Being old is a concept formed by those not yet affected. In Katherine Mansfield’s "Miss Brill" and Ernest Hemingway’s "A Clean Well-Lighted Place"‚ both protagonists are roughly the same age; however‚ their outlook on life differs drastically. Thus‚ age does not determine the presence of a youthful mind. Additionally‚ individuals of all ages see old people as a nuisance and a liability. Furthermore‚ generalizations can have a variety of impacts on someone’s life; some being certain and some negative
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The scheme of stylistic analysis 1. Speak of the author in brief: • the facts of his biography relevant for his creative activities; • the epoch (historical and social background); • the literary trend he belongs to; • the main literary pieces (works). 2. Give a summary of the extract (or the story) under consideration (the gist; the content of a story in a nutshell). 3. State the problem tackled by the author. 4. Formulate the main idea conveyed by the author
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“The Escape” Analysis W. Somerset Maugham was born in 1874 in Paris‚ he is a famous English writer‚ who also received medical degree‚ but never practiced it. For a long time of his career of writer‚ he had no success‚ only in 1907‚ his “Lady Frederic”‚ a comedy of manners‚ was produced in London‚ and after it he became famous. Further on his plays were performed all over the world. He wrote his novels in Europe‚ where spent a lot of time travelling. He died in 1965. His novel “The Escape” is subjectivised
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Alliteration 1. Is derived from Latin’s “Latira”. It means “letters of alphabet”. It is a stylistic device in which a number of words‚ having the same first consonant sound‚ occur close together in a series. 2. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse. Around the rock the ragged rascal ran. But a better butter makes a batter better. A big bully beats a baby boy. Park Place. Mary marveled at the magnificent monument. Anadiplosis The term anadiplosis
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Hyperbole- is the use of a word‚ a word-group or a sentence which exaggerate the real degree of a quantity of the thing spoken about. It is a distortion of reality for the purpose of visualization or strengthening the emotional effect. It is also an important expressive literary device‚ often employed for humoristic purpose: One after another those people lay down on the grass to laugh- and two of them died. Гипербола - вид тропа: чрезмерное преувеличение чувств‚ значения‚ размера‚ красоты и т
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Discussion Questions for “Miss Brill” 1. What nationality is Miss Brill? An English woman 2. What is the setting? Why is it important? the setting of the story is in France‚ we can tell by the description of the location of the "Jardins Publiques". This is where the story takes place and the French meaning for that place is “Public Gardens.” I think that this fact is important because it is commonly known that the English and French really don’t get along with each other. They have
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it as being ‘desolate’‚ which gives it an aura of something foreboding. ii. I notice lexical parallelism in these lines because the word ‘ashes’ has been repeated to focus the reader’s attention as to what he will be foregrounding. Next‚ is the stylistic device called semantic deviation. The writer has compared the landfill of ashes to a wheat field of a farm through the use of a simile. Furthermore‚ it has been compared to mountainous features‚ an ugly landscape and a house with lit chimneys. The
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The text I decided to analyze is an advertisement taken from British edition of Cosmopolitan magazine (11/2007). The advertisement introduces new cosmetology product for men. Advertisement is a genre of newspaper style proper. Main purpose of advertisement is to sell the product and to make money. First they inform you they are introducing new product and they try to persuade you indirectly to buy it by using headline‚ emotionally colored words and syntax. In this case‚ Company Clarins promotes
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“To kill a mockingbird” was written by American writer Harper Lee. The book is a magnificent‚ powerful novel. It received almost unanimous critical acclaim and several awards. The book is about Tom Robinson‚ a Negro‚ who was charged with raping a white girl. This particular abstract depicts the trial. Atticus Finch‚ an experienced lawyer‚ tried to prove the innocence of the Robison. But the jury announced a verdict that Robinson was guilty. The story was told on behalf of Jean Louise
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Stylistic analysis of the abstract from Charles Dickens book " Great Expectation" The novel which has been chosen for stylistic analysis belong to a prominent English novelist Charles Dickens "Great Expectation". Charles Dickens was the supporter of the peaceful reforms and he usually divided people into good and bad‚ moreover he believed that good is stronger than evil. That is why many of his heroes of his novels and especially of Great expectorations were poor‚ pity men who earned for living
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