Lingue

Between the 1940s and the 1950s some events (the independence of INDIA in 1947, the failure of British troops in PALESTINE in 1948 and the KOREAN CONFLICT in 1949-53) damaged Britain which had lost her supremacy and most of her colonies too.
After George VI’s death, ELIZABETH II (1952-) came to the throne and the Conservative Party tried t

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The Theatre
Playhouses were built towards the end of the
16th century. They were built in London and had
to be located outside the city walls because the
Puritan authorities considered them to be centres
of corruption.
The Elizabeth playhouses was circular or polygo-
nal in shape; the stage con...

Anglo-Saxon society was based on the family unit which branched
out to the clan, the tribe and the kingdom.
The code of values was based on courage, loyalty of the people to
their ruler and the generosity of the ruler to them.
Towards the end of 6th century Christianity began to spread and
Saint Agustine established a monastery at Ca

In 1534 he became the King of the Church in England
with the Act of Supremacy.
Few people dared raise their voices against the schism
and paid with his life. After his divorce, Henry VIII mar-
ried Anne Boleyn who gave birth to a daughter, Elizabeth.
The King died in 1547 and his two successors are
Edward VI and Mary Tudor, but t

stanzas which traditionally rhyme abab.
We have read The Unquiet Grave; it is a ballad about a young man who doesn’t
accept the death of his woman. The man to sit on her grave and crys for a one
year and a day because he desire one kiss. There is a tragical dialogue between
two lovers: first there is a monologue of man then the voice of

In 1961 he was found dead in his own house, killed by his shootgun, and no one still knows if he committed sucide or it was only an unintentional accident.
1) THE SHORT HAPPY LIFE OF FRANCIS MACOMBER
Characters : Francis Macomber, the main character, Margaret Macomber, his wife, and Robert Wilson, a hunter.
Summary : With this short story He

Drama in the English Renaissance
During the reign of Henry VII Drama was still
Medieval. In 1548 the festival of Corpus Christi
was suppressed and Mysteries continued to be
performed on other religious festival.
During the of Elizabeth Drama flourished and
became amajor genre for English writers.
The new a...

Preposizioni di tempo

in: davanti ai mesi (in June)
davanti alle stagioni (in the summer)
davanti agli anni (in 1979)
davanti a morning, afternoon, evening

at: davanti ai pasti (at breakfast)
davanti a night
davanti al periodo delle vacanze (at Easter)

for: per indicare un...

Chaucer's literary activity is often divided into three periods.
The first period includes his early work (to 1370), which is based on French models, especially the Roman de la Rose, and the poems of Guillaume de Machaut.
Chaucer's second period (about 1387) is called Italian period because during this time his works were modeled primarily on D