English - summary of the English poems 'The Waste Land', 'The Landlady', 'The Sniper' and 'Through the Tunnel'
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Engels
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VWO / Gymnasium
This is a summary of several famous English stories that we had to learn for a test. It contains a comprehensive analysis of the poems that have been dealt with, including stylistic figures and imagery. The excerpt includes information about deeper meanings. Guaranteed a good grade on your literatu...
- How was it that the man knew at once that he was in danger?
‘For by the lights of it he saw the figures of the young men waiting under the tree’.
type of imagery meaning
it went…like an island of simile the bus is the island, the safe
safety in a sea of perils place
the man is surrounded by the
young men, the perils (e.g.
island surrounded by sharks)
he could have been saved
by the bus for the young men
- Which passage shows best how dangerous the situation was?
‘His wages…the unknown word’. The young men didn’t care about his wife having no men
anymore, the only thing they want, is his money.
- Show from the text that the man could not expect any help.
Behind him was the inaccessible convent (nonnenklooster) and before him was the
wasteland. The bus had left as well. He is truly alone.
details symbolic meaning
the convent high wall, barred door that the convent should have
would not open before a man been a symbol for hospitality
was dead and civilization, but here
even the Church will not help
the waste land full of wire, iron and bodies chaos, anarchy, desolation
of old cars
- What does ‘he was filled with the injustice of life’ mean?
He thought he had not deserved this.
- What does ‘people arise’ mean?
People revolt and find back your dignity.
- What does ‘the world is dead’ mean?
If things like this (murdering) happen, there is no hope left. With the killing of his son, there is
no better future for him.
- What does ‘then he arose himself’ mean?
He got up.
- Why didn’t the man want to touch the body of the young man?
He felt horrified by the killing of his own son (who came to rob him).
- What is the theme of this story?
The desperate situation of black people in Africa.
- Feeling that this story arouses in me?
Strange, weird, I didn’t foresee that it was his own son and that made me even more feel
uncomfortable and confused.
The Landlady by Roald Dahl
, - Billy Weaver
his job businessman (young clerk)
he is working towards the goal of working as
a successful businessman
his clothes new navy-blue overcoat, new brown trilby
hat and a new brown suit
his walk briskly
- This description is not typical for a seventeen-year-old. Why did Willy want to
appear older?
He wanted to look like a real businessman (the big shots up at Head Office) and wanted to
become very successful.
- The boarding house
attractions disadvantages
wonderful pussy-willows watery cabbage
bright fire rapacious landladies
pretty little dachshund smell of kippers in the living-room
pleasant furniture
parrot
comfortable
piano
big sofa
plump armchairs
- The Bell and Dragon
attractions disadvantages
more congenial less comfortable
attracts broader public
beer
darts
lots of people to talk to
cheaper
- Strange or even magic things happening in the story
landlady smelled weird
names in guestbook are somehow connected
entries in guestbook are very old
Billy recognizes names of former guests
there will be laws broken later on
there were stuffed animals everywhere
the notice ‘Bed and Breakfast’ on the window forces Billy to stop
strong desire to follow the landlady into the house
there haven’t been much former guests
day and night: everything’s ready for someone to come
the way the landlady looks at Billy
Billy has one floor all for himselves
- What does Billy think when he sees the names of Christopher Mulholland and
Gregory W. Temple in the guest-book?
They rang a bell. He had heard those names before. They sounded familiar.
- In what other way do these names strike him?
They appear to be some sort of connected together.
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