Downton Abbey is a period drama that follows the lives of a wealthy family in England in the early 20th century. These clips from season one follow the Crawley family as they attempt to preserve the wealth and navigate chaninging social norms in 1912. The eldest daughter, Mary, is of marriagable age and her future is critical to the family's survival.

View these clips about Mary's relationship with her cousin Matthew Crawley and the mysterious guest, Kemal Pamuk  and then answer the following questions:

• Describe the relationship between Lady Crawley and Mr. Pamuk.  Who else is involved?  How do they conduct their relationship?
• Considering the time period, is this relationship consistent with how most people would conduct a romantic relationship?  Is their relationship out of the norm?
• What evidence do you find of these characters struggling against the norms for romantic relationships?
• How might this romantic relationship be conducted differently if the accepted norms were not a factor?

Here are the links:

Matthew meets Mary for the first time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TS-amRJZEULinks to an external site. (they will get married in later seasons)

Mr. Pamuk gets close to Mary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgAuQshdiSYLinks to an external site.

Covering up Mr. Pamuk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6SElyaUFQsLinks to an external site.

These links are also available in this week's PPT Lecture