History of English Activity 1.6
Task 1
A)
"Ours was the marsh country, down by the river, within, as the river wound, twenty miles of the sea. My first most vivid and broad impression of the identity of things, seems to me to have been gained on a memorable raw afternoon towards evening. At such a time I found out for certain, that this bleak place overgrown with nettles was the churchyard; and that Philip Pirrip, late of this parish, and also Georgiana wife of the above, were dead and buried; and that Alexander, Bartholomew, Abraham, Tobias, and Roger, infant children of the aforesaid, were also dead and buried; and that the dark flat wilderness beyond the churchyard, intersected with dykes and mounds and gates, with scattered cattle feeding on it, was the marshes; and that the low leaden line beyond, was the river; and that the distant savage lair from which the wind was rushing, was the sea; and that the small bundle of shivers growing afraid of it all and beginning to cry, was Pip."
"Ours was the marsh country, down by the river, within, as the river wound, twenty miles of the sea. My first most vivid and broad impression of the identity of things, seems to me to have been gained on a memorable raw afternoon towards evening. At such a time I found out for certain, that this bleak place overgrown with nettles was the churchyard; and that Philip Pirrip, late of this parish, and also Georgiana wife of the above, were dead and buried; and that Alexander, Bartholomew, Abraham, Tobias, and Roger, infant children of the aforesaid, were also dead and buried; and that the dark flat wilderness beyond the churchyard, intersected with dykes and mounds and gates, with scattered cattle feeding on it, was the marshes; and that the low leaden line beyond, was the river; and that the distant savage lair from which the wind was rushing, was the sea; and that the small bundle of shivers growing afraid of it all and beginning to cry, was Pip."
Nettles: A herbacious plant that has jagged leaves that are covered with stinging hairs.
Parish: A small administrative district typically having its own church and a priest or pastor
Leaden: Dull, heavy, or slow
B) The narrator is Pip. Pip is in a churchyard that is full of overgrown nettles, near a river that is twenty miles away from the sea, the surrounding terrain being full of small hills. The person whom Pip was visiting was Philip Pirrip. Pip was visiting the graves of Philip, Philip's wife and their children. Pip went to visit the graves to make sure that Philip and his family were actually dead.
C) There are one hundred and twenty-nine words in the sentence.
D) Dickens uses a lot of commas and semi-colons that allow him to write longer sentences.
E) Victorian hobbies included singing, dancing, lawn tennis, croquet, hunting, fishing, rugby, cricket, football (soccer), archery, billiards, falconry, wrestling, boxing, and many other sports and physical activities. Compared to my personal hobbies, which include reading, watching movies, playing video games, listening to music, and hanging out with my friends. I would say that Victorian hobbies do justify the incredibly large vocabulary and complexity of Victorian autors' novels. Several Victorian hobbies require much more patience than most hobbies of today. Victorian hobbies also seem more "classy" than most of toady's hobbies. Combining the patience and "class" could result in the use of a much more "intellectually advanced" diction.
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