La littérature, une fois orale, est trancrite et récitée à haute voix pour toutes les personnes qui veulent voir les spectacles. Il n’y a pas seulement des littératures déstinée aux cultivés mais il y a des genres populaires. La société est en évolution continuelle et nous pouvons trouver cet aspect dans la littérature.
La langue vulgaire remplace l
So his poetry is witty, because he used a lot of similes and metaphors and also images derived from law, theology, philosophy, science… it’s original respect courtly poetry.
“A valediction: forbidding morning” tell about the separation of the poet and his woman; the language and concepts are quite difficult because they are presented them with
EDMUND: the natural son of the earl of Gloucester, loved by Goneril and Regan. He disinherits his brother Edgar, the real herit. He’s bad.
SUMMARY:
Lear, king of Britain, had three daughters; Goneril, wife to the duke of Albany, Regan, wife to the duke of Cornwall, and Cordelia, a young maid. Both the king of France and the duke of Burgundy
Pre-Celtic People in Britain had built a civilisation of which the best known monument is Stonemenge.
The celtic tribes adapted themselves in roman civilisation and became christians after the conversion of the Emperor Costantine.
The earliest british written records are a few inscriptions from pre-roman times known as runes.
The roman pres
tragedies + economic difficulties + unsuccessful literary career +
hopeless love affair
Sense of melancholy
Impending sense of death
Sense of sadness
Poetry for him meant something to ESCAPE from his sad life
IMAGINATION struck by BEAUTY can make things immortal
can be also terrible
settled in ever
Traditional Christmas cakes are baked in the time before Christmas. The most common is "Julemann/ Kakemann" which is strange really, becauce it's a tasteless cake made with pretty much no flavour. They are shaped like men, women, goats or Christmas trees.
One or two weeks before Christmas people start decorating their homes
Traduzione del racconto THE PRIORESS
(la priora)
C'era anche una suora, una priora, dal sorriso semplice e modesto. La sua più grande imprecazione era "Per Sant'Eligio!" ed era conosciuta come Madre Eglentina. Cantava il servizio divino alla perfezione intonando con un bell'accento nasale il francese, che parlava speditamente e con el
The guest sat on a stone and he cannot do without hearing; and then the bright-eyed mariner began to tell his story to the guest.
“The ship had left the docks, the port was left in a happily way. We passed near by the church, below the hill, below the lighthouse top.
“The Sun (personification of JUSTICE) appeared at our left, he came out of the
MRS BOYLE
Large, imposing and in a bed temper.
She complains. She thinks the house is not in perfect condition, there are worms in the furniture. She says that Christopher is "a peculiar young man. Unbalanced mentally", page 23. She often criticises Christopher (page 28). She also mistrusts Mr Paravicini.
MISS CASEWELL
Young wo