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1. Some information about the writer.
... is a prominent (outstanding, famous) playwright (short-story writer).
He took up writing...
He is famous for...
The writer is distinguished by his brilliant dialogues...
His books are full of witty paradoxes, irony...
... is a very talented writer, he manages to create...
His elevated style of writing is one of the characteristic features of his books.
His famous books are...
His books gained popularity among the readers...
The phenomenon of his success is still being investigated.
His novels have enjoyed great popularity.
With sparkling humour he criticizes the weak sides of human nature.
His first literary success was...
2. The explanation of the title of the book.
The problems raised in the extract define the title of the book...
The title of the book reveals the problem of...
Under the title of the book the writer means...
3. The problems raised in the extract.
The author focuses his attention on the problems of...
The key (main) problems raised in the extract I’ve read are:
- relationship (relations) between a man and a woman;
- relations between two generations (the old and the young);
- the influence of a man on other people’s fates (lives);
- the man and the society (and his surroundings);
- the place of a man in the society; etc.
4. The peculiarities of the author’s style in the extract.
The typical feature of the author’s style is his using a great number of the high-flown words to describe...
The writer has the talent of depicting the people and the situations vividly, with laughter-provoking details.
The writer tells his story in the objective way without going into the minds of the character and without giving his own comments.
The style of the author is very expressive (ironic, masterful)...
In general the author’s style is marked by...
The dialogues are very intensive and dynamic.
The dynamism of the narration is created by a great number of short sentences the majority of which are exclamatory, imperative and interrogative.
Many author's remarks reveal the character’s traits – good or evil.
The interior (inner) monologue renders the thoughts and feeling of the character
5. The characteristic features of the main characters.
The main characters are portrayed through the dialogues...
The author describes the lady (the man) as...
6. The author's attitude towards the main characters.
I can’t say that the author sympathizes with the characters because he reveals their hypocrisy, evil intentions and practical interests.
In my opinion the author describes the characters in the objective way, that’s why it is rather difficult to find out the author’s attitude to them.
I think that the author’s attitude to the main characters is rather ironic: he laughs at the vices of these careless people.
To my mind the author sympathizes with the lady portraying her as a tall and extraordinary graceful woman with a delicately intelligent face.
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