William Somerset Maugham is a famous British novelist and playwright.He has written many works in his life with distinctive characterization,and the female images he portrays are extremely controversial.Taking Sophie ...
The ideology is rooted in the reality of reproduction which refers to the most basic guarantee for the existence of the whole society,which can be directly reflected by the economic situation.The image of empire or th...
Activity 1 Think about the following questions,and write down your answers before reading the essay.(1)Do you agree that“the end justifies the means”?(2)What is your most recent experience of achieving something aft...
William Somerset Maugham is a controversial English author whose works are often ironic and profound in exposing humanity.The Painted Veil is a novel completed after his trip to China.This paper focuses on the analysi...
The Lotus Eater is one of the short stories written by William Somerset Maugham(1874-1965),one of the most outstanding novelists of his day in England.He is looked on by some critics more a clever and competent crafts...
The Painted Veil written by William Somerset Maugham was a marvellous novel discussing love, life and spiritual salva-tion. The process of the fallen heroin Kitty's awakening and maturity was profound in the theme of ...
This paper looks into the implicit conceptual metaphor in the short story Rain by Somerset Maugham from a cognitive-functional perspective. The word "rain",with its unusual frequency of occurrence and used in a less c...
Mr. Know-all was one of William Somerset Maugham’s typical short stories. The article is intend to analyze it from its point of view, character of Kelada, and its theme, to have a further and deeper understanding of ...
Of Human Bondage is generally acknowledged as Maugham's masterpiece and is one of the best realistic English pop novels of the early 20th century, so critics always emphasize its importance as a masterpiece that revea...