Inglese

Le belle maniere erano la sua dote più grande. Si asciugava sempre il labbro superiore così bene che nella sua coppa non si scorgeva la più piccola traccia di unto quando aveva bevuto e si serviva dei cibi con moltissimo garbo. Certamente amava conversare, piacevolissima e affabile nel comportamento, si sforzava di imitare le maniere di corte e di aver

1) clock time and physical setting began to be used. Time and place ceased to be vague concepts but were made tangible through the use of precise details.
2) Certain communicating qualities such as colour size extension became of primary importance
3) Attention was focused not only on outdoor settings but more and more frequently on “interiors”.

The guest sit on a stone, he has to listen: so the bright – eyed sailor speaks.
“The ship, was greeted, left merrily the harbour and sailed below the church, the hill and the lighthouse.
The sun rose out of the sea on the left; it shone bright and set down into the sea on the right.
Every day it shone higher in the sky, till when it was over

And listens like a three years' child:
The Mariner hath his will.
The Wedding-Guest sat on a stone:
He cannot choose but hear;
And thus spake on that ancient man,
The bright-eyed Mariner
«The ship was cheered, the harbour cleared,
Merrily did we drop
Below the kirk, below the hill,
Below the light-house top.
The S

• The proliferation of newspapers, such as the Tartler and the Observer, made people more learned and interested, so they started asking for more books and readings to improve their education and cultural knowledge.
• People needed a new sort of entertainment, since theatres had been closed.
• The need of a new literary genre (apparently) more s

THE LITERARY GROUND: literature in the Romantic Age
ROMANTIC POETRY
During the Romantic period, poetry became one of the most vital forms of literary expression. The poetry of Romanticism signalled a profound change in sensibility which was occurring in Britain and in Europe at the time. Intellectually, the Romantic movement signalled a violent

Patriotism was not a milestone of English Romantic Age like in Germany because England was already united.

The Romantic Age was typical for all Europe. The reasons are:
* It was a reaction to the previous age: the Enlightenment=Ragion Age (Illuminismo), in which reason, rationality, science and rules was very important. Now people wanted to

On a field, sable, The letter A, gules.
Analysis
This masterpiece is famous because a woman is the heroine of the story.
•Hester Prynne is a very different type of heroine: she is a strong, determined woman. She is rebellious and refuses authority. Her suffering, her punishment and social isolation make her an indipendent individual. Wit

He think that each dominant historical phase contains its antithesis. However the second coming is represented by a mythological shape: a human body and a lion head that can be interpreted as an allegory of the central power (in the Ancient Egypt, for example). Some have connected it with the figure of Stalin or Hitler in fact, although other authors b

He went to an empty field, where the founder was supposed to appear. He took the slem out from the cage and then he heard a noise. It was Lora, who had come to inform him that the police was coming to arrest him, because they thought he was a Communist. Joe French had taken Lora there with his trunk. He moved forward them. He told Lora that they had to