The screen adaptation of W.S. Maugham’s novel The painted veil |Directed by |John Curran | |Produced by |Edward Norton | | |Naomi Watts | |Release date(s) |December 20‚ 2006 (US) | |Country |China | |
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List all of the noun phrases in the passage‚ including the pronouns. After you have studied the list write an essay on how the noun phrases contribute to the text. How do they relate to what is being described in the extract? In Lindsey Davis’s Ode to a Banker‚ there are many uses of the noun phrase. The noun phrase is a phrase that contains a noun as well as other constituents (Yule 2010‚ p291). The noun can stand on its own as the noun phrase or include the use of articles and modifiers to enhance
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I’m going to analyze a novel “The Happy Man” by Somerset Maugham‚ a well-known English novelist‚ short-story writer‚ playwright and essayist. William Somerset Maugham was born in Paris‚ educated at King’s school in Canterbury and studied to be a doctor at St. Thomas Hospital in England. He was one of the best known writers of his time as hi was master of short stories. The story starts with the narrator thinking and telling the reader about his attitude to giving advice to somebody. He thinks it
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The extract under the title is taken from the trilogy “The Forsyte Saga” written by the English novelist and playwright‚ winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1932 John Galsworthy. Galsworthy became known for his portrayal of the British upper middle class and for his social satire. His most famous work is THE FORSYTE SAGA (1906-1921)‚ an English parallel to Thomas Mann’s Buddenbrooks (1901). Galsworthy was a representative of the literary tradition‚ which has regarded the novel as an instrument
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English Lexicology‚ Moscow Moscow: Higher School Pub. House‚ 1979. 2. Smirnitskii‚ A. I.‚ Essentials of Russian grammar‚ Moscow: Higher School Pub. House‚ 1970. 3. Maugham‚ W. S.‚ Cakes and ale; The painted veil; Liza of Lambeth; The razor ’s edge; Theatre; The moon and sixpence‚ New York‚ N.Y. : Octopus/Heinemann‚ 1980. 4. Maugham‚ W. S.‚ The moon and sixpence (translation in Armenian)‚ Yerevan: Luys‚ 1989.
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Of Human Bondage by Somerset Maugham An Electronic Classics Series Publication Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham is a publication of The Electronic Classics Series. 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‚ Editor‚ nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes
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calamity." Ralph Waldo Emerson • "There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them." Joseph Brodsky • "To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life." W Somerset Maugham • "Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself‚ to multiply the ways in which he exists‚ to make his life full‚ significant‚ and interesting." Aldous Huxley • "Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring
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Of Human Bondage by William Somerset Maugham The Women in Philip ’s life In the novel Of Human Bondage‚ the main character‚ Philip Carey‚ has a myriad of people whom are very influential in his life. William Somerset Maugham portrays Philip as having three women in his life that are of great importance to Philip ’s character. These three women are Mildred Rogers‚ Norah Nesbit‚ and Sally Athelny. Mildred is a negative influence on Philip whereas the other two women serve as positive influences in
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THE ESCAPE By Somerset Maugham W. Somerset Maugham‚ a famous English writer‚ was born in 1874 in Paris. He received his medical degree‚ but he never practiced medicine; the ambition to write dominated his entire life. In 1897 "Liza of Lambeth"‚ Maugham’s first novel‚ appeared. It had no success. For the next ten years Maugham wrote and starved. He turned out a steady stream of plays and novels none of which excited much attention. His luck changed in 1907. In that year "Lady Frederic"‚ a comedy
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Mr. Know-All W. Somerset Maugham The title. The title is very sarcastic; someone who thinks they know everything. Someone who is a show off The writer British writer‚ he writes English criticism The story set on a ship after world war 1.- The British gvmnt building the empire the colonized much of asia and Africa. They gave people from these countries a passport. We can infer the main subjects would be criticism of prejudice\ racism because of the title and who is the writer Social
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