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Additional Elements: Setting, Symbols/Motifs, Resolution, etc.






3 – Additional elements are present and cohesive to the Story.

While The Painted Veil is best known as a story about marriage and betrayal – love and adultery- it is, in fact, a story about family and about self. Much of Kitty Fane’s character is shaped by her relationship to her mother and father. She is damaged because she is misled, as a youth, to believe that she has no worth of her own, only that of her beauty and its potential to attract a mate. She is given no genuine encouragement to develop any skill of her own, or to cultivate any interests, thus, she has no individuality, no identity, no feelings of self-worth. While it would be easy, then, to excuse Kitty’s adulterous actions on her emotional underdevelopment, Maugham is careful not to do so or to let his readers come away with that impression. Kitty must grow up, and she does so painfully (albeit it rather quickly). She suffers hardship and while she never comes to love her husband, she does come to understand and respect him, and to ultimately see her own folly and misdeeds through his example of selflessness and goodness. The book says much about how we come to learn about ourselves through our interactions with others, and how important and necessary it is to have an identity of one’s own before it can be possible to respect or appreciate anyone else.

 

Theme 2.7

Read the notes of additional vocabulary.

1. hazard, n

at all ~, at ~, to take ~s

hazard, v

to ~ one’s life, to ~ a remark (guess), battle

 

Ant.

safe, a

as ~ as houses here

better ~ than sorry

to be ~ with smb.: Is this dog safe with children?

to be ~ to so smth.: Is it safe to play here? Is it safe to leave things here?

to have a ~ journey/arrival/return

secure, a

- permanent: a ~job

- locked and guarded: a ~ door

- fixed well: a ~ bookshelf

- safe from danger: I feel ~ with a burglar alarm

sheltered, a

- protected from unpleasant experiences: a ~ life/childhood/existence

- protected form bad weather: ~ valley

- the place where the elderly or sick live: sheltered accommodation

 

2. convince/persuade

a ~ed bachelor, a ~ing proof, evidence, statement, reason

to convince one that he is not right; to persuade one to do smth.

to persuade and persuade and never convince

 

3. scheme, v

to ~ to overthrow smb.

scheme, n

a ~ scheme, a furnishing ~, to expose a ~, a ~ of work

 

4. commit, v

to ~ a crime, to ~ suicide, to ~ an error

to ~ smth. to paper

to ~ oneself (one’s life/health) to doctors

to be ~ed for trial

(to bury) to ~ to the flames, to ~ to the ground

to ~ commit oneself to do smth.

committed, a

~ professional, staff

 

5. acute

- emotion: an ~ pleasure

- feeling: pain (sense of) smell/hearing

- intelligence: observer/analysis/observation

- medical: tonsillitis/gastritis etc. (vs. chronic)

- math. an ~ angle

sharp, a

- able to cut: a ~ knife, a ~ razor

- sounds: a ~ crack

- strong taste: a ~ taste of garlic, lemon (don’t confuse with a hot taste of red pepper)

- direction: a ~ turn, to take a ~ turn left/ right

- pain: a ~ pain

- severe, angry, criticizing: a ~ remark

- eyes: to have ~ eyes for details

- a sharp pencil

- facial features

- change: a ~ increase in prices

- difference: a ~ contrast

- shapes: a ~ picture/images

- movement: a ~ gust of wind

- emotion: ~ disappointment

- to look ~ (Am.)

 

6. appeal, v (make an emotional call for smth.)

to ~ appeal to smb. for smth: to ~ to the judge for mercy, to ~ to smb. to do smth.

to ~ to smb. (to attract): this doesn’t appeal to me

to ~ to one’s feelings, mercy

 

appeal, n

an ~ for help

to have (much) ~ for smb. = to make an appeal to smb.

 

Syn.

address, v (to speak before)

to ~ the audience, to ~ oneself to smb.

 

apply, v (to an official, to a state body, etc.)

to apply to smb. for smth.: to ~ to authorities for reference, to ~ for work/ information/ permission/ a certificate

turn, v

to ~ to smb. for smth.

 

consult, v = see, go to

to ~ a lawyer, to ~ a doctor

 

approach, v (to ask esp. if you are not sure whether they will be interested)

to ~ smb. for smth.: to ~ a bank for a loan

 

7. endure, v

to ~ sufferings/ tortures/ pain, to ~ to the end

can’t ~ smb.

as long as life ~s

enduring, pr.p., a

~ peace

 

8. content, vt

to ~ oneself with smth., to be ~ to do smth.

contented, a

a ~ look/smile/laugh

content, a

to be ~ with little

to be ~ to do smth.: I’m content to stay here.

content, n

to live in peace and ~

to one’s heart ~: to enjoy oneself to ones’ heart content

 

Theme 2.8

1. Fill in the gaps with an appropriate word or word combination from active vocabulary:

 

a) safe, secure, sheltered:

1. Under the bridge they felt ______________ though they say that it is the most dangerous place to hide from tornado. 2. The elderly have always needed a ________________ where they are taken care of and observed by doctors. 3. Is it _________ to leave our begs here? 4. Nowadays to find a ________ job is possible only if you agree to have a moderate salary. 5. They left Jerry, their dog, outdoors with the guests since they were perfectly sure that it was____________ with strangers. 6. A _________ childhood is not always a positive factor in one’s life since it deprives one of the awareness of its hazards. 7. Well, we must go! – Have a ________ journey!

 

b) acute, sharp:

1. I am tired of his _____________ remarks now and then. Is it at all possible to stop him? 2. The author's _______________ analysis of the current situation makes an impact on the reader’s consciousness. 3. He sat at the table full of stationery: pens, __________pencils, staplers, paper clips, so that there was almost no room for the papers or a telephone. 4. The car took a(n) ___________ left and disappeared around the corner. 5. She and her sister created a(n) _____________ contrast in their appearance and manners taken after different kin. 6. In your new coat you look ___________, don’t you know? 7. With her ___________ hearing she will catch us hot in the parlour.

 

c) to address, to appeal to, to apply to, to consult, to approach:

1. When you ________________ a person at school you’d better add “Sir” or “Madam”, Willie. 2. If you have a mind to buy a house you will have to ______________ the bank ______a loan. 3. In his speech to the public he mainly ___________ their mercy and common sense. 4. The Rada Deputy ____________the Attorney _____ the investigation of the case. 5. You don’t look all right, look, you are trembling all over. Why don’t you ____________ the doctor? 6. One should be stark mad to ___________ the conscience of such a dishonest politician. 7. If you have problems with the course paper why don’t you _______________ your supervisor?

2. Reformulate the following using active vocabulary:

1. Their efforts contributed to establishing a stable peace in the region.

2. Do you like her manner of communication with the newcomers? She treats them in such an assured way as if she were a mistress here.

3. How can I make him listen to me if I am just his father, not the chief?

4. No matter how hard she tried, taking the risk to reimburse her expenses was in vain.

5. I am quite satisfied with what I have right now. Why should I venture a battle for something I may never get?

6. The way they arranged the decorations was very involved if pleasant.

7. They finally managed to prove to him that their rivals’ way of actions was nothing but a plot against their company.

8. Now he was as aware as never before that the life was lost and this was beyond his control.

9. The criminal knew for sure that he was sent before the judges to be pleaded guilty. There was no other alternative for him.

10. The Board of Directors is inclined to run risks of selling the control package.

11. Since the police had been given evidence that Mr Garlow was beyond any suspicion, he felt obliged to contribute to this assurance.

12. What if this imploring look makes him do something to harm his own family?

 






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