...years plotting revenge against his former. At his death, Picaud had related his life story to Jacques Peuchet, which was published in a newspaper. The fact that Picaud stayed in seven years is not really too shocking – many political prisoners were forgotten about, though they normally stayed for only a year. The Count of Monte Cristo is an adventure novel about a young man name Edmond Dantes, who is betrayed for many reasons of jealousy and in the end receives his vengeance. The story begins in 1815; Dantes is promoted to captain of the ship, Pharaon, and is engaged to Merecedes. One of his fellow shipmates becomes jealous of his promotion and Mercedes cousin is jealous for her love for Dantes. Both the men get together to frame Dantes as one of Napoleon’s agents. Dantes is thrown into jail and forgotten about for 14 years. During this time, Dantes is unaware that his father has died and that Mercedes is now married to her cousin. Dantes and his cell mate, Abbe Faria, devise a plan to escape through tunnels they dig themselves. Before the escape can carry out as planned, Abbe Faria dies and Dantes takes his place in a body bag. He is thrown out...
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...Maitre Hauchecorne makes one little accusation against him into a bigger deal than it needs to be. In the story, “The Piece of String”, Hauchecorne is accused of stealing the pocketbook of Maitre Houlbreque, although in all reality he just picked up a piece of string that was lying on the ground. He tries to defend himself, but in the end he just ends up making the situation worse. Hauchecorne makes his situation worse by bringing up the subject, telling everyone, and not letting it go, but he could have just taken the blame and none of this would have went down like it did. There are many mistakes Maitre Hauchecorne makes when going about proving himself innocent. First, he keeps bringing up the topic instead of just keeping to himself...
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...life than that of his friend, Edmond, who is just a commoner, thus leading him to betray his best friend whom he grew up with. There are many different themes in The Count of Monte Cristo. Edmond Dantes is betrayed by the other characters in the story making betrayal one of the main themes. Early on Napoleon prey’s on Edmond’s lack of education, and naivety when he convinces Edmond to deliver a letter in which he lies about its contents using Edmond as a pawn. Danglar, the first mate of the ship, becomes embittered and jealous towards Edmond when he is recognized as being a hero for saving their captain and is promoted above him. Danglar then conspires with Mondego and reports Edmond to Villefort for treason. Mondego is being driven by a deeper envy of his friend’s happiness. He is jealous of Edmond’s ability to be happy with the simple lot he has in life. Also he is jealous of the loving relationship that Edmond has with Mercedes. He feels he is entitled to have more happiness along with the wealth and education he already has. So he is driven to betray Edmond his best friend whom he grew up with by giving Danglar the information to turn Edmond in for treason which Danglar is more than willing to do. Villefort does is not initially motivated to betray Edmond at all, in fact he finds him innocent of the charges. But after learning that Edmond is the only link to prove that Villefort’s own father is actually committing treason he betrays Edmond by having him locked away in Chateau...
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...Although he believes that God is using him as an agent of fate, Dantes forms his own destiny by the decisions he makes throughout his life. A police commissioner who informed him, “Edmond Dantes, I arrest you in the name of the law”, arrested Edmond Dantes, being falsely accused by Danglars and Villefort through collaborating with the Bonapartists. With the betrothal feast going on, Edmond, did not expect anything terrible to happen to him because betrothal feasts are a time of celebration. This event was destined to happen to Dantes because of his enemies jealously if his accomplishments and his appointment of caption of The Pharooh. Being close to death, Abbe Farid tells Dantes, “You are the child of my captivity. My profession condemned...
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...The Count of Monte Cristo: One love, a betrayal, one revenge Alexandre Dumas, one of the most widely read French authors in the world, wrote during the late 19th century a prominent romantic historical novel; love, betrayal, revenge, and redemption convert the story of The Count Of Monte- Cristo in one of the most renowned classics of all time. It is considered an extraordinary novel because of its shocking characters, theme, and drive to vengeance. Alexandre Dumas was born on July 1802 in Villers Cotterets in Picardy, France. He was the only true quadroon, the only grandchild of a Negro (Lazen 1506). He was born as the illegitimate son of the famous novelist Thomas Dumas. Dumas was raised by his seamstress mother, Catherine Labay, until the elder Dumas legally recognized his paternity and assumed responsibility for his son’s care in 1831. He was the only man with wooly hair, and deficient calves, and black pigment in the creases of the joints of his fingers, whoever gained a considerable place in the literature of the world (Parini 1506). He secured his own fame in 1852 with the production of La dame aux camellias, a drama based on his novel by the same name. This work, which faithfully portrayed the life of a Parisian, introduced realism to the modern French stage. Dumas subsequently made important contributions to the theater in his self-proclaimed role as a social reformer: using the stage as a tribunal for such contemporary social problems as adultery and divorce, he...
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...What is Edward’s profession at the beginning of the novel? a. Soldier b. tailor c. sailor d. lawyer 22. Which best describes Edmond Dantes at the beginning of the novel? a. An idealistic young man with a quick temper b. An adventurous and daring swashbuckler who has come home to spend his wealth c. a straightforward, honest sailor who is also a dutiful son d. A proud and boastful young sailor who has come home to find a wife. 23. Who is the first person Dates visits when he reaches Marseilles? a. his father b. Caderousse c. Mercedes D. Danglars 24. Which of the following statements is closest to the truth? a. Fernand Mondego envies Dantès’s successful career, while Danglars envies Dantès’s relationship with Mercédès. b. Fernand Mondego envies Dantès’s relationship with Mercédès, while Danglars envies Dantès’s successful career. c. Fernand Mondego envies Dantès’s close relationship with his father, while Danglars envies Dantès’s close relationship with Caderousse d. Fernand Mondego envies Dantès’s close relationship with Caderousse, while Danglars envies Dantès’s close relationship with his father 26. Why does Villefort sentence Dantes to life in prison? a. Because he hates all Jacobins b. Because he is secretly a revolutionary and is worried this fact will come to light c. Because...
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...During life doing good deeds come with good rewards, but when we choose making wrong decisions for personal gain, unfortunate side effects seem to follow In the Book Count of Monte Cristo, written by Alexandre Dumas, Villefort is a public prosecutor. When Edmond Dantes enters his office with the case that he is about to be arrested for traveling to the isle of elba to conspire with Napoleon, Villifort is very understanding to him but when Edmond reveals a letter addressed to Villefort's father, Villefort sends an innocent man to prison in order to save himself and get him into the favor of the king. Many years later Edmond returns and takes vengeance on Villefort by giving his wife a deadly poison and allows her to kill his servants, children...
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...The Count of Monte Cristo is set within the nineteenth century of France in large and populous cities. This was a time of great disruption. The main character name is Edmond Dantes. He was a sailor who, at the prime of his life and career, was betrayed by close friends because of their jealousy. There was confusion all over the land in regards to who led France, King Louis or Napoleon at that time. The citizens of France became divided by the two ruling parties, Royalists and the Bonaparte’s. They cut at each other’s throats in order to declare that their ruler was more supreme. Dante’s' enemies used the rivalry between the two parties in order to convince the Royalists that Edmond is a Bonaparte’s, therefore it is the basis for his arrest and inevitable captivity in the Chateau D'If. The Count of Monte Cristo is a story about a sailor, Edmond Dantes, who was betrayed during the prime of his life and career by the jealousy of his friends. His shipmate, Danglars, coveted his designation as the captain of the mighty Pharon. Ferdinand Mondego (friend) wanted to wed Mercedes, who was affianced to Edmond. Later, Danglars and Ferdinand wrote a letter accusing Edmond of carrying a letter from Elba to the Bonapartist committee in Paris. They know that by doing this they were for sure to put Edmond away for life. Caderousse, a neighbor, learned of the plot but kept silent. Now, in 2011, neighbors would not have done such of a thing. Most of the time (if the neighbor...
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...even know the contents of. The man was betrayed by his friend, was accused of treason, and was sent to jail because of a crime he didn’t even know he committed. In prison, he met a new friend and taught him everything he needed to know. After 14 years spent in jail, he finally managed to escape and he had acquired a fortune which he used for his vengeance. PLOT The story begins with Edmond Dantes being a sailor and soon to be a captain of the ship back in Marseilles which made Danglars envy him more. Dantes has a special lady in his life, Mercedes, who is really beautiful that made even his best friend show desire over her. He got everything he needed; his dream job and the love of his life. Who would possibly want more? But everything he had got lost with a piece of letter which he just accepted out of his naivety and because he thought that he owes Napoleon Bonaparte the aid of his comrade. His life was wrecked by two of his enemies- Fernand Mondego, his so-called friend and Danglars, his accomplice on the ship. Mondego knew what the content of the letter was but didn’t tell Dantes. As soon as these people made their way back to Marseilles, Monsieur Morrel,...
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...The Count of Monte Cristo is an interesting story about a sailor named Danteswho change his whole façade in order to have vengeance to his foes.He changed into several types of persona to make his plans successful. At first, Dantes seem to be very weak and naïve and I pity him for his imprisonment. But as the days of his imprisonment passes by, he became very sharp, tough and wise. With the help of his found friend in the cell, Faria, the crazy old man told him everything that helped him from escaping. Faria was good in reasoning out things so Dantesadmired it and change his whole persona. Dantes became eager to have vengeance to his enemy because Faria made him hungry for revenge and had given him treasure which was very enough and too...
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...Bloom’s Classic Critical Views W i l l ia m Sha k e Sp e a r e Bloom's Classic Critical Views alfred, lord Tennyson Benjamin Franklin The Brontës Charles Dickens edgar allan poe Geoffrey Chaucer George eliot George Gordon, lord Byron henry David Thoreau herman melville Jane austen John Donne and the metaphysical poets John milton Jonathan Swift mark Twain mary Shelley Nathaniel hawthorne Oscar Wilde percy Shelley ralph Waldo emerson robert Browning Samuel Taylor Coleridge Stephen Crane Walt Whitman William Blake William Shakespeare William Wordsworth Bloom’s Classic Critical Views W i l l ia m Sha k e Sp e a r e Edited and with an Introduction by Sterling professor of the humanities Yale University harold Bloom Bloom’s Classic Critical Views: William Shakespeare Copyright © 2010 Infobase Publishing Introduction © 2010 by Harold Bloom All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher. For more information contact: Bloom’s Literary Criticism An imprint of Infobase Publishing 132 West 31st Street New York NY 10001 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data William Shakespeare / edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom : Neil Heims, volume editor. p. cm. — (Bloom’s classic critical views) Includes bibliographical references...
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...The Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Kate Chopin A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Kate Chopin is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document File is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the material contained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Kate Chopin, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, Hazleton, PA 182021291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2008 The Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. Kate Chopin (born Katherine O'Flaherty on February 8, 1850 – August 22, 1904) was an American author of short stories and novels, mostly of a Louisiana Creole background. She is now considered to have been a forerunner of feminist authors of the 20th century. —Courtesy Wikipedia.org Contents ...
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...Ministry of Education of the Republic of Moldova State Pedagogical University “Ion Creangă” Foreign Languages and Literature Faculty English Philology Department DIPLOMA PAPER Figurative Language, Language Shaped by Imagination in Katherine Mansfield’s Short Stories Submitted by: the 4th year student Paşcaneanu Mariana Group 404 Scientific adviser: Tataru Nina Senior Lecturer Chişinău 2012 Contents INTRODUCTION 2 CHAPTER I: SHORT STORY AS A FORM OF FICTION 5 I.1.Common Characteristics of a Short Story as a Form of Fiction. Its Plot and Structure. 5 I.2. Figurative Language. Definition. Function. 9 I.3. Imagery – Language that Appeals to the Senses 11 I.3.1. Simile, Metaphor and Personification. 13 1.3.2. Symbol and Symbolism. 26 I.3.3 Allegory. 30 CHAPTER II: LANGUAGE SHAPED BY IMAGINATION IN K. MANSFIELD’S SHORT STORIES 36 II.1. Figurative Language, Symbolism and Theme in "Her First Ball": 37 II.2. Katherine Mansfield – Techniques and Effects in A Cup of Tea. 41 II.3. Literary Colloquial Style in “Miss Brill” by K. Mansfield. 49 II.3.1. Lexical features—Vague Words and Expressions 49 II.3.2 Syntactical and Morphological Features 52 II.3.3 Phonological Schemes of the Figures of Speech 55 II.4. Simplifying Figurative Language in K.Mansfield’s Short Stories 60 CONCLUSION 64 BIBLIOGRAPHY 66 APPENDIX 70 INTRODUCTION Figurative Language is the use of words that...
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...Contents Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1 BRAIN POWER Myth #1 Most People Use Only 10% of Their Brain Power Myth #2 Some People Are Left-Brained, Others Are Right-Brained Myth #3 Extrasensory Perception (ESP) Is a Well-Established Scientific Phenomenon Myth #4 Visual Perceptions Are Accompanied by Tiny Emissions from the Eyes Myth #5 Subliminal Messages Can Persuade People to Purchase Products 2 FROM WOMB TO TOMB Myth #6 Playing Mozart’s Music to Infants Boosts Their Intelligence Myth #7 Adolescence Is Inevitably a Time of Psychological Turmoil Myth #8 Most People Experience a Midlife Crisis in | 8 Their 40s or Early 50s Myth #9 Old Age Is Typically Associated with Increased Dissatisfaction and Senility Myth #10 When Dying, People Pass through a Universal Series of Psychological Stages 3 A REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST Myth #11 Human Memory Works like a Tape Recorder or Video Camera, and Accurate Events We’ve Experienced Myth #12 Hypnosis Is Useful for Retrieving Memories of Forgotten Events Myth #13 Individuals Commonly Repress the Memories of Traumatic Experiences Myth #14 Most People with Amnesia Forget All Details of Their Earlier Lives 4 TEACHING OLD DOGS NEW TRICKS Myth #15 Intelligence (IQ) Tests Are Biased against Certain Groups of People My th #16 If You’re Unsure of Your Answer When Taking a Test, It’s Best to Stick with Your Initial Hunch Myth #17 The Defining Feature of Dyslexia Is Reversing Letters Myth #18 Students Learn Best When Teaching Styles Are Matched to...
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...NATURE OF MAN HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE IN 10 MODULES E. Kolawole Ogundowole, Ph.D., D.Sc. Professor & Head of Philosophy Department University of Lagos. Akoka, Lagos. Nigeria Correct Counsels Limited Research. Counselling. Publishing. Book Supply First published 2003 Correct Counsels Ltd. P. O. Box 53 Akoka, Lagos. C E. Kolawole Ogundowole, 2003 ISBN: 978 -37004 - 0 – 5 This book is copyright. All rights reserved under the Copyright La Enquiries should be addressed to the Publishers. Printed in Nigeria by: Mustard Press Enterprises 16, Ogundola Street Sungas-BAriga. PREFACE A few words about the overall objectives of the course is appropriate as a starting point. Historically, philosophy was the first form of theoretical knowledge. As a rational theoretical tool of comprehending the world, philosophy arose in ancient Greece in stiff battle with mythology and religious consciousness. It came out to lay the foundation for the evolvement of scientific consciousness and the emergence and development of the sciences - Mathematics, Astronomy, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, etc. In an environment rife with various and varying superstitions and myths, the study of the History of Science and Philosophy of Science becomes crucial, lest science itself falls within the ambit of mythology and superstition and becomes another form of myth even in the hands of the tutored. The study of the History of Science...
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