Historical Context
Without this means of transport, the British Empire would never have been built.
The ship
The author of "The White Man's Burden"
Rudyard Kipling
A language that is used between people who do not have the same mother tongue.
Lingua Franca
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The British Empire were a positive thing.
Kongruensfejl
How many times does Santa check his list in "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"?
twice
A famous saying about the British Empire
The sun never sets on the British Empire
Author of Burmese Days?
George Orwell
Which colony is nicknamed the jewel in the crown of the British Empire?
India
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In 1947 became India independent.
Ordstillingsfejl (omvendt ordstilling).
Fill in the blank in the lyrics:
'_________, holy night, all is calm, all is bright"?
silent night
After this war, most of the British colonies gained independence
WWII
In “The White Man’s Burden” the natives are called half WHAT and half WHAT?
A term used to describe the native people in the colonies
Savages
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The white mans burden
Genitiv
Taylor Swift's new album
The Tortured Poets Department
The federation of British colonies declared independence in 1776 and won it in 1783.
The United States of America
A central critic in postcolonial literature
Edward Said
The act of developing a country
Civilization
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Colonization of countrys from the 16th to the 18th centuries resulted in the Empire including America, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and the Caribbean countries as British Colonies.
Fejl i substantivets pluralis
Singer who performed the halftime show at the Super Bowl in 2023
Rihanna
During the reign of this queen, the British Empire reached its peak
Queen Victoria
In postcolonial criticism, there are three main interests. Mention the three interests.
To re-read old classics, to re-write old classics, to write back
What is the literary device called in the examples below? And explain why that literary device is so commonly found in colonial literature?
Night/day, child/adult, black/white, colonizer/colonized…
Dichotomies.
To show the power structure between the coloniser and the colonized.
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She was waiting for him, when he came home last night.
Kommafejl
This Roman Emporer was reigning at the time of Jesus' birth.
Cæsar Augustus