A ROOM With a view

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A ROOM WITH A VIEW

BY EDWARD MORGAN FORSTER

University of J.J. Strossmayer in OsijekDepartment of Culturology

Media Culture

Student: aklina Peji


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EDWARD MORGAN FORSTER

January 1, 1879June 7, 1970

English novelist, short story writer, essayist andlibrettis

Class difference and hypocrisy in English society Traveled in Italy and Greece

Where Angels Fear to Tread

The Longest Journey

A Room with a View

A Passage to India

Maurice - 1971


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A ROOM WITH A VIEW

Genrenovel

Time1908

PlaceItaly and England

CharactersLucy Honeychurch, George Emerson,

Cecil Vyse, Charlotte Bartlett, Mr. Emerson, Freddy,

Mrs. Honeychurch, Mr. Beebe, Eleanor Lavish, Miss

Alan


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A ROOM WITH A VIEW

A young woman in the repressed culture

A romance and a critique of English society at the

beginning of the 20th century

Differences between conservative England and

open-minded continental Europe

Forsters most optimistic book


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A ROOM WITH A VIEW

First adaptationtheatre 1975

Film adaptation 1985, by James Ivory

BBC Radio 4 produced a four-part radio drama 1995,

written by David Wade and directed by Glyn Dearman

ITV Networktelevision adaptation in 2007 ( father and

son actors), by Andrew Davies with its own ending


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FILM ADAPTATION, 1985

Even uses novel chapter titles to divide the film intosections.

Awardwinning adaptation

Cast: Helena Bonham-CarterLucy Honeychurch

Julian SandsGeorge Emerson

Daniel Day-LewisCecil Vyse

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Lucy Honeychurch

Her piano skills show that she has potential for greatpassions

Breaks the social codes that are expected of her Chooses to follow the true instincts of love


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George Emerson

Passionate desire for truth, even though at thebeginning he considers life not worth living

Encourages Lucy to leave Cecil and follows herheart


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Cecil Vyse

Dislikable character

Despises all the

country people, uglythings and cheerfulmusic

He has an apstract

vision of Lucy andthere is no such thingas love in his life / self-conscious


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Freddy

Lucy's younger brother

Lighthearted, loves tennis, swimming and the study

of anatomy Dislikes Cecil and likes George.


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SUMMARY

Lucy Honeychurch visits Italy under the charge ofher older cousin Charlotte. At their guesthouse, inFlorence, they are given rooms that dont look over

the river Arno as promised. Mr. Emerson generously offers them the rooms

belonging to himself and his son George. AlthoughCharlotte is offended by Mr. Emerson's lack of tactshe finally does agree to the switch

Later that day, Mr. Beebe watches Lucyspassionate piano playing and predicts thatsomeday she will live her life with the same passion.


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In her walk to the Piazza Signoria

Lucy suddenly witnesses the

murder. George happens to be

nearby and catches her when

she faints. On their way home,

he kisses her, much to her

surprise. She keeps his rash

behavior a secret, telling it onlyto Charlotte.

On a country outing in the hills,

Lucy wanders in search of Mr.

Beebe, but the Italian cab driver

leads her instead to George.George sees her and again

kisses her, but this time Charlotte

sees him. She leaves with Lucy

for Rome the next day.


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In Rome, Lucy spends time with Cecil Vyse, whom she

knew in England. He proposes to her twice in Italy and she

rejects him both times. But third time, back home, she

accepts.

There is a small villa available for rent in the town and

Cecil offers it to the Emersons, whom he meets by chance

in a museum. They take him up on the offer and move in.

George plays tennis with the

Honeychurches on a Sunday While

Cecil reads from a book by Miss

Lavish, a woman who also stayed

with Lucy and Charlotte at thepension in Florence. The novel

records a kiss among violets, and

Lucy realizes that Charlotte let the

secret out. In a moment alone,

George kisses her again


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Lucy tells him to leave, but George insists that Cecil is not

the right man for her, characterizing Cecil as controlling

and appreciative of things rather than people. Lucy sees

Cecil in a new light, and breaks off her engagement

that night.

However, Lucy wants to stay unmarried and travel to

Greece with the Miss Alans. She meets old Mr. Emerson

by chance, who insists that she should marry George

because it is what her soul truly wants. Lucy realizes he isright, marries George. The book ends with the happy

couple staying together in the Florence pension again,

in a room with a view.


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PLEASE, READ THE TEXT AND

SUMMARIZE IT IN A FEW

SENTENCES.


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Lucy and Charlotte are angry and disappointedbecause they did not get the rooms that were

promised to them. During the dinner, Mr. Emersonoffers them to switch the rooms with him and his

son. Charlotte is offended by Mr. Emerson's lack oftact and rejects the offer.


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VOCABULARY

A) COURTYARD

B) NOOK

C) PEEVISH

D) WRANGLE

E) ILL-BRED

F) CHAPERONE

Badly trained and rude

Argue noisily One who travels with

an unmarried woman

Open space

surrounded by walls Corner, small place

Angry, annoyed


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VOCABULARY

A) COURTYARD

B) NOOK

C) PEEVISH

D) WRANGLE

E) ILL-BRED

F) CHAPERONE

Badly trained and rude

Argue noisily One who travels with

an unmarried woman

Open space

surrounded by walls Corner, small place

Angry, annoyed


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How much the view is important to you on yourholiday?

Do you consider England conservative today as itwas during the past? How does life in Englandcompares with life in Italy or any other continentalEuropean country?

Where would you like to travel? Why?


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AND THAT WOULD BE ALL...

THANK YOU!

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