5 Ways to Kill a Man

Anticipation:

• What do you get from the title of the poem?

• What 5 ways to kill a man do you have in mind? And which one is the ‘best’ way?

Traffic accident, cancer, Aids, terrorist attack,

drowning...

Ancient ways of killingFlaying- Removal of skin from the body;Stoning- A group of people throwing stones at a

criminal until s/he dies;Impalement- A spike going through the body;Quartered- The four limbs are torn from the body by

four moving objects (e.g. horses)

1st way to kill a man

The Gospel of Mark

• 71He began to call down curses on himself, and he swore to them, "I don't know this man you're talking about."

• 72 Immediately the rooster crowed the second time.[b] Then Peter remembered the word Jesus had spoken to him: "Before the rooster crows twice[c] you will disown me three times." And he broke down and wept.

• 23Then they offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it. 24And they crucified him. Dividing up his clothes, they cast lots to see what each would get.

2nd way to kill a man

3rd way to kill a man

4th way to kill a man