“Doctor in the House” (Richard Gordon) 1. The author of the story is Richard Gordon. It is the pen name used by Gordon Ostlere (born Gordon Stanley Ostlere on 15 September 1921)‚ an English surgeon and anesthetist. As Richard Gordon‚ Ostlere has written numerous novels‚ screenplays for film and television and accounts of popular history‚ mostly dealing with the practice of medicine. He is most famous for a long series of comic novels on a medical theme starting with Doctor in the House‚ and the subsequent
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Brain Of Britain Ben: Wake up Kelly. Get up! (Baby voice) Kelly: What who said that. (sleepy voice) (Ben leans over Kelly while she’s in bed and druels over her.) (Kelly openers her eyes gets up and chases Ben round the house‚ then Ben runs into his Mum’s room.) (Their Mum gets up) Mum: Kelly why are you are you chasing after your poor brother like that? (Sleepy voice) Kelly: Because he woke me up again. (Angry voice) Mum: Ben you need to stop doing that and as for you young
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Social Issues in A Doll House In the play A Doll House written by Henrick Isben several social issues were revealed. Considering the time period‚ women had little to no rights at all. They were basically expected to have no voice‚ and to just keep a happy home. The main social issues that are portrayed in the play mostly stem from a high level of disrespect for women that are presented in several different ways. When Nora opens up about her secret to Mrs. Linde‚ she expresses to her‚ “I’ve
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The Old House on the Hill Crimson rays of sunlight speckled through and glittered the autumn leaves‚ making their colorful silhouette seem to dance on the mountain horizon. These fluttering hills rise up from the back of a vast plateau like pasture as if they were titans‚ peacefully awaiting the turn from day to dusk. A calm breeze feathers the tall sun spotted grasses with an inconsistent motion making the ground appear alive. In the back corner of this field lies a large and seemingly mystifying
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Shining Houses‚ Timur Fattahov 1. Quotations that are Central Context and Significance 1. “Twelve years. My boys wanted me to sell then and go and live in rooms. But I said no. I had my hens and a nanny goat too at that time. More or less a pet. I had a pet coon too for a while‚ used to feed him chewing gun. Well‚ I said‚ husbands come and go‚ but a place you’ve lived fifty years is something else. Making a joke of it with my family. Besides‚ I thought‚ if Mr. Fullerton was to come back‚ he’d
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Reflective Statement on a Doll’s House How was your understanding of cultural and contextual (literary) considerations of the novel developed through the oral exercise? When I first started reading the play I was prepared for it to be a little backward since I had the knowledge of it been written in the 19th century and set in Norway;in which time day to day life and the culture was very closed and what it’s called now is backwards. In the beginning of the play‚ I felt really bad for Nora when
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Nora has not always been a feminist; it is throughout the play A Doll’s House that she changes the way she reacts when interacting with others. She is introduced as a subordinate‚ submissive woman who tends to allow others to walk all over her. These "doormat" characteristics are especially prevalent beginning in Act I‚ where Nora keeps to herself and is used as a puppet by Torvald. For example‚ Nora states‚ "Yes‚ yes‚ as you wish‚ Torvald‚" in response to her husband’s orders (Ibsen‚ 111). As a
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Haunted house It was a beautiful day of summer. Me and my family were moving to a new house in Pennsylvania. At the first look the house seems to be very comfortable. I looked up and saw my new bedroom‚ it was in the attic. Delighted ‚I went to unpack my things. Since I entered in the house I had the feeling that I was not very welcome… and I`d better go. “Nevermind” (I said in my mind).. I had the impression that this house is our “heaven”…Everything was beautiful until one night… I
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If you were starting over in an empty house without any of your accumulated belongings‚ what would you need to make it feel like home? That’s the question four of us‚ longtime good friends‚ were discussing over a cup of tea. And the question continued nonstop in my thoughts after our tea-drinking stopped and I went home. Understand – my home is my joy‚ my hobby‚ my comfort. I love the antique clock on the mantel‚ the family photographs that make me smile‚ our wedding-gift silver that can turn
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(надежность) that’s why we say "East or West‚ home is best" (в гостях хорошо‚ а дома лучше) and the English say "My home is my castle" (мой дом – моя крепость). But what an ideal home is everybody decides for himself. My dream is to live in a detached house. The relaxed environment is really important for me and because of that I would like to live in a quiet place near a woods or a river‚ far from a city’s noise on the countryside‚ maybe in England. I would like a huge garden with stone walkway [’wɔːkweɪ]
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