Folklore, Taylor Swift: The Teenage Love Triangle

Listen to the songs and follow the instructions below. These links are for the lyric videos.
August: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn_0zPAfyo8
Betty: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TAPqXkZW_I
Cardigan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLSUp53y-HQ

GLOSSARY

Cobblestones: a type of stone commonly used for pavements of roads and streets.
Figment: invention, fabrication
Homeroom: a classroom in which a group of students assembles with a teacher do to extra
activities and homework
Patch: to fix [what is broken], to solve [a problem], to restore.
Porch: a covered shelter in front of a building or house, a verenda.
Sequin: a shiny plastic or metallic material, commonly used in clothes and decorations.
Slipped away [to slip away]: 1- to leave quickly, 2- when a period of time passes quickly.
Sinking in [to sink in]: when an idea or fact is gradually understood, believed or realized.
Sipped [to sip]: to drink

ACTIVITY

1- Use the table below to help you to identify points of view, characters, and create a
timeline.
A- Complete the table.

Song Point of view Mentions Order in timeline

August

Betty

Cardigan
B- Now, identify the relationships between:.
For example: Betty and James dated.

2- Consider the following extracts and:

A - Identify the similarities and differences in each narrative.

But do you remember? I was walking home on broken

Remember when I pulled up and said, cobblestones
“Get in the car” Just thinking of you
And then canceled my plans just in case Like a figment of my worst intentions
you’d call? She said, “James, get in, let’s drive”
Back when I was livin’ for the hope of it all, Those days turned into nights
for the hope of it all Slept next to her, but
“Meet me behind the mall” I dreamt of you all summer long
August Betty

Betty, I’m here on your doorstep

And I planned it out for weeks now
But it’s finally sinking in (...)
Yeah, I showed up at your party
Will you have me? Will you love me?
Will you kiss me on the porch in front of all
your stupid friends?
If you kiss me, will it be just like I dreamed
it?
Will it patch your broken wings?
Betty
Chasin' shadows in the grocery line
I knew you’d miss me once the thrill
expired
And you’d be standin’ in my front porch
light
And I knew you’d come back to me
Cardigan

B- Identify the situation described and what characters are involved:

Standing in your cardigan A friend to all is a friend Your back beneath the
Kissing in my car again to none sun
Stopped at a streetlight Chase two girls, lose the Wishin’ I could write my
You know I miss you one name on it
Betty When you are young, Will you call when you’re
they assume you know back at school?
nothin’ I remember thinkin’ I had
Cardigan you
August