Bonjour a tous, j'ai un DM en littérature anglaise, c'est un texte avec des questions, je vous met le texte ainsi que les questions auxquelles je n'ai pas su répondre, merci de votre aide :) This story takes place at the turn of the 19th century. Mr Dashwood has just died, leaving a widow and their three daughters, and an elder son from his first marriage. His widow, Ms Dashwood, and her three daughters have now to leave the property which M Dashwood, the late Mr Dashwood ’s son, has inherited from his father.
Mrs John Dashwood now installed herself mistress of Norland; and her mother-in-law and sisters-in—law were degraded to the condition of visitors. As such, however, they were treated by her with quiet civility; and by her husband with as much kindness as he could feel towards anybody beyond himself, his wife, and their child. Nevertheless, Mrs John Dashwood did not at all approve of what her husband intended to do for his sisters: to take three thousand pounds from the fortune of their dear little boy; this would impoverish him to the most dreadful degree. She begged him to think again on the subject. How could he rob a child, and his only child too, of so large a sum? And what possible claim could the Miss Dashwoods - who were related to him only by half blood, which she considered as no relationship at all - have on his generosity to so large an amount? So why was her husband willing to ruin himself, and their poor little Harry, by giving away all his money to his half-sisters? It was my father’s last request to me,’ replied her husband, ‘that I should assist his widow and daughters. He didn’t know what he was talking of, I dare say. Had he been in his right senses, he could not have asked you to give away half your fortune from your own child. He did not stipulate for any particular sum, my dear Fanny; he only requested me, in general terms, to assist them, and make their situation comfortable; but as he required the promise, I could not do less than promise him that something would be done for them as soon as they leave Norland and establish themselves in a new home. Well, then, let something be done for them; but that something need not be three thousand pounds. What brother on earth would do half as much for his sisters, even if really his sisters! And as it is — only half-blood! — But you have such a generous spirit!’ That is very true, and, therefore, I do not know whether it would be more advisable to do something for their mother rather than for them; something of the annuity kind I mean. My sisters would feel the good effects of it as well as herself. A hundred a year would make them all perfectly comfortable. His wife hesitated a little, however, in giving her consent to this plan.To be sure, she said, ‘it is better than parting with fifteen hundred pounds at once. But then, if Mrs Dashwood should live fifteen years, we shall be completely taken in. Fifteen years! my dear Fanny; her life cannot be worth half that money. Certainly not; but if you observe, people always live forever when there is any annuity to be paid them; and she is very stout and healthy, and hardly forty. An annuity is a serious business; it comes over and over every year, and there is no getting rid of it. You are not aware of what you are doing. I believe you are right, my love; it will be better that there should be no annuity in the case; whatever I may give them occasionally will be of far greater assistance. A present of fifty pounds, now and then, will prevent their ever being distressed for money, and will, I think, he amply discharging my promise to my father.
Questions :
1) What is this place called Norland in your opinion?
2) Which character is now dead?
3) Which character has inherited the property of Norland ? If you prefer, who prossesses Norland now?
4) Jane Austen, the autor, refers to Mrs Fanny Dashwood as.. Copy the element from the text.
5) How are the old Mrs Dashwood and the young John Dashwood related ?
6) How are the old Mrs Dashwood and the three Miss Dashwoods related?
7) How brothers and sisters does the young Mr Dashwood have?
8) Following her husband's death, what happened to the old Mrs Dashwood and her three daughters? Explain in your own words.
Mrs John Dashwood now installed herself mistress of Norland; and her mother-in-law and sisters-in—law were degraded to the condition of visitors. As such, however, they were treated by her with quiet civility; and by her husband with as much kindness as he could feel towards anybody beyond himself, his wife, and their child. Nevertheless, Mrs John Dashwood did not at all approve of what her husband intended to do for his sisters: to take three thousand pounds from the fortune of their dear little boy; this would impoverish him to the most dreadful degree. She begged him to think again on the subject. How could he rob a child, and his only child too, of so large a sum? And what possible claim could the Miss Dashwoods - who were related to him only by half blood, which she considered as no relationship at all - have on his generosity to so large an amount? So why was her husband willing to ruin himself, and their poor little Harry, by giving away all his money to his half-sisters? It was my father’s last request to me,’ replied her husband, ‘that I should assist his widow and daughters. He didn’t know what he was talking of, I dare say. Had he been in his right senses, he could not have asked you to give away half your fortune from your own child. He did not stipulate for any particular sum, my dear Fanny; he only requested me, in general terms, to assist them, and make their situation comfortable; but as he required the promise, I could not do less than promise him that something would be done for them as soon as they leave Norland and establish themselves in a new home. Well, then, let something be done for them; but that something need not be three thousand pounds. What brother on earth would do half as much for his sisters, even if really his sisters! And as it is — only half-blood! — But you have such a generous spirit!’ That is very true, and, therefore, I do not know whether it would be more advisable to do something for their mother rather than for them; something of the annuity kind I mean. My sisters would feel the good effects of it as well as herself. A hundred a year would make them all perfectly comfortable. His wife hesitated a little, however, in giving her consent to this plan.To be sure, she said, ‘it is better than parting with fifteen hundred pounds at once. But then, if Mrs Dashwood should live fifteen years, we shall be completely taken in. Fifteen years! my dear Fanny; her life cannot be worth half that money. Certainly not; but if you observe, people always live forever when there is any annuity to be paid them; and she is very stout and healthy, and hardly forty. An annuity is a serious business; it comes over and over every year, and there is no getting rid of it. You are not aware of what you are doing. I believe you are right, my love; it will be better that there should be no annuity in the case; whatever I may give them occasionally will be of far greater assistance. A present of fifty pounds, now and then, will prevent their ever being distressed for money, and will, I think, he amply discharging my promise to my father.
Questions :
1) What is this place called Norland in your opinion?
2) Which character is now dead?
3) Which character has inherited the property of Norland ? If you prefer, who prossesses Norland now?
4) Jane Austen, the autor, refers to Mrs Fanny Dashwood as.. Copy the element from the text.
5) How are the old Mrs Dashwood and the young John Dashwood related ?
6) How are the old Mrs Dashwood and the three Miss Dashwoods related?
7) How brothers and sisters does the young Mr Dashwood have?
8) Following her husband's death, what happened to the old Mrs Dashwood and her three daughters? Explain in your own words.
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