Atonement Summary
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Atonement
atonement / to atone (for sth): to make repayment (for doing wrong); to do something that shows that you are sorry for something bad that you did
Sühne, Buße, Abbitte
The book was written by Ian McEwan and published in 2001. The film “Atonement” is an adaption of the novel. It was first shown in September 2007. The film won an Oscar and was nominated for six others. Keira Knightley plays Cecilia Tallis. The photos from the presentation are taken from film sequences.
1. Main Characters
Briony Tallis
Briony Tallis is a 13 year old English girl and the youngest of three children. She likes to write little plays, dramas and short stories. She is lost in her writing world which she can handle better than the adult world and real life. She is rather isolated and has no real friends so the world of the written word is her best friend. Her stories are full of romance, heroes and ladies who are saved by fearless heroes. The stories always end with the marriage proposal. Her books show an idealized world.
For her family her hobby is a real obsession. They are aware that she loves books more than the real world.
Cecilia Tallis
Cecilia Tallis is the middle child of the Tallis family. She was at Cambridge and is now not sure what she wants to do with her future. She thinks about going to London and find a job (this is what her father expects her to do) or visiting family friends. “Cambridge had changed her fundamentally […]. No one in her family, however, noticed the transformation in her, and she was not able to resist the power of their habitual expectations” (p. 103). So she wants to be independent from her family and the snobbery around her (p. 209). She knows that her parents don’t really care what she does: “No one was holding Cecilia back, no one would care particularly if she left” (p. 21).
Leon Turner
He is the eldest child of the Tallis family. He lives in London and seems to be
Atonement
atonement / to atone (for sth): to make repayment (for doing wrong); to do something that shows that you are sorry for something bad that you did
Sühne, Buße, Abbitte
The book was written by Ian McEwan and published in 2001. The film “Atonement” is an adaption of the novel. It was first shown in September 2007. The film won an Oscar and was nominated for six others. Keira Knightley plays Cecilia Tallis. The photos from the presentation are taken from film sequences.
1. Main Characters
Briony Tallis
Briony Tallis is a 13 year old English girl and the youngest of three children. She likes to write little plays, dramas and short stories. She is lost in her writing world which she can handle better than the adult world and real life. She is rather isolated and has no real friends so the world of the written word is her best friend. Her stories are full of romance, heroes and ladies who are saved by fearless heroes. The stories always end with the marriage proposal. Her books show an idealized world.
For her family her hobby is a real obsession. They are aware that she loves books more than the real world.
Cecilia Tallis
Cecilia Tallis is the middle child of the Tallis family. She was at Cambridge and is now not sure what she wants to do with her future. She thinks about going to London and find a job (this is what her father expects her to do) or visiting family friends. “Cambridge had changed her fundamentally […]. No one in her family, however, noticed the transformation in her, and she was not able to resist the power of their habitual expectations” (p. 103). So she wants to be independent from her family and the snobbery around her (p. 209). She knows that her parents don’t really care what she does: “No one was holding Cecilia back, no one would care particularly if she left” (p. 21).
Leon Turner
He is the eldest child of the Tallis family. He lives in London and seems to be