Анализ "The Escape" by Somerset Maugham The story under the title “The Escape” was written by one of the outstanding English writers – William Somerset Maugham. The plot of the story is quite simple‚ though interesting. The protagonist of the story‚ a young man rolling in money – Roger Charing – fell in love with Ruth Barlow‚ an unfortunate woman who was twice a widow. They had all the happy and pleasant moments of relationships a loving couple usually has and intended to marry. Then suddenly
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Analysis of the short story “The Escape” by William Somerset Maugham. I`d like to reflect upon the short-story under the title «The Escape”‚ written by one of the best known English writers of 20th century – William Somerset Maugham. He was not only a short-story writer‚ but also one of the most successful dramatists and novelists. His reputation as a novelist is based on the following prominent books: “Of Human Bondage”; “The Moon and Sixpence”; and “The Razor’s Edge”‚ “Cakes and Ale”‚ etc
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took him out his pocket a passport and airily waved it under my nose. Even the writer also recognized that he is "chatty". "He talked of New York and of San Francisco. He discussed plays‚ pictures‚ and politics". These prove that he knows every thing and can talk about all in many hours. When the writer was playing cards oneself‚ he interrupts it to guide one how to play card tricks. "It’s coming out‚ it’s coming out‚" he cried. "The ten on the knave.""Do you like card tricks?" or "Well‚ I’ll just
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William Somerset Maugham is one of the best known English writers of the 20th century. He was not only a novelist‚ but also a one of the most successful dramatist and short-story writers. Maugham wants the readers to draw their own conclusion about the characters and events described in his novels. His reputation as a novelist is based on the following prominent books: “Of Human Bondage”; “The Moon and Sixpence”; and “The Razor’s Edge”. Though Maugham doesn’t denounce the contemporary social order
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Question: 1.Suppose the rate of return on short-term government securities (perceived to be risk-free) is 5%. Suppose also that the expected rate of return required by the market for a portfolio with a beta of 1 is 12%. According to the CAPM: a) What is the expected rate of return on the market portfolio? b) What would be the expected rate of return on a stock with β = 0? c) Suppose you consider buying a stock which does not pay a dividend. The current price is $50‚ and in one year
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“ESCAPE” By William Somerset Maugham The text under interpretation is “Escape” by William Somerset Maugham. W. S. Maugham was a well-known English playwright‚ novelist and short story writer. He was the son of a British diplomat. He was educated at King`s school in Canterbury‚ studied painting in Paris‚ went to Heidelberg University in Germany and studied to be a doctor at St. Thomas Hospital in England. So‚ he put his hand in different activities and that`s why he is versatile and experienced
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“All I know is that I know nothing” argued the deep ancient philosopher Socrates. His argument is based on the fact that one cannot know anything with absolute certainty; they could only know something with a fractional amount of confidence. Socrates had written this quote nearly two thousand year ago. With our vast advances in modern technology‚ science‚ mathematics‚ and equipment to record data‚ over the last two millenniums‚ one would assume that we would long grow this view of not knowing anything
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The story under the title “The Escape” was written by one of the outstanding English writers – William Somerset Maugham. The plot of the story is quite simple‚ though interesting. The protagonist of the story‚ a young man rolling in money – Roger Charing – fell in love with Ruth Barlow‚ an unfortunate woman who was twice a widow. They had all the happy and pleasant moments of relationships a loving couple usually has and intended to marry. Then suddenly Roger fell out of love with Ruth. But he
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is „Character depiction in the novel The Moon and the Sixpence” of William Somerst Maugham. The reason for writing a paper on this topic are numerous. First‚ the literary works of W.S. Maugham are very famous and popular all over the world. He is recognized as a master of short-story‚ novel a plays writing. Another reason is that author’s characters are considered to be an intresting resouce for studies. Maugham often is represented as a narroter‚ re-telling unexpected stories of people he has
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