Used book – Britannicus (Student's Book), Jean Racine

An authoritarian and possessive mother, a cunning and perverse son, a virtuous step-brother, a young girl abducted in the middle of the night, a governor whose character is difficult to ascertain – is he noble or a foolish politician? We are in Nero's palace, where violence, sadism, and cruelty run rampant.

Who will prevail: Nero, the emperor, or Britannicus, the legitimate heir? Will Agrippina be able to restrain the criminal hand of this nascent monster, this son who is beginning to want to remove her from power?

Should the presence of the famous poisoner Locusta worry us, while Nero invites Britannicus to a reconciliation banquet?

Racine invites us to watch and listen to these characters who hate and confront each other in the spheres of power.

Racine, outdated? Who would seriously claim that?

Bibliolycée offers:

• the complete annotated text, • a first reading comprehension questionnaire, • questionnaires for analyzing the work, • five corpora accompanied by observation questions and writing exercises, • a presentation of Racine and his era, • an overview of the work's genre and its place in literary history.