John Milton.
Life and works.
John Milton was born in London and at first he
wanted to become a clergyman, but then he abandoned this idea for his hate
against the Anglican Church and for his love for poetry and prose. He decided
to go to Fra [...]
QUANDO USARE E QUANDO NON USARE L’ARTICOLO IN INGLESE
Nomi Geografici.
THE: nomi stati plurali o continentale parole states union( the USA, the UK, the Irish
Republic). Catene
di monti o gruppi di isole (the Alps, the
Bahamas). Fiumi mar [...]
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (summary)
INTRODU CTION:
This famous comedy of Shakespeare represents the history of 2 worlds; both hold in a common background: a beautiful one populated by Fairies, the
other instead characterized by the crudeness [...]
JACK KEROUAC
Jack Kerouac, the king of
the Beat, as he defined himself, was born in Lowell,
Massachusetts, in 1922, of French-Canadian parents. His childhood
was typical of a standard
American boy. He sought
some sort of evasion in day-dr [...]
THE SECRET GARDEN
This book speaks about the story of Mary
Lennox. She was born in India, she lived there because her father worked for
the British Government. Her parents didn’t want a child and they never spent
much time with her, because [...]
DESCRIZIONE
DI UNA PUBBLICITA’ IN INGLESE
This is an advert of a brand of sunglasses.
This is an advert from a magazine.
The brand is ray-ban and the product is a pair of spectacles colour pink
for a collection all in the feminine. The [...]
IL THATCHERISMO
Il successo del Partito conservatore nelle lezioni generali del 1979
segna l’inizio dell’egemonia dei conservatori
(fino al 1995) e dell’incarico come primo ministro di Margaret Thatcher
(fino al 1990).
La netta [...]
IRONBRIDGE
Ironbridge
is a place near Birmingham
in the valley of the River Severn.
In
this place there is a bridge made of iron made from the grandson of Abraham
Darby.
Abraham
Darby developed a new method of making iron and th [...]
THOMAS HARDY
Thomas Hardy was born of humble parents at
Upper Bockhampton, near Dorchester, in Dorset, in 1840. As a boy he
learned to play violin, and he always loved music and dancing. He was a
voracious reader, and when he left school he [...]
Neoclassicism: An
Introduction
The
English Neoclassical movement, predicated upon and derived from both classical
and contemporary French models, (see Boileau's L'Art Poetique (1674) and Pope's
"Essay on Criticism" (1711) as critical [...]
VERBI
1. The simple present and present
progressive tenses
Es.: (I love, you love, He/She/It loves, We
love, You love, They love).
Ci
sono 7 usi del simple present tense:
- [...]
Inglese
A Puritan Age
Civil War (1642-1651) broke out in England as a
result of the clashes between Charles I and Parliament. The Civil war was the
focal point of the century: it ended with the victory for the Roundheads
(Cromwell’s supp [...]
TITLE:
The Strange
Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
AUTHOR:
Robert
Louis Stevenson
SUMMARY:
Chapter one: Story of the door
Mr Utterson, a lawyer, was
walking with Mr Enfield like every Sunday. While they saw a dirty door, [...]
William Shakespeare - Macbeth
Macbeth e Banquo, generali
dell'esercito scozzese, ascoltano stupiti le predizioni delle streghe: Macbeth sarà presto nominato signore di Cawdor dal re di Scozia Duncan, e
poi ascenderà al trono; B [...]
The Selfish Giant
The Giant’s Garden was very beautiful with
green grass, flowers and trees. The children used to go there, but one day the
Giant return from the Cornwall
and he didn’t allow children to play and built a wall. Now the childr [...]
Report on
Orwell's 1984
This book starts in London on April fourth, 1984. The book is
written partly in third person, and partly in first person seen through the
main character's eyes. The book is divided into three distinct parts. The first
p [...]
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston on January 17, 1706.
He was the tenth son of soap maker, Josiah Franklin.
Benjamin's mother was Abiah Folger.
Josiah intended for Benjamin to enter into the clergy. But, as young Benjam [...]
John Milton: Paradise
Lost
Satan
is speaking in this sort of soliloquy. Satan who was
called Lucifer, repeals after the fall from heaven. He and the other fallen
angles ribald against God and God, who is Sovran and who can command
everything, [...]
Import export trade is concerned with the purchase or sale of goods carried out by traders
living in different countries. An importer
is a dealer who buys goods from a seller living in another countries, can be: a
manufacturer, usually imports two [...]
Wordsworth: LINES WRITTEN IN EARLY SPRINGS
In this
poem develop a light, blissful ambience, and, to gives this sensation, the poet
uses phrases like line 1 and 13. He personifies the creatures around him, and
through personification he’s able t [...]
