TPE européen (en anglais) sur Napoléon Bonaparte

Thèmes abordés

Napoléon Ier, Bonaparte, Angleterre, Première Empire, Marie Louise d'Autriche, Nelson, Sainte Hélène.

Résumé du document

Idéale pour un oral de TPE en anlgais: mise en scène très aisée grâce au texte.


"Let us tell you the story of a great man, a man who marked history:
Napoleon Bonaparte was born on 15th August 1769 in Ajaccio.
His parents were very productive: 12 children, 8 survived: 5 boys, 3 girls. He attended military school.
But this, nobody care about, that's true! Who was Napoleon Bonaparte at this time? A little baby crying, sleeping or eating all day long... «The destiny of a great man is always hanging by a thread»
This is the interestant part."

Le reste du document est écrit dans le même "style", le(s) narrateur(s) est(sont) un(des) conteur(s) de conte(s).
Durée du document à l'oral = 15 minutes avec une bonne mise en scène ( 13 minutes en lisant ).
Cette mise en scène à reçue la note de 5/6 par les examinateurs (une professeur d'anglais et une d'histoire parlant l'anglais) pour les trois membres du groupe!

Extraits

[...] Marie-Louise married Napoleon on 2nd April 1810 in the Louver. However the weeding was conclude by proxy, before that Marie-Louise left Vienna on 13th March 1809. When Napoleon met his wife he could not control himself. On 27th March, he initiated his young wife to her conjugal duty without waiting for the official celebration. The following day, he told to one of his officer: Mon cher, épousez une Allemande, ce sont les meilleures femmes du monde, douces, bonnes, naïves et fraîches comme des roses One year after, Marie-Louise gave birth to Napoleon 2nd, king of Rome. [...]

[...] During this summer of 93, his colleagues discovered a new Bonaparte. He is more serious, precise, he is less extravagant, dramatic. He is aware of his importance, he feels useful to the country, he has become a citizen of the French Empire. 19th May 1798, a fleet of 130 boarts, escorted by 13 warships, left Toulon. Bonaparte knew that British had heard about the expedition, he knew that the Royal Navy could defeat him. But, Bonaparte believed in his luck, in his star, in his destiny. [...]

[...] Oh, yes my dear, my sister, my Pauline, I'm sorry, you're all right. That's the falt of British, it's always their fault. They drive us here and make us stay on this Island like prisoners. They lead the Allied armies in Waterloo, and they forced the Senate to betray me. The senate: all traitors. The senate had pronounced the fall of Napoleon Ist in 1814 when Napoleon was in Fontainebleau. Yes you would rather shot them all! British and politicians. [...]

[...] Who was Napoleon Bonaparte at this time? A little baby crying, sleeping or eating all day long destiny of a great man is always hanging by a thread?» This is the interestant part. Napoleon was to take the place of chief of artilleries, because he was seriously injured, in Toulon in 1793, on 13th June. There, he entered history. We shall stop a moment, to try to draw a portrait of him as he was in 1793, aged But, there is no painting of him this year of 1793! [...]

[...] He divided his army in two groups: one placed between the French and the coast, the other between the offshore and the French. Between two fire lines, the French fought heroically. The French warships were almost all destroyed, some units were able to escape The army of Napoleon was prisoner of Egypt. Moreover, Turkey declared war on the French army in Egypt. Audaciously, Napoleon decided to plunge into the unknown, he invaded Syria with men, without any artillery. He took easily Katich, El Arish, Gaza, Jaffa. [...]