Contract is an agreement between two or more competent parties in which an offer is made and accepted‚ and each party benefits. No contract can come into being unless the following features exist: an actual offer‚ an acceptance‚ consideration (this means that each party will contribute something of a material value to the bargain) and an intention to create legal relations. The agreement can be formal‚ informal‚ written‚ or just plain understood. (a) For a contract to exist the offer must be made
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References: http://zackyeducations.blogspot.com/2013/01/an-analysis-of-intrinsic-elements-on-in.html http://www.is.wayne.edu/mnissani/world/Mr%20Know-All.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/short_story http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/prose Maugham‚ Somerset. “Mr. Know All” Selected Short Stories Ed. Thakur‚ Damodar‚ Calcutta : The Macmillan Company of Calcutta.
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Stylistics‚ sometimes called linguostylistics‚ is a branch of general linguistics. It deals mainly with two interdependent tasks: a) the investigation of special language means which secure the desirable effect of the utterance(stylistics devices and expressive means) b) certain types of texts (discourse) which due to the choice and arrangement of language means are distinguished by the pragmatic aspect of the communication. (functional styles) Functional styles discusses such general linguistic
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THE ESSENTIALS OF STYLISCTICS The expressive means (EM) of a language are those phonetic‚ morphological‚ word-building‚ lexical‚ phraseological and syntactical forms which exist in language-as-a-system for the purpose of logical and/or emotional intensification of the utterance. Phonetic EM: pitch‚ melody‚ stress‚ pausation‚ drawling‚ whispering‚ a sing-song manner of speech (onomatopoeia‚ alliteration‚ rhyme‚ rhythm). Morphological EM: the Historical Present (the Present Indefinite instead
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writers since 1945". The Book Miguel Street is usually treated as a “semi-autobiographical” novel by V. S. Naipaul set in wartime Port of Spain‚ Trinidad and Tobago. Naipaul wrote it while employed at the BBC. Miguel Street won the 1961 Somerset Maugham Award. Narrative Structure and Style Analysis A. The whole story is separated in 17 disconnected episodes‚ each one starts a new beginning and a temporary end‚ focusing on one major character. B. The story is written primarily in the first
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REALITY AND FANTASY MODERN ENGLISH LITERATURE 1.INTRODUCTION o What is reality ( psychology‚ philosophy‚ literature) o What is fantasy (psychology‚ literature ) 2.REALITY AND FANTASY IN LITERATURE o Writers o Characteristics 3.MODERN ENGLISH LITERATURE o Styles ( poetry‚ prose‚ drama ) o Writers ( work
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Hare 14. Caged. L.E. Reeve 15. The TV Blackout. Art Buchwald 16. Then in Triumph. Frank L. Parke 17. The Verger. W.S. Maugham 18. A Lion’s Skin. W.S. Maugham 19. Footprints in the Jungle. W.S. Maugham 20. The Ant and the Grasshopper. W.S. Maugham 21. The Happy Man. W.S. Maugham 22. The Escape. W.S. Maugham 23. Mr. Know-All. W.S. Maugham 24. Art for Heart’s Sake. R. Goldberg 25. Wager with Destiny. E.Z. Gatti Lost in the Post A. Philips Ainsley‚ a post-office
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In Literature The crown of literature is poetry. It is its end and aim. It is the sublimest activity of the human mind. It is the achievement of beauty and delicacy. The writer of prose can only step aside when the poet passes. W. Somerset Maugham (Quotes about Poetry-Education Oasis) Poetry is the breath and soul of the literature. This magical profusion of thought and feeling-the most ancient form of expressive arts not only depicts the changing trends of time but in its very depiction
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MABEL. Somerset Maugham I was at Pagan in Burma‚ and from there I took a steamer to Mandalay. But a couple of days before I got there‚ when the boat tied up for the night at a riverside village‚ I made up my mind to go ashore. The skipper told me that there was a pleasant little club in which I had only to make myself at home; they were quite used to having strangers (iron off like that from the steamer‚ and the secretary was a decent chap; I might even get a game of bridge. I had nothing in
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Translation In Movies Names I. Introduction As we all known‚ film is an audio-visual art. This glamorous act is a magnificent gem in human history‚ which creates romantic stories and leads human into a marvelous land we have never come before. Looking back to the development history of film‚ we cannot deny that film reflects the society reality and the time spirit. As the cultural exchange between China and overseas become booming‚ film plays an important role as culture envoy. Film was
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