MINISTRY OF EDUCATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA “ION CREANGA” STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES ENGLISH PHILOLOGY CHAIR DIPLOMA PAPER FIGURATIVE USE OF WORDS IN W.S.MAUGHAM`S SHORT STORIES) Submitted by: IONAŞCO SILVIA‚ the 4th year student‚ group 404 Scientific adviser: SMOCHIN OLGA‚ Senior lecturer Chişinău – 2011 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………………...3 Chapter I. BASIC ASSUMPTIONS OF STYLISTIC
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tendencies and movements‚ originally arising from wide-scale and far-reaching changes to Western society in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century’s. The term encompasses the activities and output of those who felt the "traditional" forms of art‚ architecture‚ literature‚ religious faith‚ social organization and daily life were becoming outdated in the new economic‚ social and political conditions of an emerging fully industrialized world. The first half of the 20th century is then normally
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The Universal Museum – a valid model for the 21st century? Introduction In October 2002‚ the International Group of Organisers of Largescale Exhibitions‚ also known as the Bizot Group — a forum comprising directors of 40 of the world’s major museums and galleries — gathered in Munich for their annual informal discussion.1 The meeting was convened specifically to address the problem of how to confront the growing number of requests for repatriation of objects from ‘universal’ museums and in particular
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allusions to Greek mythology‚ Greek plays‚ and the Christian bible. Finally‚ the last device he often uses is imagery of death. Throughout the poems mentioned above this is especially apparent as it makes them all seem identifiable to his style. T. S. Eliot often personifies nature in his poetry to intensify its importance in his poetry. The first example comes from the poem "The Waste Land" where it says "The jungle crouched‚ humped in silence" Since a jungle cannot crouch it shows how Eliot
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Sacramento History Museum During this on-campus event I went to the Sacramento History Museum. The Sacramento History Museum is the place where I purchased my membership for this class. The Sacramento history Museum is in downtown old Sacramento. In addition‚ the lens of history Presented by Dr. Cohen will be used to analyze the Sacramento History Museum (Cohen‚ 2015). In the Sacramento history Museum an observer can see primary and secondary sources. The portion of the history lens that will
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Everett McGill is the hero and the main character of O’ Brother Where Art Thou‚ but he faces many obstacles on his journey back to his family. The adventure begins when the trio broke free from jail and runs into a blind man that predicted unfortunate futures for them. The heroic journey begins with the initiation when the men go through all the obstacles together. They went against fiery barn‚ George Nelson‚ KKK‚ the sirens and big Dan. Everett is traumatized that his wife was about to get remarried
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Eliot’s Tradition and the Individual Talent T. S. Eliot is a well-known critic‚ poet and writer who has done a great amount of literary work. Eliot has his own views for judging and analyzing poets and poetry. In "Tradition and The Individual Talent"‚ Eliot has given some significant ideas‚ which are essential to understand in order to understand Eliot’s perceptions regarding poetry and poets. T.S Eliot’s critical essays are the one‚ which cause a mind to think over a situation‚ he has described
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The part I liked most about O Brother‚ Where Art Thou in relation to the Odyssey is the way George Clooney’s character brings out the silver tongue aspect of Odysseus’ act. He uses jargon and ’big words’ that befuddle and charm anyone he directs his words toward. For example‚ in one of the first scenes of the movie‚ Everett tries to befuddle the other escapees into electing him as their leader by throwing difficult words at them. To be honest‚ I was surprised they understood him enough to understand
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AT105 Formal analysis paper The outdoor mural on the east facing side of the WMCAT building is a breathtaking mosaic called The Metaphorest Project‚ created by Tracy VanDuinen. This larger than life size vista was an Artprize entry in 2011‚ and took 2nd place in the competition. This set the standard for not only large-scale public art within Grand Rapids MI‚ but also the most exhilarating. The scene is an impressive mixture of 2-D and 3-D design‚ the foreground being mostly of relief sculpture
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T. S. Eliot’s "The Hollow Men" Thomas Stearns Eliot was born in St. Louis‚ Missouri of New England descent‚ on Sept. 26‚ 1888. He entered Harvard University in 1906‚ completed his courses in three years and earned a master’s degree the next year. After a year at the Sorbonne in Paris‚ he returned to Harvard. Further study led him to Merton College‚ Oxford‚ and he decided to stay in England. He worked first as a teacher and then in Lloyd’s Bank until 1925. Then he joined the London publishing
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