SHORT STORIES BY W.S.M. 2.1. Style of Maugham`s Writing…………………………………………………29 2.2. The Pragmatic Analysis of the Use of Expressive Means in Maugham`s Short Stories………………………………………………………………………...32 2.2.1. Rendering Epithets in Somerset Maugham`s Short Stories………………..32 2.2.2. Employment of Irony in Maugham`s Narrative……………………………40 2.2.3. Repetition as a Stylistic Device in Maugham`s Short Stories……………...51 2.2.4. The Use of Phraseological Units in Maugham`s Short Stories…………….58 2.3. The Statistical
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A Modest Proposal: Racism By john jones In my “Modest Proposal” the topic that I’m going to discuss is racism. Each and every day someone in our world is getting injured or even killed because of their skin color. I hope to point out key reasons on why our society should stop being races and how we can change it. Way back about 50 years ago‚ racism was a huge!! You had the civil rights movement going on and at that point our world was not the best place to live. You can even include sports into
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The most serious problems facing the governments of Somerset and Northumberland were social and economic. Arguably the most serious problems facing the governments of Somerset and Northumberland were social and economic. Issues such as high unemployment rates‚ inflation and shortfall in revenue would’ve been the hardest problems to solve. However‚ foreign policy was also cited as severe problem for both governments of Somerset and Northumberland especially when it came to dealing with the hostile
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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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“The Taipan” by S. Maugham A story of overweening ambition "The Taipan" tells of an eponymous central character living in Shanghai during colonial times who is extremely satisfied with life. He has plenty of money‚ a taste for liquor and good food‚ a successful business‚ an overweening sense of superiority (he has lasted longer than most expatriates in China‚ despite his gargantuan appetite)‚ and an unshakeable conviction that he had at last "beaten them all" - in other words‚ his rivals. He
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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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On Racist Speech: A Critical Analysis Introduction Charles R. Lawrence III‚ a professor of law at Stanford University‚ wrote the article “On Racist Speech” against the growing incidence of racial violence‚ especially in University campuses in the U.S. A college campus has the status of a “home” for the students residing therein‚ and as such any racist aggression or violence in general and racist speech in particular have the potential to disturb the law‚ order‚ and harmony in the social environment
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On Racist Speech In his article On Racist Speech‚ Charles R. Lawrence III also tries to convey his point that racist speech need to be regulated‚ especially on college campuses. He gives many reasons why‚ but the three most prominent are Brown vs. the Board of Education‚ the fighting words exception principle‚ and the idea of racist speech at "home". The infamous case of Brown vs. BOE is not always thought of as a speech case. When he says we can regulate racist speech on collage campus without
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ENGL 1304 February 16‚ 2013 On racist Speech The voice of writers and authors are the key components to their inner thoughts. It is a way of actually portraying what a person is trying to say. However the case is that their words silenced and put in period of exile away from the eyes of the public. Author Charles Lawrence goes on to state that racist speech is wrong simply because of the drastic agony it puts on a victim’s perspective. In the article “On Racist Speech‚” the author‚ Charles R Lawrence
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pillars of authority (police officers) are sometimes prone to stereotypical social rumors that may influence racism or natural racists that in turn may cause nationwide problems when apprehending an African American due to racial profiling regarding excessive or unnecessary force. Channel 4 can reveal that between 1999 and 2012: • 293 police officers were disciplined for racist behavior • 749 were referred to the IPCC • Five were dismissed • Seven were forced to resign Of all the 749 cases referred
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