Inglese

Joseph: He is a father of John.
Major Freebody: He is an old friend of Joseph.
Personal Comment: This is an interesting story. My favourite character is Sherlock Holmes because he is intelligent and because he helps the people in great danger. The author, Arthur Conan Doyle, write the story very well...
Language: It is simple, but very

-Prison:Frankenstein spent two months in prison because he was accused of murder.
-Paris:after the imprisonment Frankenstein followed his father in Paris.
-Como:place where Frankenstein and Elisabeth spent their honeymoon.
6)EPOCA:Not identified.
7)PERSONAGGI:
-Mrs.Margaret:she was Walton’s sister.
-Robert Walton:he was an explor

He wrote his famous children’s story, “The Happy Prince” for his sons.
He reached the peak of his fame when his play The Importance of Being Earnest was performed in London.
He was very popular, but unfortunately he was involved in a trial and he was sent in prison for two years.
When he was released, he lived in France and the last years o

The story took place in a small area of London, on a single day. There isn’t a chronological time, are intermingle past, present and future. The time is both objective and subjective. Objective time is given by clock, noise of cars, the flowers, the street… and it’s expresses by third person. Subjective time given by activity of mind, by stream of thoug

Heart of darkness
Scenario e atmosfera – molta nella narrazione è ambientata nel cuore della giungla africana, che, malgrado (despite) gli sforzi (efforts) dei commercianti d’avorio europei, resta impenetrabile. L’oscurità regna ovunque, come se la luce della civilizzazione avesse illuminato il mondo. Lo scenario è quello del fiume Congo, e le

London fairly buzzed with speculations, suggestions, and countersuggestions regarding the author's identity, as well as those of some of his characters. In Part I, for example, the Lilliputian Emperor-tyrannical, cruel, corrupt, and obsessed with ceremony-though a timeless symbol of bad government, is also a biting satire of George I, King of England (f

Narrator: In the text we have a third person narrator who tells us the course of facts.

Setting of the story: The actions take place in England and in Switzerland, more precisely in Zurich. The period is not mentioned.

Description of the main characters:
• Inspector Moore: He was a police's inspector who was looking for the fa

Instead of practicing law, Stevenson wrote travel sketches and short stories for magazines.
In 1879 Stevenson moved to California with Fanny Osbourne, girl met in France. They married in 1880 and after a brief stay at Calistoga they returned to Scotland; then, they moved often in search of better climates.
Stevenson gained first fame with the ro

Jane Austen (Steventon, Hampshire 1775 - Winchester 1817), scrittrice britannica, che ebbe grande influenza sullo sviluppo del romanzo inglese. Suo padre era un ecclesiastico e si preoccupт che ricevesse la tipica educazione che all’epoca si impartiva alle giovani di buona famiglia. All’interno della sua famiglia, la sorella Cassandra era la persona a c