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Park sang joon Posted 10 years ago
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The analyses of a text #3
The narrator recalls his adolescence.
He invited a despicable, he think, lawyer-to-be Uriah to have some coffee at his apartment.
Agnes is his old friend and Uriah is to become the partner of her father, the local lawyer.
Mrs. Cupp is his landlady.
Agnes is his old friend and Uriah is to become the partner of her father, a local lawyer.
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'So, Mr. Wickfield,' said I, at last, 'who is worth five hundred of you - or me'; for my life, I think, I could not have helped dividing that part of the sentence with an awkward jerk; 'has been imprudent, has he, Mr. Heep?'
'Oh, very imprudent indeed, Master Copperfield,' returned Uriah, sighing modestly. 'Oh, very much so! But I wish you'd call me Uriah, if you please. It's like old times.'
['Didn't I call you Uriah, said I, for want of anything better to say.
'N-n-no!' he replied, with a fawning air, that made me almost afraid to be in the room with him, he became so ugly.]
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
1. I'd like to know why it is "of," not "than."
2. I'd like to know what part/ parts "for my life" modifies.
3. I'd like to know why "and" is omitted after "him."
Thank you in advance for your help.
He invited a despicable, he think, lawyer-to-be Uriah to have some coffee at his apartment.
Agnes is his old friend and Uriah is to become the partner of her father, the local lawyer.
Mrs. Cupp is his landlady.
Agnes is his old friend and Uriah is to become the partner of her father, a local lawyer.
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'So, Mr. Wickfield,' said I, at last, 'who is worth five hundred of you - or me'; for my life, I think, I could not have helped dividing that part of the sentence with an awkward jerk; 'has been imprudent, has he, Mr. Heep?'
'Oh, very imprudent indeed, Master Copperfield,' returned Uriah, sighing modestly. 'Oh, very much so! But I wish you'd call me Uriah, if you please. It's like old times.'
['Didn't I call you Uriah, said I, for want of anything better to say.
'N-n-no!' he replied, with a fawning air, that made me almost afraid to be in the room with him, he became so ugly.]
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
1. I'd like to know why it is "of," not "than."
2. I'd like to know what part/ parts "for my life" modifies.
3. I'd like to know why "and" is omitted after "him."
Thank you in advance for your help.
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1. "five hundred of you" means five hundred copies or instances of that person. "worth five hundred than you" does not make sense.
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- "five hundred of you" means five hundred copies or instances of that person.
- "worth five hundred than you" does not make sense.
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- "for my life" modifies "could not have helped dividing", emphasising the impossibility of preventing the dividing.
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1. "five hundred of you" means five hundred copies or instances of that person. "worth five hundred than you" does not make sense.
2. "for my life" modifies "could not have helped dividing", emphasising the impossibility of preventing the dividing.
3. "and" is not omitted. The meaning is "he became so ugly (that) I was almost afraid to be in the room with him". It is kind of an i
2. "for my life" modifies "could not have helped dividing", emphasising the impossibility of preventing the dividing.
3. "and" is not omitted. The meaning is "he became so ugly (that) I was almost afraid to be in the room with him". It is kind of an i
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