Презентация Oscar Wilde and Charlotte Bronte

Spotlight 11 Literature Created by teacher of English language Helen Zhukova School 142 Donetsk 2017 Oscar Wilde is a famous English writer of the 19th century However, it was a playwright that Wilde had his greatest success. Comedies such as "Lady Windermere's Fan" (1892), "A Woman of No Importance" (1893), "An Ideal Husband" (1895) and "The Importance of Being Earnest" (1895) made him one of Britain's most famous writers. By 1895 Wilde had left his wife. Wilde was publicly accused by the Marquis of Queensberry. Wilde sued for libel but he lost his case and was then himself prosecuted and imprisoned. After being released from Reading Prison in 1897 Wilde moved to France. The following year he wrote "The Ballad of Reading Gaol" a poem inspired by his prison experience. Wilde's time in prison badly damaged his health and he died in 1900. His books are read and his plays are staged in many countries and in many languages. The story about friendship and generosity, betrayal, hypocrisy. A linnet (a small songbird) and a water-rat are two of the characters that tell the tale. “The devoted friend” Read the text Questions Do you think the Miller was really a devoted friend?Which of characters, Hans, Hugh, the Miller’s youngest son is: lovely, compassionate, kind-hearted, selfish, polite, well-mannered, vain?Find the statements that are made in the text about friendship, do you agree? Speaking Think“ Good friends are like stars….You don’t always see them, but you know they are always there.” Charlotte Bronte(1816-1855) Charlotte Bronte was born in 1816 in a small English town. Charlotte and her sisters, Emily and Ann, had a very hard life, from early childhood they knew poverty and very hard work. Charlotte received her education at an orphanage (which she described in her novel Jane Eyre). After that she worked as a governess and a teacher.The works of Charlotte Bronte, together with Charles Dickens, William Thackery and Elisabeth Gaskell are considered to belong to the fine school of English realism of the first half of the 19th century. In her works she wrote about the society she lived in and criticized it. Her first novel The Professor was published only after Charlottte's death.The best novel Jane Eyre, published in 1847, is partly biographical. In 1849 the novel Shirley was published. The story is about the Luddits, workers who did not understand that the real enemy of the working class were the capitalists and aristocrats. They thought that machinery, which they destroyed, was their enemy. The last novel Vilette came out in 1853. Charlotte Bronte died from tuberculosis in 1855. The three Bronte sisters are well known writers and their books are published in many countries. Read the text Mark the statements (1-8) as T (true),F (false), or DS (doesn’t say) John bullied Jane occasionally.Mrs Reed chose to ignore John’s bad treatment of Jane.John usually bullied Jane when Mrs Reed wasn’t looking.John was angry because Jane had a book that he wanted to read. 5. The book that John threw at Jane hit her on the head.6. Jane compares John to a Roman emperor.7. Mrs Reed came into the room after she heard John’s shout. 8. Jane was blamed for the incident. Think and Speak Imagine the story is taking place today. Think about: where the characters are, what they wear, how John mistreats Jane and why, what other characters take part, what happens in the end.