For Tuesday, copy the following notes into your notebooks, to conclude on the point we were making in class. Make sure you use a dictionary if need be.
In part two, the aunt talks about her husband and brothers who are out shooting/hunting.
As for Framton, he talks about his health/ailments/nerves.
>> Characterization - Portrait of the aunt? Contrast with Framton?
She seems to be cheerful; she is making small talk (= parler de tout et de rien, de choses et d'autres, faire la conversation). She appears relaxed, but she also keeps
looking through the window. She seems to be expecting the men back any minute.
On the contrary, Framton… is extremely nervous and horrified by her conversation about dead men (line 56). He certainly thinks she is totally (= utterly) mad/raving mad/insane/nutty.
He drones on (= radoter, blablater, poursuivre) about his various ailments (= maux) even though/although she is clearly not interested (line 68).
In part two, the aunt talks about her husband and brothers who are out shooting/hunting.
As for Framton, he talks about his health/ailments/nerves.
>> Characterization - Portrait of the aunt? Contrast with Framton?
She seems to be cheerful; she is making small talk (= parler de tout et de rien, de choses et d'autres, faire la conversation). She appears relaxed, but she also keeps
looking through the window. She seems to be expecting the men back any minute.
On the contrary, Framton… is extremely nervous and horrified by her conversation about dead men (line 56). He certainly thinks she is totally (= utterly) mad/raving mad/insane/nutty.
He drones on (= radoter, blablater, poursuivre) about his various ailments (= maux) even though/although she is clearly not interested (line 68).