she was a slut.” This one phrase completely epitomizes Kitty Fane’s abject‚ egocentric nature in The Painted Veil. In this essay the supposed divergence of Kitty’s behavior and attitude shall be explored‚ and abolished as a mere illusion. Somerset Maugham created Kitty Fane to be a selfish‚ un-loyal wife that goes on an enlightening journey in cholera stricken Mei-Tan Fu‚ and changes into a caring‚ loving wife that rues her infidelity and self-indulgence‚ and who becomes almost pitiful
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Разработка урока английского языка в 9 классе: «My favourite book» Предмет: английский язык Класс: 9 Тема урока: «My favorite book» Аннотация: Данный урок разработан на основе страноведческого материала. Форма выбрана из учета возрастных и личностных особенностей 9 класса. При этом ставится задача контроля языковых знаний‚ умений и навыков по данной теме. На уроке используются фронтальная‚ групповая‚ парная и индивидуальная формы работы. Чередование различных видов деятельности помогают
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The Force of Circumstance by W. Somerset Maugham Brief summary Guy‚ an administrator of a small British colonial outpost‚ has lived there for ten years. When he was on holiday in England he met Doris. They married and she returned to the station with him. At first they are very happy but then Doris notices a young Malay woman with three half-caste children hanging around the bungalow and annoying Guy very much. Finally Guy confesses that he had a relationship with the woman and that
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IRONY IN THE LUNCHEON‚ THE ESCAPE Two short stories by William Somerset Maugham‚ The escape and The luncheon‚ both describes grieving experience of men towards women. The narrator of the former recites how his friend‚ Roger Charing‚ tries to get rid of a woman‚ Ruth Barlow. The author of the later reflects his own experience with a woman using her well-laid traps to make him fulfill her luxurious demands. Since these events are anything but pleasant and memorable‚ the author expresses his severe
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Charles Strickland One of the best novels by William Somerset Maugham can be considered the novel “The Moon and Sixpence”‚ which describes the fate of a strange creative personality and a great artist at the same time Charles Strickland‚ the prototype of a famous artist of 19th century Paul Gaughen. His talent and genius were recognized only after his death and his work became his posthumous monument commemorating the artist’s extravagance and greatness at the same time. His character‚ views
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writers since 1945". The Book Miguel Street is usually treated as a “semi-autobiographical” novel by V. S. Naipaul set in wartime Port of Spain‚ Trinidad and Tobago. Naipaul wrote it while employed at the BBC. Miguel Street won the 1961 Somerset Maugham Award. Narrative Structure and Style Analysis A. The whole story is separated in 17 disconnected episodes‚ each one starts a new beginning and a temporary end‚ focusing on one major character. B. The story is written primarily in the first
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THE MOON AND SIX PENCE (Chapter XII) I. Introduction - “Artists must be sacrificed to their art. Like bees‚ they must put their lives into the sting they give” (Ralph Waldo Emerson) -MS was written in 1919 by William Somerset Maugham‚ a famous English writer‚ a novelist and a short story teller. In his writings‚ he kept to the principles of Realism‚ but his method of writing was also influenced by Naturalism‚ Neo-romanticism and Modernism. -The chapter XII of MS depicts the conversation between
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Description/Synopsis: Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad “V.S.” Naipaul was born in Trinidad on 17th August 1932‚ the descendant of indentured labourers shipped from India‚ this dispossessed child of the Raj has come on a long and marvellous journey. His upbringing familiarised him with every sort of deprivation‚ material and cultural. A scholarship to Oxford brought him to this country. Nothing sustained him afterwards except the determination‚ often close to despair‚ to become a writer. Against all likelihood
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Widely known writer William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) acted as the playwright‚ the novelist and the short-story writer. There are serious problems in Maugham’s books which made the reader think a lot. Many of his stories are very fascinating. He authentically draws the social environment‚ time and a place of described events. The person is a main topic of his books. Maugham considered‚ that the writer should know life well and take part in life of a society. He was the participant of the first
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Task One Monty Whitfield Charles Rennie McIntosh was born in Glasgow in 1868 in the post-impressionist movement and he worked as an artist‚ a water-colourist ‚ architect and designer. McIntosh was always very bright even from a young age‚ when he was 22 he won a scholarship which enabled him to explore ancient classic architecture. McIntosh’s first design project was “the lighthouse” in Glasgow which still stands to this day. All throughout his career he painted watercolours and made textile
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