Novella Prosper Merimee “Tamango” – a protest against the inhumanity of the slave trade

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1. Summary of “Tamango” Merimee “Tamango” by Prosper Merimee is a story not only about how clever, cruel and heartless the whites bought and secretly transported slaves, but also about how intimidated, disenfranchised, unarmed Negroes managed to capture the ship of slavers, not knowing, however, that with to do next. Receiving huge profits from the sale of “ebony”, White took […]...
2. Merimee Prosper and Ukraine Ukraine took a prominent place in the historical and artistic works of Merimee. In the book “Episode from Russian History: False Dmitriy” the writer proposed an original hypothesis, according to which the impostor was a Zaporozhian Cossack. “Only the Cossack who grew up on the Sich,” argues Merimee, “where only courage and eloquence gave honors, […]...
3. Summary Etruscan vase Prosper Merimee Prosper Merimee The Etruscan vase of Auguste Saint-Claire was not liked in the so-called “big world”; the main reason was that he tried to please only those who were to his heart. He walked one by himself and carefully avoided the others. In addition, he was careless and absent-minded. He was proud and proud. He […]...
4. Summary Carmen Prosper Merimee Prosper Merimee Carmen In the early autumn of 1830 an inquisitive scholar (in whom Merimee himself guessed) hires a conductor in Cordoba and goes in search of ancient Munda, where the last victorious Spanish battle of Julius Caesar took place. The midday heat makes him seek refuge in a shady gorge. But the place by […]...
5. Briefly about the creativity of Merime Prosper Prosper Merimee began his creative career in the mid-1920s. as an active participant in the romantic movement. One by one, his works appeared, not similar to the previous ones on themes and genre nature. The main contribution of Merimee to the French realistic literature is novellistics. Actually, he has great merit in the development of […]...
6. Biography Matveeva Novella Nikolaevna (born 1934) Matveeva Novella Nikolaevna (born 1934), poetess. Born October 7 in the city of Pushkin, Leningrad region. Since childhood wrote poetry. Published since 1958. The first collection was published in 1961; Then followed the second collection – “Ship” (1963). Matveeva immediately became unusually popular – she was one of the first bard poets who […]...
7. Revival of trade in Europe in the 11th-15th centuries With the advent of cities in Europe in the XI-XV centuries. trade revived. It was the cities that formed the local market. Sometimes the cities were united in trade unions, the most powerful of which became in the XIII-XIV centuries. The Hansa. The Hansa included almost 80 cities of Northern Germany, the Baltic states and […]...
8. Composition on the theme “The inhumanity of war” War is a terrible word. The war takes thousands of innocent lives, destroys destinies, brings physical and moral torment. Are all the global goals of at least one human life worth? BL Vasiliev, a Russian writer, raises in the text the problem of cruelty of war. The author wishes to draw the readers’ attention to […]...
9. Summary “Fifteen-year-old captain” Verna The schooner “Pilgrim” is moving towards San Francisco. There are a lot of people on board, among them Captain Gul, five experienced sailors, a fifteen-year-old junior sailor – the orphan Dick Send, the ship Negro, and the wife of the owner of the Pilgrim James Weldon – Mrs. Weldon, with her five-year-old son Jack, her […]...
10. “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” Beecher Stowe in brief The novel takes place in the early 1850’s. in USA. He opens the conversation with the “good” planter Shelby with slave-dealer Gayley, whom he wants to sell his best nigger to Uncle Tom in payment of debts. Speaking about humanism, understood in a very peculiar way, Gayley expresses the point of view of many slavers: […]...
11. Painting Vereshchagin “The sale of a child slave” The Balkan cycle of paintings by VV Vereshchagin is dedicated to the Russian-Turkish war of 1878-1879. in which the artist was directly involved. One of the most famous paintings of the cycle – “Winners” – was written in 1878-1879. The picture is devoted to the events that took place under Telish, where the whole regiment […]...
12. Summary of Uncle Tom’s Cabin G. Beecher-Stowe Uncle Tom’s hut The novel takes place in the early 1850s. in USA. He opens the conversation with the “good” planter Shelby with slave-dealer Gayley, whom he wants to sell his best nigger to Uncle Tom in payment of debts. Speaking about humanism, understood in a very peculiar way, Gayley expresses the point […]...
13. Trade and usury in medieval Europe Trade and craft were the economic basis of medieval cities. For a large part of the population this was the main occupation. In the XI-XV centuries. foreign, as well as transit, trade, which concentrated primarily in the two main European regions, developed significantly. One was the area of ​​the Mediterranean, where the trade routes that […]...
14. Cities on the old waterways of trade in the North-West of Russia 1. What, in your opinion, are the old cities different from the new ones? What are their features? At first glance, the old cities differ only in architecture and layout, they preserve ancient buildings, there are historical monuments, and therefore, a powerful potential for the development of tourism. However, in all the ancient cities there […]...
15. Summary of “Matteo Falcone” Merimee In three hours’ walk to the north-west of the port city of Corsica, Porto-Vecchio, there are extensive thickets of poppies – the habitat of shepherds and robbers. Formed by seven to eight foot thickets of trees that survived the burning out of the forest, they are impassable not only for humans, but also for mouflons […]...
16. “The Chronicle of the reign of Charles IX” Merimee in brief summary 1572 In France – in the midst of religious wars between Catholics and Huguenots. There is a fierce struggle for power, in which the interests of the three main parties – Protestants or Huguenots, the royal party, the weakest of the three, and the party of the ultra-royalists of the Dukes of Gizov, collide. King […]...
17. “Matteo Falcone” Merimee in brief summary If you go from Porto-Vecchio to the depths of Corsica, you can go to the vast thickets of poppies – the homeland of shepherds and anyone who is at odds with justice. Corsican farmers burn part of the forest and from this land receive a harvest. The roots of the trees left in the ground […]...
18. Summary “Venus Ilskaya” Merimee The narrator, at the request of M. de P., goes to the Catalan town of Ill. He must examine all the ancient monuments in the area, which will indicate the local lover of antiquity, M. de Peyrorad. On the way the narrator learns from his guide that a copper idol of the pagan goddess has […]...
19. “Etruscan vase” Merimee in brief summary Auguste Saint-Claire was not loved in the so-called “big world”; the main reason was that he tried to please only those who were to his heart. He walked one by himself and carefully avoided the others. In addition, he was careless and absent-minded. He was proud and proud. He valued others’ opinions. He called all […]...
20. Briefly about the novel “Carmen” P. Merimee. The image of Carmen Novella, or rather a novel, “Carmen” is perhaps the most famous work of Merimee. The theme chosen for “Carmen” already had a romantic tradition, but the writer made her realistic development. The central character of the work is the Gypsy Carmen. The realistic character of this image is clearly more vivid when comparing it with […]...
21. “Carmen” Merimee in brief summary In the early autumn of 1830 an inquisitive scientist hires a guide in Cordoba and goes in search of ancient Munda, where the last victorious Spanish battle of Julius Caesar took place. The midday heat makes him seek refuge in a shady gorge. But the place by the stream is already occupied. A dexterous and […]...
22. Summary of “Carmen” Merimee It was early autumn of 1830. One scientist, no doubt, curious and enthusiastic, goes to the site of the last battle of the great Julius Caesar in order to find the ancient Mundu. Along the way, he, along with his guide, is forced to stop, the reason for which was the midday heat, which makes […]...
23. What is Moliere laughing at in the comedy “The Bourgeois in the Nobility”? Moliere is a playwright, poet, actor – created wonderful plays, still not descending from the scenes of many theaters of the world, such as “Tartuffe”, “Don Juan”, “Misanthrope”. And one of the best, brightest of his comedies is “The Bourgeois in the Nobility”, where the author drew a satirical image of the bourgeois. Before us, […]...
24. “Fifteen-year-old captain” Verna in brief summary January 29, 1873, the schooner-brig “Pilgrim”, equipped for whaling, goes on a voyage from the port of Oakland, New Zealand. On board are the brave and experienced captain Gul, five experienced sailors, the fifteen-year-old sailor-sailor Dick Send, the ship Negro, and the wife of the owner of Pilgrim James Weldon-Mrs. Weldon, with her five-year-old son […]...
25. Summary Fifteen-year-old captain Jules Verne Jules Verne Fifteen-year-old captain January 29, 1873, the schooner-brig “Pilgrim”, equipped for whaling, goes on a voyage from the port of Oakland, New Zealand. On board are the brave and experienced captain Gul, five experienced sailors, the fifteen-year-old sailor-sailor Dick Send, the ship Negro, and the wife of the owner of Pilgrim James Weldon, Mrs. […]...
26. What does it mean for me to be a free person? “Free!” I shouted to my friends when we ran out of school on the last day of class. “Free for the whole summer!” Then I still did not understand the meaning of the word “freedom”. But it was so nice to say it… At all times people have sought to be free. They were freed […]...
27. “Sutra’s respectful slut” in brief The action takes place in a small town in one of the southern states of America. Lizzie McKay, a young girl, comes from New York by train, where she witnesses the murder of a white man by one of the two Negroes who, as the killer later explained, allegedly wanted to rape Lizzy. The next […]...
28. Summary of the “Osseola Chief of Seminoles” Reed The action takes place in Florida in the early 1830’s. before and during the so-called Second Seminol War. The protagonist George Randolph is the son of an impoverished planter who moved from Virginia to Florida. In his veins there is an admixture of Indian blood, which is considered to be a matter of pride in […]...
29. “Prisoners” of Plautus in brief “This is an unusual comedy,” warns the actor, who reads the prologue, “there are no obscenities, no pimp, no whore, no boastful warrior, no foundling, no lover, abducting a lover, but only a game of fate, a vanity of human intentions and nobility of the perfect valor “. There were two neighboring regions in Greece, […]...
30. Summary Prisoners Plaut Prisoners “This is an unusual comedy,” warns the actor, who pronounces the prologue, “there are no obscenities, no pimp, no whore, no boastful warrior, no foundling, no lover, abducting a lover, but only a game of destiny, a vanity of human intentions and nobility of perfect valor “. There were two neighboring regions in […]...
31. How I understand the word freedom Man always at all times strove for freedom. Only understanding the freedom of all is different. I think that freedom is, first of all, freedom from prejudice. Prejudice limits the ability of a person, since in most cases they are based on erroneous knowledge and conclusions. Freedom is freedom of choice. A person should choose […]...
32. “Bragging warrior” Plautus in brief summary In this comedy, the main thing is not the plot, but the hero, the “boastful warrior”. In the old days in Greece there were no professional soldiers, there were militiamen. And then, when the war became a profession, there were dashing mercenaries who went to serve anyone, even to the edge of the world, mostly […]...
33. “Quartononka, or Adventures in the Far West” Reed in brief The action takes place in the 1850s. in the United States of America, when slavery prevailed in the South. The narration is from the first person. The hero – a young rich Englishman named Edward in search of romance comes to the US and stops in New Orleans, where for half a year he leads […]...
34. Summary Boasted Warrior Plautus Plaut Bragging warrior In this comedy, the main thing is not the plot, but the hero, the “boastful warrior”. In the old days in Greece there were no professional soldiers, there were militiamen. And then, when the war became a profession, there were dashing mercenaries who went to serve anyone, even to the ends of […]...
35. Brief Quarter, or Adventures in the Far West Thomas Mine Reed Quartononka, or Adventures in the Far West The action takes place in the 1850s. in the United States of America, when slavery prevailed in the South. The narration is from the first person. The hero – a young rich Englishman named Edward in search of romance comes to the US and stops […]...
36. “Who is guilty?” Herzen in brief The action begins in the Russian province, in the estate of the rich landowner Alexei Abramovich Negro. The family gets acquainted with the teacher of the son of Negro – Misha, Dmitry Yakovlevich Krucifersky, who graduated from Moscow University as a candidate. The Negro is tactless, the teacher is shy. Negroes were promoted to colonels […]...
37. Summary Who is to blame? Herzen AI Herzen Who is to blame? The action begins in the Russian province, in the estate of the rich landowner Alexei Abramovich Negro. The family gets acquainted with the teacher of the son of Negro – Misha, Dmitry Yakovlevich Krucifersky, who graduated from Moscow University as a candidate. The Negro is tactless, the teacher is […]...
38. “Journey on a ship” composition Last summer, with my friends for the first time in my life, I stepped on board a training ship. Sensations are unforgettable, which will be remembered for life. To begin with, I have been to sea many times, but I have never sailed on ships. I would say “sea cowardice”. It so happened that I […]...
39. Nizami Ganjavi and Afak Who is Nizami Ganjavi? A simple embroiderer from Ganja, for that is how his plain name, which stands under the finest poems that Iran has ever heard, is translated. The exuberant and significant Abu Muhammad Ilias ibn Yusuf ibn Zaki Muayyad, he left for the city books and family chronicles to enter the world literature […]...
40. “What does it mean to live?” From his earliest childhood, he was almost captured – in a monastery. There’s even stricter. There are no prisoners around or captives, who also strive to escape back to freedom. There is no one to make plans for escape, there is no one to talk about what is important to you. And no, on the […]...