ROWAN ATKINSON Date of Birth: January 6, 1955 The man with a rubber face, who can change his appearance from total buffoon to a snobbish aristocrat in the blink of an eye, was born and raised in Newcastle- upon-Tyne in England. With his farmer father, Atkinson attended a private school with his two older brothers. Following school, he furthered his education at Newcastle University. He then went to Oxford University to complete an electrical engineering degree. The school led him to future screenwriter Richard Curtis, with whom he wrote and performed comedy revues at the Oxford Playhouse and later at the Edinburgh Fringe
Mari Tiirik, i-2 Oscar Wilde "The Picture of Dorian Gray" Basil Hallward is a taciturn and solitary artist, who finds his perfect motif in a young boy called Dorian Gray, who is the model for his oil painted masterpiece. Due to the fact that Dorian is very handsome, actually even heavenly beautiful young man, a friend of Basil, a cynical aristocrat Lord Henry Wotton (Harry) finds great intrest in Dorian. Lord Henry Wotton wants to buy the picture, and moreover, he wants to meet the boy in the picture himself. Unfortunately, Dorian is an innocent and a pure child, this is why Hallward doesn't find the idea of these two men meeting, because he is afraid that Dorian won't find his relationship with Basil intesting and exciting anymore. Basil fell in love with Dorian while painting his picture. Basil also treated him good, kept his self-
marriage, personalities and misunderstanding, pride and prejudice. The book concentrates on the characters search of love, bafflements and feelings. The story is told from a third point of view. Characters · Elizabeth Bennet: The protagonist of the novel and the second oldest of five sisters, Elizabeth is lively, sharp-tongued, intelligent and good-looking · Mr. Darcy: An extremely wealthy aristocrat. He is proud, egotistic and extremely conscious. · Jane Bennet: Jane is the oldest in the family. She is beautiful, good-tempered, sweet, humble and selfless. · Charles Bingley: Mr. Bingley is an amiable and good-tempered person. He is very modest and easily swayed by the advice of his friends. · Other characters: Mr. Wickham, Mrs. Bennet, Mr. Bennet, Lydia Bennet, Catherine Bennet, Mary Bennet, Mr. Collins, Charlotte Lucas Plot
Obviously marriage was not the only point that was affected by the class divisions. A conversation carried out by the representative of a great titled family and the members of mediocre class illustrates the differences between them in even the smallest aspects of the everyday life. "When my niece Georgiana went to Ramsgate last summer, I made a point of her having two men servants go with her. You must send John with the young ladies, Mrs. Collins." This statement from an aristocrat, Lady Catherine, to the girls of rather inferior descent, comes to show that if one Miss from a noble family required two servants whilst travelling, then two women of mediocre class were expected to have only one. Perhaps Lady Catherine is one of the characters in the book through whom the reader gets the greatest gist of how important class was in everyday life of the 19 th century people. During a conversation with Elizabeth Bennet Mr
1.Who were the Normans and what did they bring with them? The normans were the people who in the 10th and 11th centuries gave their name to Normandy, a region in France. 2.How long did the Norman period last in the British Isles? 1066-1154 3.How did the Norman Conquest take place and what were the events leading to this? Edward the Confessor died and the throne was seized by his leading aristocrat, Harold Godwinson, who was crowned. Almost immediately, Harold faced two invasions - one from the king of Norway, Harald Hardrada, who was supported by Harold Godwinson's brother Tostig, and the other from William, Duke of Normandy. Harold defeated the Norwegian invasion at the Battle of Stamford Bridge in September 1066, but he was defeated and killed shortly afterwards at the Battle of Hastings. The victorious William claimed the throne. 4.What is Domesday book all about
protecting it. Charterhouse of Parma is Stendhal's other masterpiece. It fuses elements of Renaissance chronicles, fictional and historical sources, recent historical events (the Napoleonic regime in Italy, the Battle of Waterloo, the Austrian occupation of Milan), and an imaginative, almost dreamlike transposition of contemporary reality into fictional terms. The novel is set mainly in the court of Parma, Italy, in the early 19th century. Fabrice del Dongo, a young aristocrat and ardent admirer of Napoleon, goes to Paris to join the French army and is present at the Battle of Waterloo. He returns thereafter to Parma and enters the church for worldly advantage under the sponsorship of his aunt, the Duchess de Sanseverina, who is the mistress of the chief minister of Parma, Count Mosca. Following an affair with an actress, Fabrice kills a rival, is imprisoned, escapes, and is pardoned. In prison Fabrice falls in
(Quotes 6,7). Regarding the nobility manners, he is also very keen on that his son would marry someone from his own class or from a higher class. This is probably because of pride. The best and only example is how he finds out about Freddie seeing Aggie and responding accordingly. He is even willing to fire his gardener to keep Freddie from marrying. This shows that he cares more about his family that about his hobbies. Lord Emsworth is the typical aristocrat in Wodehouses works in that he is humorous and sometimes acts as an intelligent clown. He is also very unique and has a big impact on the plot. A different character would have made the plot a lot different. Also, the image the author created about him is very clear. He is the best character in the book, in my opinion. Frederick Threepwood: Quotes: 1) "The fact is, guv'nor " "You know you are forbidden to come to London."
something that in a way, makes him the hero of the novel. He together with changed arkadii is capable to enjoy and lead a life fulfilment, unlike others. While Nikolai is a man of the forties, Pavel is seemingly more a man of the 30s - similar to Pechorins (Woodward 1996:30) Pavels views ar shown to bwelong to `narrow class boundaries' (Dunaev 1883:199) Pavel is heavily satirised- anglomania, use of french, style. The figure of the true aristocrat is represented by Pavel. In Chapter X Bazarov criticises Pavels manner of speech-- , , , , -- , -- , ... ! . As noted by Woodward (1996:62) as "abstractions without meaning for the mass of the people with which the gentry, he contents, contrieve to justify their indolence". Bilay (56-57) coments that Nikolais XI chapter tender heart shows that he has "had his day". Vassiili sayd " I love to medidate n this spot as I watch sunset"
to construe the message of oral and nonwritten culture and institutions. The English aristocracy was properly classified as barbarian by Matthew Arnold because its power and status had nothing to do with literacy or with the cultural forms of typography. Said the Duke of Gloucester to Edward Gibbon upon the publication of his Decline and Fall: "Another damned fat book, eh, Mr. Gibbon? Scribble, scribble, scribble, eh, Mr. Gibbon?" De Tocqueville was a highly literate aristocrat who was quite able to be detached from the values and assumptions of typography. That is why he alone understood the grammar of typography. And it is only on those terms, standing aside from any structure or medium, that its principles and lines of force can be discerned. For any medium has the power of imposing its own assumption on the unwary. Prediction and control consist in avoiding this subliminal state of Narcissus trance
Sexual explicitness encouraged by Charles II and by the rakish aristocrathic ethos of his court. Socially diverse audience. Crowded and bustling plots, introduction of first professional actresses, rise of first celebrity actors. Plays of Etheridge and Wycherley ar far more characteristic of the hybrid, symmetrical, sexual comedy popular in the reign of Charles II. Dryden: Sir George Etheridge: Man of Mode – the Earl of Rochester as a noisy, witty, intellectual, and sexually irresistible aristocrat. The Comical Revenge: or Love in a Tub William Wycherley: The Plain Dealer, The Country Wife William Congreve: The Old Batchelour, The Doubl-Dealer, Love for Love 15. The impact of Newton and the principles of natural philosophy on 17th-18th century poetry and prose Bacon’s method: inductive reasoning based on observation and exeriment. Natural philosophy: understanding Nature. All beliefs and knowledge subjected to a rational examination
"Anna Karenina" Lev Tolstoi Part 1 The novel opens with a scene introducing Prince Stepan Arkadyevitch Oblonsky, "Stiva", a Moscow aristocrat and civil servant who has been unfaithful to his wife Darya Alexandrovna, nicknamed "Dolly". Dolly has discovered his affair - with the family's governess - and the house and family are in turmoil. Stiva's affair and his reaction to his wife's distress shows an amorous personality that he cannot seem to suppress. In the midst of the turmoil, Stiva reminds the household that his married sister, Anna Arkadyevna Karenina is coming to visit from Saint Petersburg
There is no doubt that at that time the true Siamese were kept in the Royal Palaces and Temples, and that few of them ever found their way from there except as gifts, which were then considered as of great worth." In direct contradiction, Ida M. Mellen, well-known American authority on cats, in her "Practical Cat Book" (1939) writes "Although this cat generally is referred to as the Royal, and even as the Sacred Siamese, it is the common cat of Siam, just as the Manx, equally an aristocrat, is the common cat of the Isle of Man." France also reproduces a letter Mellen received from Dr. Hugh M. Smith, Adviser in Fisheries to His Siamese Majesty’s Government between 1923 and 1934. In addition to the Siamese cat, he mentions a "mauve" cat which is no doubt the Si-Sawat (Korat) and kinked- tailed cats which were, and still are, common throughout Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore (and in the modern Japanese Bobtail breed).
his ability to untangle the physical puzzles of knotted ropes and straitjackets and of locks on trunks thrown into the water to which he daily owed his life. Consequently it is not surprising to learn that those addicted to this mental enjoyment have banded together to assure themselves of it. The American Cryptogram Association was founded in 1932 by members of the National Puzzlers League who wanted to concentrate more on cryp- tology, taking as their motto "The cryptogram is the aristocrat of puzzles." Today the A.C.A. numbers about 500 members, including some from Japan, Australia, New Zealand, India, Israel, Algeria, England, Netherlands, Spain, Northern Ireland, Germany, Sweden, Argentina, Venezuela, and Canada. Their professions are varied; included are lawyers, editors, physicians, professors, civil servants, teachers, housewives, printers, engineers, mathematicians, computer programmers, a puzzle maker, and retired people. Most of the members
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