We all have certain books we love and stories we remember fondly. Have you ever wanted to meet the characters you came to love? How would you plan that encounter? How would you imagine a world where the line between fantasy and reality was sometimes blurred, where characters and real people could travel from one […]
The Victorian Female Figure in Jane Eyre: The Racially Pure English Lady in Contrast with the Creole Woman*[1] This analysis of Jane Eyre is based on the contrast between the racially and morally pure English lady and the Creole woman embodied by the character of Bertha who illustrates the Victorian female figure of self-indulgence. The […]
Life, believe, is not a dream So dark as sages say; Oft a little morning rain Foretells a pleasant day. Sometimes there are clouds of gloom, But these are transient all; If the shower will make the roses bloom, O why lament its fall? Rapidly, merrily, Life’s sunny hours flit by, Gratefully, cheerily, Enjoy them […]
I saw a post for this tag about two months ago and found it quite interesting. From what I understood, this is the original video, but you can easily find the questions on tumblr accounts or on youtube. True to its name, the Opposite Books Tag means that you’ll have to revisit your bookshelves and […]
I wouldn’t have called it ultimate, but I enjoyed answering most of the questions. After doing the Book Tag a while ago, I decided to add other tags to the… collection, if I find something some which grab my attention. One of them is this one, created by the girls from Chapter Chicks. I tweaked […]
Dezvoltarea diverselor tipuri de inteligenţă conform TIM Inteligenţa muzicală poate fi dezvoltată cu destul de multă uşurinţă în timpul orelor de limbi străine (engleza, în acest caz). Exerciţiile de listening nu le sunt străine elevilor, dar, dacă facem uz de audiobooks sau de muzică, vor învăţa mai uşor şi – de ce nu? – cu […]
Dear sir, I heard that you are fond of correspondence, therefore I took the liberty of sending you this letter from the future, written in the shape of a poem. Even though Emily Brontë taught me that everyone pays for one’s errors and Charlotte showed through Jane Eyre that women can be strong and independent […]
There’s no use in weeping, Though we are condemned to part: There’s such a thing as keeping A remembrance in one’s heart: There’s such a thing as dwelling On the thought ourselves have nursed, And with scorn and courage telling The world to do its worst. We’ll not let its follies grieve us, We’ll just […]
Cine oare nu și-a dorit măcar o dată în viață să întâlnească personajele mult iubite din cărțile preferate? Cum ar arăta o lume în care granițele dintre fantezie și realitate se estompează uneori, iar oamenii și personajele fictive pot călători dintr-un univers în altul? Scriitorul englez Jasper Fforde creează o asemenea lume, una delicios de […]