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8. Task

7. Thinking

6. Art

5. Controversy

4. Video 2

3. Video 1

2. Objectives

1. True or False

Outline

Where do you stand?

Genially

Stand up if you agree, stay seated if you disagree

Where do you stand?

Genially

"I know a bit about bullfighting"

Where do you stand?

Genially

"I know a lot about bullfighting"

Where do you stand?

Genially

"I think bullfighting is okay"

Where do you stand?

Genially

"I think bullfighting is wrong"

Bulls get really angry when they see the colour red

True or False?

Genially

False - they are actually partially colourblind. They charge because they don't like the motion of the cape swaying about.

Bullfighting only happens in Spain.

True or False?

FALSE! Actually, bullfighting takes place all over the world!

Spain has some of the oldest bullrings in the world, but the biggest are now found in Mexico and Latin America. France and Portugal also have strong bullfighting traditions.

True or false 2

Spanish people love bullfighting.

True or False?

Genially

False - bullfighting is really controversial and has actually been banned in the Canary Islands for 30 years, and in Catalonia for the last ten.

• We are going to look at what bullfighting is
• Why is bullfighting controversial
• We are going to debate the ethics of it

Today's objectives

Watch a Youtube video about bullfighting culture in Spain

Watch a Youtube video about Mexican bullfighting

It is difficult for an outsider to understand the meaning and fascination with bullfighting, which is at once both a performance and a ritual. It is a spectacle, not a sport between two equals. The bull never wins. For its fans, the bullfight is an art, the challenge of man fighting against the beast. To others, it is an archaic tradition. Nowadays, the bullfight is controversial. Many Spaniards believe it is a cruel spectacle that should be abolished and has no part in their modern European culture. Others believe it is the one symbol of Spain that makes the country different.

Why is bullfighting controversial?

One side of the argument says that bullfighting is very cruel, not just to the bulls in the ring but the horses too. Each year, up to 250,000 bulls are killed around the world.

Bullfighting is cruel

One side of the argument says that bullfighting has been practiced across Southern Europe for hundreds, if not thousands, of years, and it is an intangible part of Spanish culture and a highly skilled art form.

Bullfighting is culture

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comparison

Francisco de Goya was one of Spain's most important artists. He lived between 1746-1828 and is most famous for his paintings of the Spanish Royal Family.The thirty-three pictures in the series that includes Pass With the Cape earned him the nickname “Francisco of the Bulls.”For Goya, bullfighting was simply another aspect of reality—a reality so significant and poetic in itself, so stirring and fascinating that it needed no interpretation. He drew and painted bullfighting throughout his life.Unlike his portraits of the Spanish royal family, Goya’s bullfight paintings were not commissioned; he made them to explore his own personal interest. In them, Goya captured both the brutality and the energy of this real-life event.

Suerte de capa (1793)

Picasso’s The Picador may at first glance seem sketchy and casual. A large red arc defines the arena’s barrier. Cutting across the drawing in the opposite direction is a large dark curve representing the edge between sol y sombra, light and shadow, which provides a dramatic background for the intense action. Sol y sombra is indicative of a social division between rich and poor (the prices for seats in the shade being more expensive) and also represents the shadow of death at the very heart of the bullfight itself. Sol y sombra is also a metaphor for uncompromisingly opposed forces pitted against each other without the possibility of any neutral ground between them.

El Picador (1908)

Would you go to a bullfight if you had the opportunity?

Who should decide if bullfighting is banned or not?

Is it OK to be against bullfighting and still eat meat? Surely that's the same thing.

Is it difficult to ban bullfighting if the bull, more than the Spanish flag, is such a powerful symbol of Spain?

TASK - Read your sheet in pairs.

You are going to debate whether bullfighting should continue in Spain or be banned. Your teacher will assign you for or against.

Elevate your speech! Try and use: - I take your point- By contrast- On the other hand- Have you considered

Thanks for watching!

Goya and bullfighting

Francisco de Goya was a tremendous fan of bullfighting. The painter was fascinated by the speed, courage, skill, and elegance he saw in the participants. Goya saw bullfighting as a potent symbol of the struggle between the matador, who represents goodness and life, and the bull, a symbol of evil and death.

Romanticism

Goya's painting style was classically romantic, and focuses on feelings, emotions and beauty. He found this not only in portraits commissioned by figures in Spanish society, but also in more everyday scenes, including bullfighting.

Romanticism

Goya's painting style was classically romantic, and focuses on feelings, emotions and beauty. He found this not only in portraits commissioned by figures in Spanish society, but also in more everyday scenes, including bullfighting.