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Mrożek’s ‘Tango’ in the classroom – the grotesque, the absurd, metaphor

Photos from a lesson on Sławomir Mrożek’s ‘Tango’: group work on posters about the grotesque, the absurd, parody and satire, presentations at the interactive whiteboard, the pupils’ finished work and a slide with the ‘snowball’ exercise.

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14 January 2026

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Girls at a desk with a pink sheet, felt-tip pens and a task card prepare a poster.

Pupils bent over a desk draw and write with felt-tip pens on a yellow poster sheet.

Three pupils at desks beneath a bookcase work on notes and a poster.

Two girls present a poster to the class by a screen showing the word ‘Absurd’.

Three pupils discuss the concept of the grotesque by a screen with the word ‘Groteska’ (grotesque) and an illustration.

Close-up of a yellow poster on which pupils are pencilling the letters of the word ‘absurd’.

A pupil uses pastels on black card to create a poster with the word ‘Parodia’ (parody); a box of crayons lies nearby.

Two girls with a pink poster stand by a screen displaying the word ‘Satyra’ (satire).

Four finished student posters – ‘Parody’, ‘Absurd’, ‘Satire’ and ‘Grotesque’ – laid out side by side.

A classroom with blue curtains, where pupils are working in groups at desks.

A screen with instructions for the ‘snowball’ exercise: write down a term, throw the sheet, read it out and explain it.

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