The importance of being earnest a trivial comedy for serious people - Oscar Wilde
Worksheets - 3 pages - Literature
Painters like Gustave Doré, Luke Fildes or Mary Osborne represented the Victorian society in their realistic paintings in order to criticize it : full of injustice, this society was hypocritical and forced people to follow the rules to be decent ; the poor, the women and the children being the...
Reflective journal
Worksheets - 10 pages - Literature
Running is always a problem to me. I hate being sweaty and prefer leisure walks and cruiser rides. As I try to run, I am optimistic, but as fatigue catches up with me, I can barely think. During my leisurely running, I noticed that I that my quest for self-belief is affected every time I get...
Huxley and Plato on The Perfect Society
Worksheets - 3 pages - Literature
The characteristics of what comprise a perfectly just society have been long debated and discussed since the time of Plato, particularly in his Republic. Plato has had a profound influence on political and philosophical thinkers. One such thinker is Aldous Huxley, author of Brave New World....
Fiche en anglais sur "The fall of the house of Usher", Edgar Allan Poe
Worksheets - 4 pages - Literature
Fiche littéraire détaillée rédigée en anglais sur la nouvelle "The fall of the house of Usher" d'Edgar Allan POE. La fiche fait 5 pages, et présente les différents thèmes expliqués, une analyse et une présentation des personnages, ainsi qu'une courte biographie de l'auteur et de ses...
"Twelfth Night", William Shakespeare (1601)
Worksheets - 3 pages - Literature
This document sums up the William Shakespeare's comedy "Twelfth Night", written around 1601-02. Here are a few extracts of the document : "Act 1, scene1 : "Orsino, the Duke of Illyria is moaning about his unshared love for Olivia. Valentine, a lord of his court, is coming from her house...
Symbolism and intertextuality in Cathleen Ní Houlihan by W.B Yeats
Worksheets - 16 pages - Literature
The end of the ninetieth century, Ireland has been marked by the will of William Butler Yeats. Lady Augusta Gregory and Edward Martin had to perform in Dublin Celtic and Irish plays. This aimed at "bring[ing] upon the stage the deeper thoughts and emotions of Ireland [?] which [was] not found in...
Death Of A Salesman, Arthur Miller, Willy's portrait
Worksheets - 1 pages - Literature
We present the review of a play that is based on the life, the personality and the state of mind of Willy Loman, a sixty-year-old salesman from New York. The play shows the protagonist beginning to lose his grip on reality and has difficulty in making ends meet. He has a complex personality: at...
Old and new worlds : What is Montaigne saying about the West in On Cannibals ?
Worksheets - 6 pages - Literature
Michel Eyquem, seigneur de Montaigne, was born in 1533, the son of a successful fish merchant. After an education focusing on Latin (he spoke it as a native), he studied law at Toulouse. He had made a career as a provincial magistrate. He travelled one year in Germany and Italy, and was mayor of...
The ending of Hamlet : a reconciliation with life ?
Worksheets - 3 pages - Literature
Act I to Act III in the famous play ?Hamlet' goes on to describe the compromised mental state of Hamlet where he contemplates committing suicide because his life has become unbearable. The last act, however, brings a resolution to the play that leaves the audience wondering if Hamlet is still...
