Concetti Chiave
- Oscar Wilde, born in 1854 in Dublin and died in 1900 in Paris, attended Trinity College and later Oxford, and is known for works like "The Canterville Ghost".
- The main characters include Sir Simon de Canterville, a ghost cursed by his wife, and the Otis family, with Virginia Otis playing a key role in the story.
- The setting is Canterville Chase in England, where the American Otis family moves in 1887, the same year the book was published.
- The plot revolves around the Otis family living with a ghost, Sir Simon, who seeks redemption and peace, ultimately finding it through Virginia's compassion.
- Themes include redemption and cultural contrasts between American and British ways, with the pragmatic Otis family clashing with traditional British ghost lore.
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Vita e carriera di Oscar Wilde
He was born in 1854 (eighteen-fifty four) in Dublin and he died in 1900 (nineteen hundred) in Paris He attend the Trinity College in Dublin and after he won the scholarship for the Oxford school In 1887 he wrote “The Canterville Ghost”. He was definite homosexual, after being discovered in a relationship with another man and therefore had to do forced labor for two years. At the end of them, his wife and children no longer wanted him so he moved to Paris and changed his name.
Personaggi principali del racconto
The main characters are: Sir. Simon de Canterville is the ghost, he was damned by his wife because he killed her. Miss Catherine Humney is the maid of the house, she is definite a comical character because she always faints. Mr. Hiram Otis is the father of the family, he was the American Minister. Miss. Lucrezia Otis is the wife of Mr. Otis, she had been celebrated like New York belle (=beautiful young woman). Miss. Virginia Otis is the eldest daughter of Hiram and Lucrezia, she is most important for the plot of the book The Otis twins: Stars and Stripes are the youngest sons of the family. Mr. Cecil is the descendant of Canterville family and the boyfriend of Virginia
La famiglia Otis e il loro arrivo
The Otis family moved from New York to Canterville Chase. The story is set around 1887, like the year when the book was published
The Otis family moves from the United States to England to Canterville Chase, where they find Miss. Catherine Umney, the maid, who has lived in the castle of Sir Simon ever since. The family immediately settled into the new house along with the ghost. The twins joked with him even if he just wanted to scare them and make them run away. Mr. Cecil went to visit the Otis family because he wanted to claim old debts, but when he saw Virginia, he immediately fell in love. Sir Simon was disgusted by the sight of the two lovers, because they made him remember his wife. The time passed and it was Halloween night, but Virginia decided to stay with the ghost to console him rather than stay with her boyfriend and her family. Sir Simon told her that he wanted to go with his wife and he started to say the prophecy that will make him free: if a girl cried for him, his soul would be free. The girl started to cry so the ghost died. The Otis family, with Cecil, started to search for her, until she arrived at the house and told them that the ghost had died, so they made him a funeral.
Temi principali del racconto
The principal themes are 2: The first is redemption (=redenzione) because Sir. Simon regrets (=rimpiangere) what he did during his life, like the killing of her wife, but in the end, he freed himself from his faults. The second is American versus British cultures because the Otis family is American and they have a different culture as compared to the British people that lived in the house. Over the years the ghost scared a lot of family members, some to the point of death. Otis is skeptical, in fact as a good pragmatic and positivist American he only believes in money. So the presence of a ghost doesn't worry him.
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Domande da interrogazione
- Chi era Oscar Wilde e quale fu un evento significativo della sua vita?
- Quali sono i personaggi principali de "Il fantasma di Canterville"?
- Dove e quando è ambientata la storia de "Il fantasma di Canterville"?
- Quali sono i temi principali del libro?
- Qual è il genere del libro e chi è il narratore?
Oscar Wilde nacque nel 1854 a Dublino e morì nel 1900 a Parigi. Fu un noto scrittore e drammaturgo, ma un evento significativo della sua vita fu la condanna ai lavori forzati per due anni a causa della sua omosessualità.
I personaggi principali includono Sir Simon de Canterville, il fantasma; Miss Catherine Umney, la cameriera; Mr. Hiram Otis, il padre della famiglia; Miss Lucrezia Otis, la moglie di Hiram; Miss Virginia Otis, la figlia maggiore; i gemelli Otis, Stars e Stripes; e Mr. Cecil, il discendente della famiglia Canterville e fidanzato di Virginia.
La storia è ambientata a Canterville Chase, in Inghilterra, intorno al 1887, l'anno in cui il libro fu pubblicato.
I temi principali sono la redenzione, poiché Sir Simon si pente delle sue azioni passate, e il confronto tra le culture americana e britannica, evidenziato dalla famiglia Otis che è americana e ha una cultura diversa rispetto ai britannici.
Il genere del libro è la fantasia comica. Il narratore è in terza persona, esterno e onnisciente.
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