The selfsame tendency to realism has led writers to encompass the whole range of human experiences into their fiction. The euphemistic hints at, or straightforward suppression of sexual relationships, for instance, so characteristic of pre-Victorian and Victorian literature, has been definitely abandoned in favour of frank and detailed handling of sexua
Assonance = the repetition of the same vowel sound
Alliteration = the repetition of the same initial consonant sound
Repetition = phrases or lines may be repated
Onomatopoeia = the use of word whose sound illustrates their meaning
Simile = a comparison between 2 things with a comparison word such as like
Metaphor = comparison between
- chronological sequence of events;
- a great stress on contemporaty reality;
- abdunance of realistic details;
- the novelty of the stories.
Deteiled realism shows in two elements: place and time. Time ceased to be a eternal and immutable power(felt through death and physical decay), it becomes a sharping influence on a character’s pers
In the XVII century the puritan Oliver Cromwell was responsible for a lot of massacres of catholic Irish. After Cromwell the Irish supported the catholic king James II, but the protestant king William of Orange arrived in Ireland in 1690. In 1690 there was the Battle of the Boyne, which ended with the victory of the Protestants of Northern Ireland with
In 1862, Congress passed an act to help farmers. It offered them one hundred and sixty acres of land free if they remained on it for at least five years.. The settlers began moving westwards. In 1870 there were about 200’000 indians living in the West. The white people moved on their lands without any respect for these tribes. The indians were sent to l
Charles I era, comunque, un patrono dell’arte e commissionava lavori dal pittore Flemish Rubens (1577-1640) a Van Dyck (1599-1641), gettando le basi dell’attuale collezione reale.
Il re diventò così coinvolto nella guerra con la Spagna e nelle spedizioni in Francia, che prevedeva un fallimento, che il parlamento ruppe in anticipo la Peti
The audience was mainly the middle class, “perfectly commonplace people” and audience demand was for entertainment and relaxation. They enjoyed the so-called “well-made plays” (A form of French theatre developed in the 1800s. EugËne Scribe and Victorien Sardou popularized it. The well-made play involves secrets and timely arrivals of surprise characters
Per soddisfare il bisogno di riscoprire le tradizioni è stato attivato il progetto Comenius incentrato sul tema “I racconti del focolare nella Vecchia Europa”. Al progetto hanno partecipato, oltre la nostra scuola, l’Enio Ekklisiastiko Likio di Lamia (Grecia) e la Zespol Szkol Lacznosci i Gimnazijum n°8 di Danzica (Polonia). Gli studenti e gli insegn
Since I was young, I have always had experience with people coming from other countries. For this reason, now I’m able to have a conversation with everyone, and I don’t have stereotypes, cause I know really many friends from different natiolalities.... I can’t remember very well my first approach, because I was only 4 years old. But now I love mee