Forrest
Gump
The film starts with a feather
that’s blowing in the wind. Then it lands near a bench, where there’s a man
called Forrest
Gump. He’s waiting for a bus, he
wears a suit and has a suitcase. Many people sit by him, and always h [...]
John
Steinbeck
Life: born in California 1902 he did a series of menial
jobs (close contact with American working-class, material for his works). His
masterpiece is The Grapes of Wrath
(39) that increased his popularity and reputation. Duri [...]
THE VICTORIAN AGE
Economy and society
The Victorian age took its name from Queen Victoria, whose reign (1837 – 1901) was the longest in
the history of England.
It was a period of economical and territorial expansion. The modern urban
eco [...]
The plot of Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe is an Englishman from the town of York
in the seventeenth century, the youngest son of a merchant of German origin. The hero
of the novel is a middle-class man, Robinson Kreutznaer,
anglicised Crusoe, [...]
NOVEL
Jane Austen belongs to the tradition of the novel.
Novel is definitively an aesthetic product of the 18th century. It is an accurate
and authentic depiction of everyday life.
Realism is one of
the defining characteristic of n [...]
città
DEL MARE
On the northern point of the beautiful Gulf of Castellammare
lies the village “Città del
Mare” enjoying a unique setting of natural beauty.
It consist of an estate having both apartments
and bungalows.
[...]
When Charles I succeeded his father James I
in 1625, the question as to who, between King and
Parliament, should hold the control of power was still unsettled. The king
became so involved in the war with Spain
and in expeditions to France
that P [...]
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
(1850/1894) - PSYCOLOGICAL NOVEL
Stevenson
was born in Edinburgh
in 1850. As his health was poor he had to spend most of his childhood in bed.
Then he travailed a lot in search of a better climate. He graduated in la [...]
The Iberians
The Iberians were a primitive
population that lived on: hunting, fishing, picking roots and berries. They
didn’t know farming, and the use of tools and metal weapons and writing. They
were short, robust, black haired, dark eye [...]
ANALISI
DI DUE PERSONAGGI DA ESPORRE IN 10 MINUTI
MISS BARTLETT
WHAT CAN BE SEEN SINCE THE FIRST CHAPTER
For Miss Bartlett, life is lived in accordance with
what are arguably very precious and ridiculous concerns. She’s bothere [...]
ECOLOGY
Ecology is a
relatively new science, in the recently past, fascinated only intellectuals and
scientists.
Nowadays many
of the mayor problems that science must face are: pollution, overpopulation,
hunger, deforestation, desertificati [...]
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE
Samuel Taylor Coleridge was born in Devonshire
in 1772. He soon lost his father and went to school in London. Ha had a variety of interest from the
classics to metaphysics and theology.
His university years were somewh [...]
COMPOSED UPON WESTMINSTER BRIDGE W.Wordsworth)
ANALISI
Earth has
not anything to show more fair:
Dull would
be of soul who could pass by
A sight so touching in its
majesty:
This city
now doth, like a garment, wear sim [...]
T. S. ELIOT
DATE:
1888-1965
EDUCATION:
His parents were wealthy and fond of culture
He studied at Harvard, Paris and Oxford
university: cosmopolitan education
MAIN WORKS: [...]
BEFORE AND
DURING THE VICTORIAN AGE
Queen Victoria’s Accession To The Throne (1830 – 1860)
Queen Victoria
came to the throne in 1837 and remains there until1901: this is the longest
reign in British history. After 1830 the period is [...]
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde was born in
1854 and grew up in an intellectually bustling Irish household. His mother was
a poet who wrote under the pen name Speranza and who had a considerable
following; hi [...]
A LITTLE CLOUD
The title
A little Cloud may be taken from the Bible (I Kings !8, 44). The little cloud in the Bible puts an end to
a long period of drought. Here it could refer to the presence of Gallagher who
seems to cast a lit [...]
THE
USA
The United States of America
is the third largest country in the world.
It is divided into 50
states;two of them, Alaska and Hawaii, are not on the
mainland.
Alaska
is situated in the north of Canada,
while Hawaii are a [...]
THE NOVEL
The literature of Augustan
Age is dominated by the rise of the novel, a fictitious prose narrative or tale
presenting a picture of real life. Before the eighteen century, there were
prose fiction or narration, but these certainly did [...]
Marketing is a method to
identify, anticipating and satisfy the costumers’ needs.
To survive in a competitive
business world, companies need to be able to identify the costumers’ needs and
to provide the goods and services to satisfy these need [...]
