Last tuesday, we studied one of the world's most famous authors: Ernest Hemingway. For sure when you hear his name you think about his marvellous stories and also maybe about his tragic ending. But Hemingway was way more than that. That's why our teacher...
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The Little Mermaid is a tale written by Hans Christian Andersen in 1837. It's a well-known tale today because of the adaptation Disney made. I love Disney's version of the story, with the happy ending, but I do prefer Andersen's. It's way more complex...
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On tuesday, we had to choose our final file for this section. After hours of thinkng, I finally found what it'll be composed of: 1. The Raven, by Edgar Allan Poe. 2. The End of The Raven, a parody by " Edgar Allan Poe cat's" 3. The Test, written by the...
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Last Tuesday, the work we had to do was to write a pastiche of a text ( we have chosen the blacony scene in Romeo and Juliet). It was already quite hard and it was all the more diffcult that we had to write it in the style of Poe and we had only two hours....
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Pastiches and Parodies... A literature recurrent theme? Hey, here is a Pastiche of Hugo's poem I found on the net and some explanations about it! Enjoy :)
Lire la suiteThe Cask of Amontillado is a novel written by Edgar A. Poe in 1846. The story takes place in Italy, we don't really know where. As in The Tell-Tale Heart, the narrator is the murderer, which is kind of creepy and weird to read. Here is the whole tale...
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Before holidays, we studied during a test a short story written by the master of the short stories, Edgar Allan Poe. The name was The Tell-Tale Heart. ( here is the whole tale) Egdar Allan Poe is a writer and a poet who wrote famous tales like The Gold-Bug...
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On the 17th of January, we had to read a short story, named Country Lovers and written by Nadine Gordimer. I worked on this short story with Mailis and Helena. The story takes place during the apartheid, that's to say segregation. We had to define some...
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I'm supposed to write a report, taking 3 documents out of all I have studied or learnt. I think I've already chosen: - Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare ( The balcony scene) - Pride and prejudice, Jane Austen - The tenant of WildFell Hall ( begining and ending)...
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Mailis had on oral on Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin to prepare and it was awesome! The story itself is hard to understand, so Mailis explained it to us really well! So, I hope you will understand this one: "Elizabeth Bennet is a country gentleman's...
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