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  • 1. ENGLISH:By Aaron and Nicky

2. THE COUNTRY WIFE WILLIAMWYCHERLEY Wycherley was born in1640 He was well educated The Countrywife waspublished in 1675 Charles II likedWycherley uponaccount of his wit He may have inventedthe phrasesnincompoop andhappy-go-lucky 3. THE COUNTRY WIFE WILLIAMWYCHERLEY The Country Wife consists of three intertwining plots: 1) Horners lie that he is impotent, in order to convince married men that he can safely be allowed to socialise with their wives, so that he may cuckold the men. 2) The married life of Pinchwife and Margery (the country wife). Pinchwife married her in the hope that she would not know to cuckold him, as she had a simple upbringing. He fails miserably. 3) The relationship between Harcourt and Margerys sister Alithea, who is already engaged. When caught in a compromising situation with Horner, Alithea is able to break off her engagement, and admit her love for Harcourt. 4. THE COUNTRY WIFE WILLIAMWYCHERLEY Due to the amount of sexual innuendos it was banned between 1753 and 1924. The affairs involved in the play were to humiliate middle class husbands, and avenge their treatment of royalists during Cromwells reign. Video 5. THE COLLECTOR JOHN FOWLES Fowles was born in Essex The Collector was published in 1963 He first considered writing during his studies at Oxford University, at the same time he became some sort of anarchist. Due to the success of the book, he was able to become a full-time writer, and leave his job as a teacher. It is thought to have influenced 6. THE COLLECTOR JOHN FOWLESFrederickClegg 7. THE COLLECTOR JOHN FOWLES 8. THE COLLECTOR JOHN FOWLES 9. THE COLLECTOR JOHN FOWLES Imbored, and REAAAALLLY loveMiranda 10. THE COLLECTOR JOHN FOWLESMiranda CHLOROFORM 11. THE COLLECTOR JOHN FOWLES 12. THE COLLECTOR JOHN FOWLES 13. THE COLLECTOR JOHN FOWLES 14. THE COLLECTOR JOHN FOWLES 15. THE COLLECTOR JOHN FOWLES 16. THE COLLECTOR JOHN FOWLES 17. Woo.Got her! 18. Let me out! 19. 20. No. 21. Im gonna kill him. 22. But 23. I feel peaky 24. Ohbother 25. Ohbother 26. Life isntworth livinganymore 27. LOL jk 28. Better goget anotherone! 29. KEY QUOTES THE COLLECTOR He is solid; immovable, iron-willed. He showed me one day hiskilling bottle. Im imprisoned in it. Fluttering against the glass.Because I can see through it I still think I can escape. I havehope. But its all an illusion.A thick round wall of glass. I love making, I love doing. I love being to the full, I loveeverything which is not sitting and watching and copying anddead at heart. I am one in a row of specimens. Its when I try to flutter out ofline that he hates me. Im meant to be dead, pinned, always thesame, always beautiful. He knows that part of my beauty isbeing alive. but its the dead me he wants. He wants me living-but-dead. 30. QUIZ TIME! 31. Who wroteTheCountrywife ? 32. WilliamWycherley 33. Why was TheCountrywife banned? 34. Due to itssexualinnuendos! 35. What was the name of the girl who waskidnapped in TheCollector? 36. Miranda 37. What literarytechnique is usedin the surnamePinchwife in The Countrywife? 38. Indicativenomenclatur e