The Canterville Ghost

THE CANTERVILLE GHOST AND OTHER STORIES

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10/1/2012

The Canterville Ghost

INFORMATIO ABOUT THE BOOK Title: The Canterville Ghost and Other Stories.

Author: Oscar Wilde.

Publishing House: Richmond(Secondary Readers).

Main Characters: -Mr. Otis: He is the husband of Lucretius R and father of 4 children. He was (the) (republican) secretary in E.E.U.U. He is a very calm man.

-Mrs Otis: She is a very handsome woman with an extraordinary vitality.

-Washington Otis: He is the major, blond son, it had reputation of being a good bailarin.

Together with his minor brothers they were putting traps to the ghost and reian of him.

- Virginia Otis: She was a very handsome and enterteining young woman of approximately 15 years. It was she that I help to the ghost to liberate his soul.

- The twins: Also called (stars and stripes), they are two very naughty twins who put traps to the ghost.

-Mr Simon: He is the ghost and principal personage of the story. This one killed his wife and because of it he strolls around for the house until someone helps him to save his soul.

-Mrs Ummey: Es the housewife of the Otis, Ummey is afraid to the ghost.

-Lord Canterville: He is the former owner of the mission. He is a very sincere and honest man since it does not conceal from the family Otis the existence of the ghost.

-The duke of Chesire: He is the boyfriend of Virginia, of this whom madly inspired love.

Later he was marrying Virginia.

VOCABULARY

Chapter 1 Effort

Esfuerzo

You've all made a huge effort to get here.

Beaten

Vencido

The Spanish army was beaten, alon with the Frenah army, by the English army in the Battle of Trafalgar

Upset

Alterar

Jamie is really upset about your behavior.

Lead

Conducir

incompetent politician have led us to the edge of bankrupt.

Rest

Resto

I've lost the rest of my work

Housekeepe r

Ama de llaves

The housekeeper has been in charge of the house the whole.weekend

Soft

Suave

The sheets of my bed are very soft

Rooks

Torres

The archers watched from the towers of the castle

Chapter 2 Whole

Todo

I have done whole they sent me

Neighbours

Vecinos

The neighbor's kids would not stop nagging and make noise.

Case

Caso

Detectives have been unable to resolve the case

Kindly

Amablemente

The clerk has treated me kindly

belong to

Pertenecen a

These houses belong to the man

Reach

Llegar

The soldiers arrived at the battlefield while Japanese planes bombed the aircraft.

Chapter 3 Trouble

Problema

We managed to solve the math trouble

Bellow

Bramar

The boxer bellow with anger after the first bout

Unwell

Indispuest o

I'm not going to school because I am unwell

Wild

Salvaje

I like wild animals

Chapter 4 Frighten

Asustar

I do not like to scare people

Knife

Cuchillo

I use the knife to cut meat

Barn owl

Lechuzax

My best friend is keeper of owls.

Bed sheet

Sábana

The lions live in the bed shet

Brush

Cepillo

Yesterday I went to buy a brush for the hair

Lifted

Levantado

Today I lifted very early

Laughing

Reir

The jokes make me laughing

Chapter 5 Take off

Quítese

Take off your cup in the school

Lo que es peor

Maybe in the game rain or snow worse

Amplia

You wide ther image see for best

Worse Wide

Chapter 6 Above

Por encima de

Untroubled Sin problema

The dog jumped above the fence and has fallen I've done the test untroubled

Chapter 7 Unkind people

Gente desagradable

Liars are Unkind people

Paint box

Caja de pinturas

Yesterday I went to buy a box of paints for art project

Weakly

Débilmente

The tramp moved weakly in the streets of the

city Knelt down

Se arrodill贸

The subjects knelt before the Great Khan of Mongolia

Church

Iglesia

In the church my parents were married

Almond

Almendro

My grandfather has an almond tree in his country house

Chapter 8 Husband Marido

The husband gave her a diamond ring to his wife

Gypsies

Gitanos

The gypsies were dancing to the music in the house opposite.

Hidden

Oculto

I found a note hidden in the street

Chapter 9 Pulled

Tirado (por caballos)

The horses pulled the wagon with great bravery

Seat

Asientos

Car seats broke last week

Jewels

Joyas

The thieves stole all the jewels in less than 20 minutes.

SUMMARY The author tells the story of the Otis family, composed of six persons the father, Mr. Otis an American minister, his wife Mrs. Otis and four children: Washington, Virginia to and the twins, who decided to live in England.

The family buys a house called Canterville although the former owner had warned them that a ghost (Mr. Simon) in the house, who had killed his wife. Seeing the house

realized that there was a blood stain on the library and erase Washington, but the next day reappeared. From here the Otis family and their maid, Ummey had many strange situations, the ghost to see him disgraced and humiliated ever decided not to frighten the family.

Virginia finally helped the ghost of Mr. Simon to save his soul.

PERSONAL OPINION In my opinion this one is a great book. I Have Been With The setting charmed the author to That Given to the work, Also the author raises the Situations That They Are very surrealistic as for example the attitude of Both twins and Washington Before the ghost. CONCLUSION In this one is a great book That shows us the society of the nineteenth century with great detail. I recommend everyone to read it is wonderful.