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| The Remains of the Day: Steven |
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| The head butler at Darlington Hall, is the protagonist and narrator of The Remains of the Day. A mercilessly precise man, his relentless pursuit of "dignity" leads him to constantly deny his own feelings throughout the novel. For Stevens, "dignity" involves donning a mask of professional poise at all times. |
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| The Remains of the Day: Ms. Kenton |
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| The former head housekeeper of Darlington Hall. Miss Kenton grows increasingly tired of Stevens's nagging and his unwillingness to admit any more personal feelings. She finally leaves Darlington Hall to marry someone else. |
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| The Remains of the Day: Lord Darlington |
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| Former owner of Darlington Hall, and represents the old English gentlemen. He strongly sympathizes with the Germans, and feeling that the Treaty of Versaille is too harsh, hosts peace conferences in his estate. After WII, he is labeled a Nazi sympathizer. |
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| The Remains of the Day: Mr. Farraday |
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| New owner of Darlington Hall, an American who playfully banters with Steven. |
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| The Remains of the Day: Mr. William Stevens |
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| Stevens father also a butler. He begins working at Darlington hall as the under-butler at the age of 70. His deteriorating health leads to his death wherein he tells Stevens he is proud of him, and has been a "good child". |
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The Remains of the Day:
How many times did Steven deny Lord Darlington as his former employer? |
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three times
1. Mr. & Ms. Wakesfield, friends of Mr. Farraday
2. Manservant whom helped him with his car
3. Dr. Carlisle |
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The Remains of the Day:
What stories did Steven tell regarding 'dignity'? |
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1. Butler in India who killed tiger with poise, and served dinner on time
2. Steven's father who after driving around two drunks whom insulted his employer, stopped the car until they apologized
3. Steven's father unnerving service when having to serve the general who caused his brother's death |
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| The Remains of the Day: Characters |
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- Mr. & Mrs. Taylor
- Harry Smith
- Mr. John Silver
- Lisa
- Ruth & Sarah
- Mr. Lewis
- Monsieur Dupont
- Herr Bremann |
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| To the Lighhouse: Mrs. Ramsay |
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| Archetype of married Victorian women. Constantly reassures Mr. Ramsay's intellectual ego. Carries out an evening dinner where she acts as a good hostess, with gifted abilities to bring people together. |
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| To the Lighthouse: Mr. Ramsay |
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| Philosopher whose preoccupation with his great work, and the inevitability of death, lead him to question his life choices. He's short tempered, rude, and needy. Desires to die having achieved Z. |
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| To the Lighthouse: Lily Briscoe |
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| Passionate artist, who is anti-conforming of the gender rules which Mrs. Ramsay represents. She refuses to marry, and have a family. Frustrated by the power Mrs. Ramsay has on her, by the end of the novel she feels enlightened. |
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| To the Lighthouse: James Ramsay |
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| As a young boy is told he cannot go to the lighthouse by his father. Hates his father in a murderous rage. By the end of the trip, when they reach the lighthouse, he has conflicting ideas about what it represents. Joining his two views of the lighthouse, he achieves dual view. |
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| To the Lighthouse: Charles Tansley |
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| Believes women cannot paint or write. Similar to Mr. Ramsay, he desires praise by Lily. Grew up impoverished. |
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| To the Lighthouse: Mrs. McNab |
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| An elderly woman who takes care of the Ramsay's summer home in the Isle of Skye while the world war is going on. Appears in the section Time Passing, which narrates 10 years passage. |
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To the Lighthouse:
Name the three sections |
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1. The Window
2. Time Passes
3. The Lighthouse |
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| Howards End: Margaret Schlegel |
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| Of German ancestry, is well-off. Befriends Mrs. Wilcox until her death. Marries Henry Wilcox. Believes in the independence of women. |
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| Howards End: Henry Wilcox |
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| Married to Ruth Wilcox, and after her death to Margaret Schlegel. He represents the business class, new money, and hard Englishmen ways. Immune from emotions, until his son Charles is locked away. |
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| Howards End: Helen Schlegel |
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| Sister of Margaret Schlegel, she is far more flighty than Margaret. During Beethoven's fifth symphony she sees Goblins wherein she believes living is redundant, superfluous at best, and the only meaning comes by facing death. She has an illegitimate child with Leonard Bast. |
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| Howards End: Leonard Bast |
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| Engaged to Jacky Bast, he is in the lower-middle class. Works for an insurance company, though quits under Henry's advice. He believes education and reading will help him climb to higher society. |
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| by Elizabeth Bowen (1948) |
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| The Heat of the Day: Stella |
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| Mother of Roderick, and lover to Robert. She finds out from a man named Harrison that Robert is a spy. After his death, she goes on to marry a distant cousin. |
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| The Heat of the Day: Robert |
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| A spy to the Germans during WWII. His visit to the Home Counties were he grew up shows the dismissive emasculated attitude the females show toward the males. After being confronted by Stella about selling secrets to the enemy, he proposes to her. The cause of his death, by falling from the rooftop, is largely unknown. |
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| The Heat of the Day: Louie |
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| A young promiscuous woman, who engages in adultery with men after her husband went away to war - Tom. She becomes impregnated in the end. Her parents were killed by a direct bombing. She finds out through a telegram about her husband's death. |
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| The Heat of the Day: Roderick |
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| Stella's son by her first marriage. He is suppose to inherit an estate in Ireland. Later it is revealed that his father left Stella - not died like she had told him- for a common nurse. |
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| Voyage in the Dark: Anna Morgan |
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| A Caribbean girl who moves to London, and is cut off financially from her family. She makes her living as a chorus girl where she meets Walter who she falls in love with. They have an intimate relationship where he protects her financially, until he falls out of love from her. She leaves his guardianship, becomes impregnated and undergoes a botched abortion. |
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| by John Anthony Burgess Wilson (1962) |
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