to relate it also back to what we have learned about Jane Eyre:

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