I. Find in the text the following words and phrases and translate them into Russian:
on one excuse and another – то с одной,то с другой отговоркой
on one excuse and another – то с одной,то с другой отговоркой
to confess to oneself – признаться кому-либо
that was all to the good – все что не делается-все к лучшему
shrewd - проницательный, vanity - тщеславие
to have an affair with sb. – иметь с кем либо интрижку
sallow - болезненный
to feel compassion for sb. – чувствовать к кому – либо сострадание
eminent persons – выдающиеся люди
to lay no claims on sb. – ничего не предъявлять
to use all her arts of cajolery – использовать все свое умение льстить
stale food – несвежая еда
to overcome one's scruples – преодолеть сомнения
to find someone a trifle dull – находить кого либо немного скучным
to have no inclination – не иметь склонностей
a man of the world – человек с опытом
she was modest about herself – она была скромного мнения о себе
a smack in the face - пощечина
sulkily - сердито
Julia's heart was wrung – сердце Джулии екнуло
chivalrous courtesy – рыцарская учтивость
a vile disposition – отвратительный нрав
alacrity - готовность, wistful - тоскливый
to act with great naturalness – играть очень естественно
to make a scene – закатывать сцену
she was in a black rage – она была в праведном гневе
she'd get even with him – расплатиться с ним
to rack one's brains – думать над чем либо
II. Answer the following questions:
1. Was Julia really in love with Tom Fennell? And he?
Julia loved Tom, she felt a strange compassion for him. Though he laughed when Julia said a funny thing he never said one himself. She found his dullness restful. However, the woman knew that Tom was’t in love with her. To have an affair with her flattered his vanity.
2. How old was Tom? What did he do? Why was he a success with women?
Tom was only 22 years old. Although he was not rich at all and can not afford many things due to his small income, he had a great success with woman and the main reasom is his youith and high sexapility. All women with whom he had relationshios (only sexual in fact ), were attracted by his charming youth.
3. How can you characterize Roger? Where was he educated? What were his relations like with his parents? Did he know what he wanted to be? Did he want to go on the stage?
Roger was seventeen. He was a nice-looking boy, with reddish hair and blue eyes, but that was the best you could say of him. He had neither his mother's vivacity and changing expression nor his father's beauty of feature. Julia was somewhat disappointed in him. As a child when she had been so constantly photographed with him he was lovely. He was rather stolid and he had a serious look. His only good features were his teeth and his hair, while his figure was rather lumpy. Roger led his own life. Thus once he told Julia that he desired to leave Eton at Christmas, he thought he had got everything out of it that he could, and he wanted to go to Vienna for a few months and learn German before going up to Cambridge. And speaking about his future, the young man didn’t know what he wanted to be (though his mother worried about it, as she thought he would be a priest), but he definitely didn’t want to go on the stage.
4. How did Tom and Roger get on together?
Once the family decided to spend their weekend in Taplow, where Michael had taken a house, and Julia invited Tom just to be near him. And there Tom became close friends with her seventeen year old son, Roger, as they spent all their time together
5. Was Julia as successful in the movies as in the theatre? Did she envy the film-stars?
She had not the world-wide notoriety of the film-stars; she had tried her luck on the pictures, but had achieved no success; her face on the stage so mobile and expressive for some reason lost on the screen, and after one trial she had with Michael's approval refused to accept any of the offers that were from time to time made her. She had got a good deal of useful publicity out of her dignified attitude. But Julia did not envy the film-stars; they came and went; she stayed.
6. Describe in detail how Julia managed to play different characters on the stage. What thrilled her? Why did she sometimes fell like God?
Julia was not aware that she deliberately observed people, but when she came to study a new part vague recollections surged up in her from she knew not where, and she found that she knew things about the character she was to represent that she had had no inkling of. It helped her to think of someone she knew or even someone she had seen in the street or at a party; she combined with this recollection her own personality, and thus built up a character founded on fact but enriched with her experience, her knowledge of technique and her amazing magnetism. People thought that she only acted during the two or three hours she was on the stage; they did not know that the character she was playing dwelt in the back of her mind all day long, when she was talking to others with all the appearance of attention, or in whatever business she was engaged. It often seemed to her that she was two persons, the actress, the popular favourite, the best-dressed woman in London, and that was a shadow; and the woman she was playing at night, and that was the substance. It was not the popularity, the celebrity if you like, that she cared for, nor the hold she had over audiences, the real love they bore her, it was certainly not the money this had brought her; it was the power she felt in herself, her mastery over the medium, that thrilled her. She could step into a part, not a very good one perhaps, with silly words to say, and by her personality, by the dexterity which she had at her finger-tips, infuse it with life. There was no one who could do what she could with a part. Sometimes she felt like God.
7. How did Julia revenge herself on Tom?
The young man didn’t notice Julia as his lover, what hurt her, and for what she decided to take revenge on him. Her revenge was refined: knowing how to hurt his feelings, she reminded him to leave the maid tips, leaving the money in the envelope.
Julia loved Tom, she felt a strange compassion for him. Though he laughed when Julia said a funny thing he never said one himself. She found his dullness restful. However, the woman knew that Tom was’t in love with her. To have an affair with her flattered his vanity.
2. How old was Tom? What did he do? Why was he a success with women?
Tom was only 22 years old. Although he was not rich at all and can not afford many things due to his small income, he had a great success with woman and the main reasom is his youith and high sexapility. All women with whom he had relationshios (only sexual in fact ), were attracted by his charming youth.
3. How can you characterize Roger? Where was he educated? What were his relations like with his parents? Did he know what he wanted to be? Did he want to go on the stage?
Roger was seventeen. He was a nice-looking boy, with reddish hair and blue eyes, but that was the best you could say of him. He had neither his mother's vivacity and changing expression nor his father's beauty of feature. Julia was somewhat disappointed in him. As a child when she had been so constantly photographed with him he was lovely. He was rather stolid and he had a serious look. His only good features were his teeth and his hair, while his figure was rather lumpy. Roger led his own life. Thus once he told Julia that he desired to leave Eton at Christmas, he thought he had got everything out of it that he could, and he wanted to go to Vienna for a few months and learn German before going up to Cambridge. And speaking about his future, the young man didn’t know what he wanted to be (though his mother worried about it, as she thought he would be a priest), but he definitely didn’t want to go on the stage.
4. How did Tom and Roger get on together?
Once the family decided to spend their weekend in Taplow, where Michael had taken a house, and Julia invited Tom just to be near him. And there Tom became close friends with her seventeen year old son, Roger, as they spent all their time together
5. Was Julia as successful in the movies as in the theatre? Did she envy the film-stars?
She had not the world-wide notoriety of the film-stars; she had tried her luck on the pictures, but had achieved no success; her face on the stage so mobile and expressive for some reason lost on the screen, and after one trial she had with Michael's approval refused to accept any of the offers that were from time to time made her. She had got a good deal of useful publicity out of her dignified attitude. But Julia did not envy the film-stars; they came and went; she stayed.
6. Describe in detail how Julia managed to play different characters on the stage. What thrilled her? Why did she sometimes fell like God?
Julia was not aware that she deliberately observed people, but when she came to study a new part vague recollections surged up in her from she knew not where, and she found that she knew things about the character she was to represent that she had had no inkling of. It helped her to think of someone she knew or even someone she had seen in the street or at a party; she combined with this recollection her own personality, and thus built up a character founded on fact but enriched with her experience, her knowledge of technique and her amazing magnetism. People thought that she only acted during the two or three hours she was on the stage; they did not know that the character she was playing dwelt in the back of her mind all day long, when she was talking to others with all the appearance of attention, or in whatever business she was engaged. It often seemed to her that she was two persons, the actress, the popular favourite, the best-dressed woman in London, and that was a shadow; and the woman she was playing at night, and that was the substance. It was not the popularity, the celebrity if you like, that she cared for, nor the hold she had over audiences, the real love they bore her, it was certainly not the money this had brought her; it was the power she felt in herself, her mastery over the medium, that thrilled her. She could step into a part, not a very good one perhaps, with silly words to say, and by her personality, by the dexterity which she had at her finger-tips, infuse it with life. There was no one who could do what she could with a part. Sometimes she felt like God.
7. How did Julia revenge herself on Tom?
The young man didn’t notice Julia as his lover, what hurt her, and for what she decided to take revenge on him. Her revenge was refined: knowing how to hurt his feelings, she reminded him to leave the maid tips, leaving the money in the envelope.
III. Make up a list of words and phrases describing Tom Fennell. Comment on the repetition of "a young man" in the text. First "he was a blushing young man" for Julia. Did her attitude change when she was better aquainted with him? Prove it by giving examples from the text.
Tom was sweet with his blue charmingly boyish eyes and pale brown hair; he had a white skin and rather a high colour; his lips were soft and there was a perfume of youth about him which was really rather delightful. He was pleasant and unassuming, very well-dressed, and with a fresh, clean look that was engaging.
To my mind, the repetition of the phrase “a young man” shows a big difference in the age. Tom was only “a young man”, and Julia was a wealthy woman. It is
At first Julia, not opening her fillings, tried to attach Tom to her giving him expensive gifts, paying his debts, and leading him into the high life. “She felt a strange compassion for him. He had the high spirits of youth, and she lapped them up as a kitten laps up milk. But he was not amusing. Though he laughed when Julia said a funny thing he never said one himself. She did not mind. She found his dullness restful”.
IV. Find in the text epithets and similes which characterize Julia and Michael and say what effect the author achieves by using them.
Sometimes she felt like God – Julia realize how powerful and important she was
She read his mind like an open book –There was no unpredictable in his mind and behavior.
V. What stylistic device did Maugham employ at large to characterize Julia? Illustrate your answer with the examples from the text. Comment on the lexicon used by Julia. To what stylistic layer of the vocabulary does it belong? How does it characterize Julia?
Julia’s life and actions are reflected through 3d person narration and internal monologues of hers (“The blasted fool, why does he talk all that rot?”, “Gosh, I’m going down like a barrel of oysters.”). Julia is naturally polite to all the people but still very often she uses vulgar words in her thoughts ("Damned if I know what genius is," she said to herself; "Bloody fool, bloody fool")
Julia’s life and actions are reflected through 3d person narration and internal monologues of hers (“The blasted fool, why does he talk all that rot?”, “Gosh, I’m going down like a barrel of oysters.”). Julia is naturally polite to all the people but still very often she uses vulgar words in her thoughts ("Damned if I know what genius is," she said to herself; "Bloody fool, bloody fool")
VI. Give a summary of chapter 14.
Time was getting on, but Julia fell in love with Tom stronger and stronger. In order to show her love, she presented very expensive gifts to him, she introduced him to solvency people. She was afraid to lose him. And one day, when Tom was invited to the country by her husband, Julia realized that even his communication with her son Roger hurt her. She was jealousy of Tom to everybody. But in order to be with him all the time, she kept to herself and waited for the moment to be alone with him.
