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These acquaintances offer Carrie the prospect of a new turn in her life : she will imitate Mrs Hales behaviour and her flee with Hurstwood will give her new opportunities in acting. An another character who enters in the issue treated here is Hurstwood. With Carrie he is one of the most decribed character. But contrary to Carrie's climbing, we can follow his fall to Hell. Firstly, contrary to Carrie, Hurstwood lives in a comfortable house that is of « a very popular type ». The description of his

letter, or a telegram…This particularity gives it a part of truth and authenticity. It’s looks more official. Characters are: • Jonathan Harker :Young solicitor who works for Mr Hawkins. • Count Dracula • Wilhelmina "Mina Murray" Harker : young schoolmistress, fiancee of Jonathan Harker. • Lucy Westenra : Mina’s best friend and an attractive, vivacious young woman. The first character in the novel to fall under Dracula’s spell. • Abraham Van Helsing A Dutch professor, described by his former

Aeneid. The virgilian epic calls the reader’s attention, more often than not, to the poetic fabric of a memorial atmosphere which is identified through ‘places of memory’; meaningful and powerful objects (monimenta); and divine and human characters. From theses characters Aeneas’s family emerges: Anchises represents the past and Ascanius-Iulus embodies the future as the ancestor of the gens Iulia. Aeneas, meanwhile, is the parangon of Memoria Romana. His every choice, the wanderings, the Carthaginian

set predominantly in small towns and villages in the English countryside, but her characters travel to London, Bath, Brighton, and even such distant lands as British India and the island of Antiqua in the West Indies, lands she knew much of from tales of the travels of her own family members. Although she does not include scenes that overtly depict scenes of political intrigue, war, or colonial activity, her characters' lives reflect an England involved in all three. Austen's novels may appear on the

In order to ensure that we understand Shylock as a threat to the happiness of Venice’s citizens and lovers, Shakespeare uses a number of dramatic devices to amplify Shylock’s villainy. In doing so, however, he creates a character so compelling that many feel Shylock comes to dominate the play, thereby making him “too large.” Certainly, Shylock is a masterful creation. At his cruelest, he is terrifying, even more so because all of his schemes exist within the framework of the law. Seen in this light

represented a fundamental change in literary criticism, which came to focus more on character and less on plot. By the 19th century, Romantic critics valued Hamlet for its internal, individual conflict reflecting the strong contemporary emphasis on internal struggles and inner character in general. Then too, critics started to focus on Hamlet's delay as a character trait, rather than a plot device. This focus on character and internal struggle continued into the 20th century, when criticism branched in

3- A theme or character type embodying an idea : un type de thème ou un personnage incarnant une idée HERO : 1 –a- a mythological or legendary figure often endowed with great strength or ability : une figure mythologique ou légendaire souvent dotés d'une grande force ou la capacité -b- a person admired for his achievements noble qualities and great courage : une personne admirée pour ses qualités nobles réalisations et beaucoup de courage 2- the main character in a literary or dramatic

écrite Expression 10 points 10 points Abridged and adapted from March, Geraldine Brooks, 2005 Corrigé Bac 2007 – Série ES – LV1 Anglais – Métropole http://sujetdebac.free.fr I. COMPRÉHENSION 1. Grace, Mr. March, Augustus Clement are characters in the story. a) Which one is the narrator? The narrator is Mr March. b) How are the other two related? Grace is a slave who belongs to Mr Clement. 2. In whose house does the scene take place ? The scene takes place in Mr. Clement’s house.

THE UNICORN IN THE GARDEN INTRODUCTION This text is a story written by James THURBER in 1940 and taken from the collection Fables for our time. It is entitled The unicorn in the garden. SUMMARY There are three characters in the story: a man, his wife and a unicorn. None of them is named. The story begins as follows: one morning, a man who was having breakfast while his wife was still in bed upstairs beheld a unicorn eating the roses in the garden. COMMENTARY First we will focus

questions suivantes E. What do the two characters do together? Why? Give three reasons using your own words. Accepter toute réponse incluant les éléments suivants : They go to the cinema together because they enjoy watching films and spending time together. They can meet without being seen. (2 pts + 3 explications × 1 pt =) 5 pts F. “Together they focused on the film.” (l. 1) Explain briefly why this sentence is not equally true for both characters. Pembe is absorbed in the film / Elias is