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"The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe

his, opens, poe, raven, see

By Maïlis est une femme

Hi readers, Today, I will talk about The Raven , a Poe's Poem : It is midnight on a cold evening in December in the 1840s. In a dark and shadowy bedroom, wood burns in the fireplace as a man laments the death of Lenore, a woman he deeply loved. To occupy...

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The Pit And The Pendulum : A Gothic Story

color, gothic, narrator, that, …

By Maïlis est une femme

Hi readers To justify by another way the appurtenance of that short story to the Gothic litterature, we decide to study the narrator' senses. In fact, at the beginning of the text he said that his senses “were leaving” him … However it's not exactly real...

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A New Short Story

because, cell, narrator, story, …

By Maïlis est une femme

BOOK REPORT by Hélèna and Maïlis Title : "The Pit and the Pendulum", The Gift Author : Edgar Allan Poe Date of Publication : 1942 Setting : in a cell, in prison Character : an unnamed narrator Main theme : death; prison sentence Summary : An unnamed narrator...

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Edgar Allen Poe

allen, american, edgar, know, poe

By Maïlis est une femme

Hi Readers, I think it's better to know who is Edgar Allen Poe... Edgar Allan Poe ( 1809 – 1849) was an American author, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement . Best known for his tales of mystery , Poe was...

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Theater Workshop

one, our, played, say, then

By Maïlis est une femme

Hi readers, We were about 30 students from Viala ( three of whom were of my form ) to attend the "Quorum Theatre" workshop on friday,february 24th, in the morning with an eye to the actors' perfomance in the afternoon ( only for age 15-16 ). There were...

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The Tell-Tale Heart, by Edgar Allen Poe - 1843

eye, man, tell, that, want

By Maïlis est une femme

Hi readers, Just before the holidays, we had a test concerning a short story, called The Tell Tale Heart : It's the story of a man who is afraid of the vulture eye of a older man. The middle age man is so superstitious that he wants to get rid of the...

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A New T☺pic

play, text, they, with, writer

By Maïlis est une femme

Today, we have talked about our new topic :The "Je" of the writer and "Jeu" of the writing. This is very interesting, isn't it? Well, we began by talking about the "Je" of the writer and the first word we all tought about the autobiography (a text in...

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♥ Hannah ♥ by Malachi Whitaker

boy, conventional, hannah, she, ♥

By Maïlis est une femme

Last week , Victoria introduced us a story called "Hannah". Hannah is a pretty girl, she is 17 and she is HAPPY and fashionable. She wants to go at a party, actually, she wants to kiss a not conventional boy : Ralph Wellings... There is another boy :...

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♥ Country Lovers ♥

child, his, romance, that, thebedi

By Maïlis est une femme

Book Report : Title : "Country Lovers" Author : Nadine Gordimer Publisher : Olga Kenyon Date of publication : in Women Writers talk, in 1989 Setting : In a farm, in South Africa...During The Apartheid. Characters : Thebedi : black girl, a farm worker...

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Question :

love, more, that, their, they

By Maïlis est une femme

If Romeo and Juliet had lived, do you think their love story would have ended as David and Harriet? I'm torn between «yes» and «no» because it depends on how strong their love is after many years... «No» , if they had time to start a family and if their...

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