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Business letters are letters used in commerce. In the business letters all elements are aligned with the left-hand margin, except the heading, which is usually centered. At the top of the letter there is the heading which contains information abou [...]

The conquerors of England after the Romans In the year 793the Vikings attacked the monastery of Saint Cuthbert on the holy island of Lindisfarne. In 794 they attacked Bede’s monastery at Jarrow and in 795 the mon [...]

John Dewey and Progressive Education John Dewey was an American. Philosopher, psychologist and educational reformer. He was the leader of progressive education, a movement born in the 20th century which describes ideas and practices ai [...]

ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE (1859/1930) In 1886 he produced a story whose main character was a private detective who archived good results through the application of an analytical mind. This Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson were born in a “study of sc [...]

Analisi del testo: Oliver wants some more This is a pass taken from the II chapter of the novel Oliver Twist written by Charles Dickens. The text can be divided into three parts: the introduction (vv. 1-22), the fact (vv. 23-39) and the reacti [...]

Henry VIII (1509 – 1547) He succeeded his father when he was 18, in 1509. He was a typical Renaissance prince: he loved music, dance, literature. He was a poet and an athlete too. He was really cruel and he executed those who displeased h [...]

Puritanism ·        Calvinistic conception: all men are sinner while few men are predestined (God’s chosen people). Strict conformity to the rules. ·        Literatur [...]

T he merchant of Venice is a drama divided into five acts according to the Shakespearean canon and it counts on a total of twenty scenes, characterised by different length. In the first act are put the bases of the story and [...]

Romantic poets . . First and second generation . . 1st generation: Wordsworth and Coleridge. They shared the same ideas of poetry and imagination but the subject of their poetry was very different. Wordsworth was more didactic, instead Coler [...]

Secular poetry METRICAL ROMANCE BALLADS RELIGIOUS LYRICS LOVE LYRICS DESCRIPTIVE AND NARRATIVE POEMS ORIGINS: Derived from the French literature in p [...]

THE WOMAN QUESTION IN THE 19th CENTURY We can say that, during the Victorian period (that lasted from 1837 to 1901), the traditional roles of women as wives, mothers and daughters began to be discussed and, towards the end of the century, g [...]

DRACULA Author profile: Writer of one of the world's most famous horror novels, Abraham Stoker was born to the loosely defined socio-cultural group known as the Anglo-Irish in Dublin. He was the son of a civil servant, and he was expected t [...]

MEDIA STUDENT’S BOOK The Media are as places which most of us inhabit. Their messages seem to flow around us. The audio-visual and verbal languages have become as a key part of a modern world. Modern media are often thought as a kind of convey [...]

AMERICAN CULTURE The Constitution The most important doctrine on which the American Constitution is based, is the Separation of powers: the executive (hold by the Presidency), the legislative (kept by the Congress) and the Judiciary (detaine [...]

Charles Dickens The writer of the compromise Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth, on the south coast of  England, in 1812. He had an unhappy childhood since his father was imprisoned for debt. Charles was put to work in a factory. When [...]

TRADUZIONE DI THE PRIORESS C'era anche una suora, una priora, dal sorriso semplice e modesto. La sua più grande imprecazione era "Per Sant'Eligio!" ed era conosciuta come Madre Eglentina. Cantava il servizio divino all [...]

DANIEL DEFOE (1660-1731) Structure of the novels  In patterns they are fictional autobiographies and they pretend always to be true stories,because of the biographical details and memories. They are preceded by a preface by the author which str [...]

GEOFFREY CHAUCER (1343-1400) Geoffrey Chaucer was born in London into a middle class family. His father, a wine merchant, sent him to be a page in the household of the third son of king Edward III. In addition to diplomatic trips to France [...]

RIASSUNTI ARGOMENTI DI INGLESE THE EUROPEAN UNION The EU is a group of 27 independent states with 450 million citizens who speak about 20 languages, it’s a political and economic organization. Together the states form a single eco [...]

The origins In ancient Greece, drama was a collective and ritual phenomenon. The word “theatre” comes from the Greek verb  theàomai, means to watch. The origins of tragedy and comedy lie in the solemn chorus accompanying the sacrifices [...]