William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) is one of the best known writers of the present day. He was not only a novelist‚ but also one of the most successful dramatists and short-story writer. The short-story “Louise” was published in 1936. This story is about the woman who used to get everything what she wants using her “weak heart”. The gist of the problem raised by the author in this story is relationship between people. This problem is always urgent. The main idea conveyed by the author is that
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several descriptions of the Tahiti ‚ a south pacific island which is famous for its magic beauty‚ friendly people and for this reason people around the world enjoy to visit it. This story was narrated and written by the novelist William Somerset Maugham in one of his many long trips to the Pacific Island . This text is about a narrator who visited the Tahiti Island due to a hazard journey. In this island it was living one of the most famous artist who was Charles Strickland‚ which came to the
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The Analysis of The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin 1. Information about the author: Kate was formally educated at the Academy of the Sacred Heart in St. Louis where she kept a commonplace book "in which the thoughtful adolescent recorded themes that appear in her later fiction‚ among them women’s roles and the conflict between desire and duty. Kate began her career as a fiction writer in 1888. The literary trend she belongs to realistic fiction. The mine literary works are "A Point at
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they look before getting to know them. The messageof the story can perhaps best be summed up in the English proverb: You should not judge a book by its cover. The author of “Mr. Know-All”‚ W Somerset Maugham (1874–1965) was a popular English playwright‚ novelist and short story writer. Maugham is said to have been the highest paid author in the world during the 1930s. He travelled extensively‚ and was one of the best known writers of travel stories during the inter-war years. This story‚ which
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W.S. Maugham’s stories make exciting reading and give food for reflection The writer is a great master of ironic style. By using a biased 1st person narrator the author pretends to praise and justify what in fact he exposes and condemns. Thus the writer forces the reader to see through this pretence and make his/her own conclusions as to the purport of the work. The story "The Escape" is a fair example of Maugham’s ironic style. The basic theme of the story is marriage in bourgeois society‚ relations
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ARTS103OL Art Appreciation FORMAL ANALYSIS FORMAL ANALYSIS of: Luncheon of the Boating Party By Auguste Renoir For ARTS103OL Art Appreciation Instructor: The intent of this paper is to provide a greater understanding of the selected art object. Through objective analysis of the formal elements that make up the art object and considerations of the social and cultural climate in which it was conceived‚ a greater understanding of the art objects significance will be achieved. Part
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Originally a novel‚ written by W. Sommerset Maugham‚ "The Razor’s Edge" is the story of an American man named Larry‚ who undergoes a transformation as he witnesses the changes in the world and his own life. Larry experiences disillusionment due to World War I‚ seeks refuge in France to "find himself"‚ and questions the morals of society. The Razor’s Edge entails several of the main elements of modernism‚ and Maugham illustrates them by exposing the darker side of the American Dream through relationships
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SHORT STORIES BY W.S.M. 2.1. Style of Maugham`s Writing…………………………………………………29 2.2. The Pragmatic Analysis of the Use of Expressive Means in Maugham`s Short Stories………………………………………………………………………...32 2.2.1. Rendering Epithets in Somerset Maugham`s Short Stories………………..32 2.2.2. Employment of Irony in Maugham`s Narrative……………………………40 2.2.3. Repetition as a Stylistic Device in Maugham`s Short Stories……………...51 2.2.4. The Use of Phraseological Units in Maugham`s Short Stories…………….58 2.3. The Statistical
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The Luncheon of the Boating Party by Pierre-Auguste Renoir is a piece full of rich colours that reflect both the time period and the artist’s impressionist style. This composition not only conveys a leisurely gathering of people‚ but also expresses the changing French social structure of the time due to the industrial revolution. To portray these themes Renoir uses‚ shape‚ space‚ colour and texture. Shape is seen in the modeled figures and bottles‚ and space is created by overlapping of the bodies
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Mr. Know-All – Literary analysis THE STORY Mr. Know-All is a story with a moral lesson. The subject is simple. A rich British merchant of Oriental origin‚ named Mr. Kelada‚ meets a group of Westerners on a ship sailing across the Pacific Ocean from San Francisco to Yokohama. His cabin-mate‚ a British citizen who is the nameless narrator of the story‚ dislikes Mr. Kelada even before he sees him. However‚ at the end of the story Mr. Kelada‚ the Levantine jeweler‚ proves to be a real gentleman
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