Posted by Chopter
on 11/6/2009, 19:05:43
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Hello, Everybody! Will you be so kind to take part in my University investigation, connected with the translation studies.
I. Read an extract from the A.S.Pushkin’s novel “Eugene Onegin” and answer the questions:
Tatyana's Letter to Onegin:
“I write to you - no more confession
is needed, nothing's left to tell.
I know it's now in your discretion
with scorn to make my world a hell.
``But, if you've kept some faint impression
of pity for my wretched state,
you'll never leave me to my fate.
At first I thought it out of season
to speak; believe me: of my shame
you'd not so much as know the name,
if I'd possessed the slightest reason
to hope that even once a week
I might have seen you, heard you speak
on visits to us, and in greeting
I might have said a word, and then
thought, day and night, and thought again
about one thing, till our next meeting.
But you're not sociable, they say:
you find the country godforsaken;
though we... don't shine in any way,
our joy in you is warmly taken.
``Why did you visit us, but why?
Lost in our backwoods habitation
I'd not have known you, therefore I
would have been spared this laceration.
In time, who knows, the agitation
of inexperience would have passed,
I would have found a friend, another,
and in the role of virtuous mother
and faithful wife I'd have been cast.
Questions:
1. Do you think, Tatyana is afraid of something, while writing her letter?
à. yes, she is frightened. b. no, she is calm.
2. This moment she
à. is open-hearted and vulnerable like a child b. feels confident
3. Does she feel indecision?
à. no, she knows, what she is doing b. yes, she is in a state of uncertainty
4. Do you think, she is comparing her way of life with the Onegin’s life?
à. yes, she is. b. no, she is not.
5. Tatyana sees the disadvantages of living in the village, doesn’t she?
à. yes, she does. b. no, she doesn’t.
6. What is your native language?
Thank you for your cooperation!
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