Lexical stylistic devices Metaphor. Sustained metaphor O Rose‚ thou art sick! The invisible worm That flies in the night‚ In the howling storm‚ Has found out thy bed Of crimson joy‚ And his dark secret love Does thy life destroy. [William Blake “The sick rose” http://www.poetry-archive.com/b/the_sick_rose.html] novel metaphor: Time is jealous of you and wars against your lilies and your roses [Wilde O. The Picture of Dorian Gray. Penguin books. 1994. P.30] Conventional metaphor "If all the world’s
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William Somerset Maugham. The Unconquered. William Somerset Maugham is a British playwright‚ novelist and short story writer. He was among the most popular writers of his era and the highest paid author during the 1930s. By 1940‚ when the collapse of France and its occupation by the German Third Reich forced Maugham to leave the French Riviera‚ he was a refugee – but one of the wealthiest and most famous writers in the English-speaking world. May be that is why in 1943 he wrote a short story called
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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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This extract from “The Moon and Sixpence” by W. Somerset Maugham is written by vivid‚ ironic language. It is about a poor artist‚ whose paintings were considered by contemporaries absurd. And they were much surprised when dealers from Paris and Berlin began to offer for them the huge sums. Strickland didn’t make impression on people‚ for islanders he was just a “beach-comber”‚ differing from others only that he drew strange pictures. It is impossible to tell that he formed relationships with people
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grasshopper cannot find food to survive the hard winter. Whereas‚ the ant is well prepared and has no worries about the upcoming winter. The grasshopper begs the ant for food but the ant refuses to help him. In his modern adaptation‚ W. Somerset Maugham provides us with a setting of two brothers. While the older brother‚ George‚ is hard working and saving money for his retirement. The younger brother‚ Tom‚ is enjoying himself and his life. Tom has no permanent job or relationship. Even though‚ he
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passengers and the narrator and he helps them. He does all those things to prove that although he comes from a British colony‚ he isn’t a second class citizen. After all‚ someone who is inferior can’t be so smart and friendly as he is. Somerset Maugham was an early nineteenth century British writer. His works often reflected the widespread prejudiced and racist views held by the British colonists‚ prevalent during the period in which he wrote.” Make a connection between the quote and the poem
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"A String of Beads" is a short story written by W.Somerset Maugham in 1943. William Somerset Maugham is the world-famous novelist. He`s universally acknowledged as a short-story writer. His fame in this realm began with the book of short stories entitled “the Trembling of the Leaf” (1921) and continued with increasing momentum. His skill in creating vivid and original human characters is combined with beauty and refinement of language and style.It is actually a rather satirical story. The story
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The fable‚ to start‚ has little detail about the characters it presents‚ and they can be just about anything the author decides. The structure of fables involve few extra details‚ as in the short story “The Appointment in Samarra” by W. Somerset Maugham (Kennedy 4)‚ with his vague description of the servant being‚ “…white and trembling” at the ”threatening gesture” Death made toward him. This is that‚ fables‚ for the majority‚ are simple in their ability to directly state the moral clearly without
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from almost all the miseries of life‚” (W. Somerset Maugham). This quote illustrates a main theme in Lloyd Jones’ Mister Pip‚ the influence of literature. Mister Pip is set in the Solomon Island of Bougainville‚ during the 1990s‚ when the island was at war with its government. The protagonist‚ thirteen year old‚ Matilda Laimo‚ lives with her mother‚ Dolores‚ and teacher‚ Mr. Watts. Through Mr. Watts’ reading of Great Expectations‚ Matilda escapes the poor conditions of the island. Correspondingly
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written by William Somerset Maugham‚ an English writer. He achieved a great success as a novelist with such novels as “Of Human Bondage”‚ “The Razor’s Edge” and others‚ as a dramatist‚ but he is best known by his short stories. His novels and short stories are characterized by great narrative facility‚ simplicity of style‚ and ironic point of view. Maugham says that a writer can’t change life‚ he must only try to amuse his reader‚ stir his imagination. And this is where Maugham achieves perfection: his
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