Practice what you preach Any person in the world is an individual and it goes without saying that all people differ. Consequently‚ all of them have different mentality‚ ideology‚ behavior‚ thoughts‚ attitude to the same things and phenomena. Usually since childhood we stand on one path and follow it during all our life. Here the influence of parents‚ grandparents‚ teachers can be seen‚ when we try to copy their adult habits. But it seems to be normal when a little child follows the ideas of
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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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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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William Somerset Maugham [pic] The Verger The Round Dozen Salina Vargas English IV AP Period 8 The life of William Somerset Maugham laid the introduction to many of his novels‚ plays‚ or short stories. His experiences growing up and traveling the world were the base for his work At the young age of ten‚ Maugham became an orphan and was sent to live with a religious uncle and lived a life that revolved around school that eventually led him to be a qualified doctor. These childhood experiences
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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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Somerset Maugham "Louise" I could never understand why Louise bothered with me. She disliked me and I knew that behind my back she seldom lost the opportunity of saying a disagreeable thing about me. She had too much delicacy ever to make a direct statement‚ but with a hint and a sigh and a little gesture of her beautiful hands she was able to make her meaning plain. It was true that we had known one another almost intimately for five and twenty years‚ but it was impossible for me to believe
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#1‚ Revised Literature – Fable and Short Story Comparison A story is a story‚ but not all stories are told the same. While fables and short stories both have plots and characters‚ fables like “An Appointment in Samarra” by English novelist W. Somerset Maugham‚ often have a clearly stated or interpreted moral‚ while short stories like “A Pair of Tickets”‚ by Chinese-American author Amy Tan‚ tell a tale that leaves readers thinking. Fables are stories that are direct‚ use unrealistic characters
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Contents Introduction…………………………………………………………………………...3 I. The theoretical aspect of concept………………………………………………….6 1.1. Concept as the basic term of the cognitive linguistics…………………………...6 1.2. The notion of theatre…………………………………………………………….17 II.THEATRE concept in the semantic space of W.S.Maugham’s “Theatre”…………………………………………………………………………….20 2.1. Theatre as it is viewed by W.S.Maugham………………………………………20 2.2. Theatre as people for W.S.Maugham’s…………………………………………23 2.3. The place of tropes in W.S.Maugham’s
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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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Moreover‚ within a span of few pages we find the mention of a large array of animals and birds and Sita is noted to share a strange bond with them. She is carefree‚ and hardly shudders at the thought of taming the snakes. Her spontaneous handling of the serpentine creature is noted in the lines‚ “She had no quarrel with the snakes. They kept down the rats and the frogs.” The narrator’s hint at the importance of the ecological food chain in the lines cannot be overlooked. We find the narrator referring
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