NAME : CITRA BELLA MINANTI
NPM : 12 23 094
Pride and Prejudice
Plot summary
The novel centres on Elizabeth Bennet, the second of the five
daughters of a country gentleman. Mr Bennet is a bookish man, and
somewhat neglectful of his responsibilities. Mrs Bennet is a woman
lacking in social graces and primarily concerned with finding suitable
husbands for her five daughters. Jane Bennet, the eldest daughter, is
distinguished by her kindness and beauty; Elizabeth Bennet shares her
father's keen wit and occasionally sarcastic outlook; Mary is not
pretty, but is studious, devout and musical albeit lacking in taste;
Kitty, the fourth sister, follows where her younger sister leads, while
Lydia is flirtatious and unrestrained.
The narrative opens with news in the Bennet family
that Mr Bingley, a wealthy, charismatic and sociable young bachelor, is
moving into Netherfield Park in the neighbourhood. Mr Bingley is soon
well received, while his friend Mr Darcy
makes a less favourable impression by appearing proud and condescending
at a ball that they attend (he detests dancing and is not much for
light conversation). Mr Bingley singles out Jane for particular
attention, and it soon becomes apparent that they have formed an
attachment to each other, though Jane does not alter her conduct for
him, confessing her great happiness only to Lizzie. By contrast, Darcy
slights Elizabeth, who overhears and jokes about it despite feeling a
budding resentment.
On paying a visit to Mr Bingley's sister, Caroline, Jane is caught in
a heavy downpour, catches cold, and is forced to stay at Netherfield
for several days. Elizabeth arrives to nurse her sister and is thrown
into frequent company with Mr Darcy, who begins to act less coldly
towards her.
Mr Collins, a clergyman, and heir to the Bennet estate, pays a visit
to the Bennets. Mr Bennet and Elizabeth are much amused by his
obsequious veneration of his employer, the noble Lady Catherine de
Bourgh, as well as by his self-important and pedantic nature. It soon
becomes apparent that Mr Collins has come to Longbourn to choose a wife
from among the Bennet sisters (his cousins) and Elizabeth is singled
out. She instead forms an acquaintance with Mr Wickham, a militia
officer who relates having been very seriously mistreated by Mr Darcy,
despite having been a godson and favourite of Darcy's father. This
insight and her attraction to Mr Wickham increase Elizabeth's dislike of
Mr Darcy.
At a ball given by Mr Bingley at Netherfield, Mr Darcy becomes aware
of a general expectation that Mr Bingley and Jane will marry, and the
Bennet family, with the exception of Jane and Elizabeth, make a public
display of poor manners and decorum. The following morning, Mr Collins
proposes marriage to Elizabeth, who refuses him, much to her mother's
distress. Mr Collins recovers and promptly becomes engaged to
Elizabeth's close friend Charlotte Lucas, a homely woman with few
prospects. Mr Bingley abruptly quits Netherfield and returns to London,
devastating Jane, and Elizabeth becomes convinced that Mr Darcy and
Caroline Bingley have colluded to separate him from Jane.
Jane is persuaded by letters from Caroline Bingley that Mr Bingley is
not in love with her, but goes on an extended visit to her aunt and
uncle Gardiner in London in the hope of maintaining her relationship
with Caroline if not with Charles Bingley. Whilst there she visits
Caroline and eventually her visit is returned. She does not see Mr
Bingley and is forced to realise that Caroline doesn't care for her.
In the spring, Elizabeth visits Charlotte and Mr Collins in Kent.
Elizabeth and her hosts are frequently invited to Rosings Park, home of
Lady Catherine de Bourgh, Darcy's aunt; coincidentally, Darcy also
arrives to visit. Elizabeth meets Darcy's cousin, Colonel Fitzwilliam,
who vouches for Darcy's loyalty, using as an example how Darcy had
recently stepped in on behalf of a friend, who had formed an attachment
to a woman against whom "there were some very strong objections."
Elizabeth rightly assumes that the said friend is none other than Mr
Bingley, and her dislike of Darcy deepens. Thus she is of no mood to
accept when Darcy arrives and, quite unexpectedly, confesses love for
her and begs her hand in marriage. His proposal is flattering, he is a
very distinguished man, but it is delivered in a manner ill suited to
recommend it. He talks of love but also of revulsion at her inferior
position and family. Despite assertions to the contrary, he assumes she
will accept him. Elizabeth rebukes him, and a heated discussion follows;
she charges him with destroying her sister's and Bingley's happiness,
with treating Mr Wickham disgracefully, and with having conducted
himself towards her in an arrogant, ungentleman-like manner. Mr Darcy,
shocked, ultimately responds with a letter giving a good account of his
actions: Wickham had exchanged his legacies for a cash payment, only to
return after frittering away the money to reclaim the forfeited
inheritance; he then attempted to elope
with Darcy's young sister Georgiana, and thereby secure her fortune for
himself. Regarding Jane and Bingley, Darcy claims he had observed no
reciprocal interest in Jane for Bingley, and had assumed her not to be
in love with him. In addition to this, he cites the "want of propriety"
in the behaviour of Mr and Mrs Bennet and her three younger daughters.
Elizabeth, who had previously despaired over this very behavior, is
forced to admit the truth of Mr Darcy's observations, and begins to
wonder whether she has misjudged him.
Some months later, Elizabeth and her aunt and uncle Gardiner visit Pemberley,
Darcy's estate, believing he will be absent for the day. He returns
unexpectedly, and though surprised, he is gracious and welcoming. He
treats the Gardiners with great civility, surprising Elizabeth who
assumes he will "decamp immediately" on learning who they are. Darcy
introduces Elizabeth to his sister, and Elizabeth begins to acknowledge
her attraction to him. Their re-acquaintance is cut short, however, by
the news that Lydia has eloped with Mr Wickham. Elizabeth and the
Gardiners return to Longbourn (the Bennet family home), where Elizabeth
grieves that her renewed acquaintance with Mr Darcy will end as a result
of her sister's disgrace.
Lydia and Wickham are soon found, and persuaded to marry thus
enabling the Bennet family to preserve some appearance of decorum. Jane,
Elizabeth and Mr Bennet realise that their Uncle Gardiner must have
bribed Wickham to marry Lydia and are ashamed of their indebtedness and
inability to repay him. Mrs Bennet, quite typically, has no such
scruples and is ecstatic. Mr and Mrs Wickham visit Longbourn, where
Lydia lets slip that Mr Darcy was in attendance at their wedding but
that this was to have been a secret. Elizabeth is able to discover by
letter from her aunt Mrs Gardiner, that in fact Mr Darcy was responsible
for finding the couple and negotiating their marriage, at great
personal and monetary expense. Elizabeth is shocked and flattered as
"her heart did whisper that he had done it for her" but is unable to
dwell further on the topic due to Mr Bingley's return and subsequent
proposal to Jane, who immediately accepts.
Lady Catherine de Bourgh pays an unexpected visit to Longbourn. She
has heard a rumour that Elizabeth will marry Mr Darcy and attempts to
persuade Elizabeth to agree not to marry. Lady Catherine wants Mr Darcy
to marry her daughter (his cousin) Anne De Bourgh and thinks Elizabeth
is beneath him. Elizabeth refuses her demands. Disgusted, Lady Catherine
leaves, promising that the marriage can never take place. Elizabeth
assumes she will apply to Darcy and is worried that he may be persuaded.
Darcy returns to Longbourn. Chance allows Elizabeth and Darcy a rare
moment alone. She immediately thanks him for intervening in the case of
Lydia and Wickham. He renews his proposal of marriage and is promptly
accepted. Elizabeth soon learns that his hopes were revived by his
aunt's report of Elizabeth's refusal to promise not to marry him.
The novel closes with a "happily-ever-after" chapter including a
summary of the remaining lives of the main characters. There is no
description of either Jane or Elizabeth's wedding. None of the
characters change very much in this summary, but Kitty has grown
slightly more sensible from association with Jane and Elizabeth and
distance from Lydia, and Lady Catherine condescends to visit the Darcys
eventually.
NAME : PUTRI SARI AYU
NPM : 12 23 095
Romeo and Juliet
Synopsis
The play, set in Verona, begins with a street brawl between Montague and Capulet servants who, like their masters, are sworn enemies. Prince Escalus of Verona intervenes and declares that further breach of the peace will be punishable by death. Later, Count Paris talks to Capulet about marrying his daughter Juliet, but Capulet asks Paris to wait another two years and invites him to attend a planned Capulet ball. Lady Capulet and Juliet's nurse try to persuade Juliet to accept Paris's courtship.
Meanwhile, Benvolio talks with his cousin Romeo,
Montague's son, about Romeo's recent depression. Benvolio discovers
that it stems from unrequited infatuation for a girl named Rosaline, one of Capulet's nieces. Persuaded by Benvolio and Mercutio,
Romeo attends the ball at the Capulet house in hopes of meeting
Rosaline. However, Romeo instead meets and falls in love with Juliet.
Juliet's cousin, Tybalt,
is enraged at Romeo for sneaking into the ball, but is only stopped
from killing Romeo by Juliet's father, who doesn't wish to shed blood in
his house. After the ball, in what is now called the "balcony scene",
Romeo sneaks into the Capulet orchard and overhears Juliet at her window
vowing her love to him in spite of her family's hatred of the
Montagues. Romeo makes himself known to her and they agree to be
married. With the help of Friar Laurence, who hopes to reconcile the two families through their children's union, they are secretly married the next day.
Tybalt, meanwhile, still incensed that Romeo had sneaked into the
Capulet ball, challenges him to a duel. Romeo, now considering Tybalt
his kinsman, refuses to fight. Mercutio is offended by Tybalt's
insolence, as well as Romeo's "vile submission,"[1]
and accepts the duel on Romeo's behalf. Mercutio is fatally wounded
when Romeo attempts to break up the fight. Grief-stricken and wracked
with guilt, Romeo confronts and slays Tybalt.
Montague argues that Romeo has justly executed Tybalt for the murder
of Mercutio. The Prince, now having lost a kinsman in the warring
families' feud, exiles Romeo from Verona, under penalty of death if he
ever returns. Romeo secretly spends the night in Juliet's chamber, where
they consummate
their marriage. Capulet, misinterpreting Juliet's grief, agrees to
marry her to Count Paris and threatens to disown her when she refuses to
become Paris's "joyful bride."[2] When she then pleads for the marriage to be delayed, her mother rejects her.
Juliet visits Friar Laurence for help, and he offers her a drug[which?] that will put her into a deathlike coma for "two and forty hours."[3]
The Friar promises to send a messenger to inform Romeo of the plan, so
that he can rejoin her when she awakens. On the night before the
wedding, she takes the drug and, when discovered apparently dead, she is
laid in the family crypt.
The messenger, however, does not reach Romeo and, instead, Romeo
learns of Juliet's apparent death from his servant Balthasar.
Heartbroken, Romeo buys poison from an apothecary and goes to the Capulet crypt.
He encounters Paris who has come to mourn Juliet privately. Believing
Romeo to be a vandal, Paris confronts him and, in the ensuing battle,
Romeo kills Paris. Still believing Juliet to be dead, he drinks the
poison. Juliet then awakens and, finding Romeo dead, stabs herself with
his dagger. The feuding families and the Prince meet at the tomb to find
all three dead. Friar Laurence recounts the story of the two
"star-cross'd lovers". The families are reconciled by their children's
deaths and agree to end their violent feud. The play ends with the
Prince's elegy for the lovers: "For never was a story of more woe / Than
this of Juliet and her Romeo."
NAME : DESI RAHMAWATI
NPM : 12 23 098
When Bella is seated next to Edward Cullen in class on her first day of school, Edward seems utterly repulsed by her. He disappears for a few days, but warms up to Bella upon his return; their newfound relationship reaches a climax when Bella is nearly crushed by Tyler's van in the school parking lot. Edward saves Bella when he comes to her rescue and stops the van with only his hands.
Bella annoys Edward with countless questions because she became almost obsessed with how he saved her life. Bella comes to the belief that Edward and his family are vampires who drink animal blood rather than human after hearing the legends of the local tribe from Jacob Black (a character who becomes more important in the later books in the series). Bella is saved by Edward again in Port Angeles when she is almost attacked, and Edward appears in his shiny silver Volvo. He then takes Bella to dinner and then on the drive home she tells him a theory that he is a vampire. Edward tells her that he tried to stay away from her at first because the scent of her blood was too desirable to him. Over time, Edward and Bella fall in love.
Their relationship is affected when a nomadic vampire coven arrives in Forks. James, a tracker vampire who is intrigued by the Cullens' relationship with a human, wants to hunt Bella for sport. The Cullens attempt to distract James by separating Bella and Edward, and send Bella to hide in a hotel in Phoenix. There, Bella receives a phone call from James, who claims to be holding her mother captive (which she later realizes was a trick). When Bella surrenders herself, James attacks her. Before James can kill her, Edward, along with the other Cullens, rescues her and destroy James, but not before James bites Bella's hand and snaps the bone in her leg. Edward successfully sucks the poison from her bloodstream and prevents her from becoming a vampire, after which she is taken to a hospital. Upon returning to Forks, Bella and Edward attend their school prom, and Bella expresses her desire to become a vampire, but Edward refuses.
Bella's desire to become a vampire increases throughout the series, but Edward refuses each time because he hates being immortal. He does not wish this upon Bella.
Twilight
Synopsis
Plot summary
Bella Swan moves from sunny Phoenix, Arizona to rainy Forks, Washington to live with her father, Charlie, while her mother, Renée, travels with her new husband, Phil Dwyer, a minor league baseball player. Bella attracts much attention at her new school and makes friends quickly. Much to her dismay, several boys compete for shy Bella's attention.When Bella is seated next to Edward Cullen in class on her first day of school, Edward seems utterly repulsed by her. He disappears for a few days, but warms up to Bella upon his return; their newfound relationship reaches a climax when Bella is nearly crushed by Tyler's van in the school parking lot. Edward saves Bella when he comes to her rescue and stops the van with only his hands.
Bella annoys Edward with countless questions because she became almost obsessed with how he saved her life. Bella comes to the belief that Edward and his family are vampires who drink animal blood rather than human after hearing the legends of the local tribe from Jacob Black (a character who becomes more important in the later books in the series). Bella is saved by Edward again in Port Angeles when she is almost attacked, and Edward appears in his shiny silver Volvo. He then takes Bella to dinner and then on the drive home she tells him a theory that he is a vampire. Edward tells her that he tried to stay away from her at first because the scent of her blood was too desirable to him. Over time, Edward and Bella fall in love.
Their relationship is affected when a nomadic vampire coven arrives in Forks. James, a tracker vampire who is intrigued by the Cullens' relationship with a human, wants to hunt Bella for sport. The Cullens attempt to distract James by separating Bella and Edward, and send Bella to hide in a hotel in Phoenix. There, Bella receives a phone call from James, who claims to be holding her mother captive (which she later realizes was a trick). When Bella surrenders herself, James attacks her. Before James can kill her, Edward, along with the other Cullens, rescues her and destroy James, but not before James bites Bella's hand and snaps the bone in her leg. Edward successfully sucks the poison from her bloodstream and prevents her from becoming a vampire, after which she is taken to a hospital. Upon returning to Forks, Bella and Edward attend their school prom, and Bella expresses her desire to become a vampire, but Edward refuses.
Bella's desire to become a vampire increases throughout the series, but Edward refuses each time because he hates being immortal. He does not wish this upon Bella.
NAME : RISA MARTRIYANA
NPM : 12 23 100
Over two thousand years later, the Ring is found by one of the river-folk called Déagol. His friend[11] Sméagol immediately falls under the Ring's influence and strangles Déagol to acquire it. Sméagol is banished and hides under the Misty Mountains, where the Ring extends his lifespan and transforms him over the course of hundreds of years into a twisted, corrupted creature called Gollum. He loses the Ring, his "precious", and, as recounted in The Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins finds it. Meanwhile, Sauron re-assumes physical form and takes back his old realm of Mordor. Gollum sets out in search of the Ring, but is captured by Sauron, who learns from him that "Baggins" in the Shire now has it. Gollum is set loose, and Sauron, who needs the Ring to regain his full power, sends forth his powerful servants, the Nazgûl, to seize it.
The Lord of the Rings
Plot summary
Long before the events of the novel, the Dark Lord Sauron forges the One Ring to rule the other Rings of Power and corrupt those who wear them: the leaders of Men, Elves and Dwarves. He is vanquished in battle by an alliance of Elves and Men. Isildur cuts the One Ring from Sauron's finger, claiming it as an heirloom for his line, and Sauron loses his physical form. When Isildur is later ambushed and killed by Orcs, the Ring is lost in the River Anduin at Gladden Fields.Over two thousand years later, the Ring is found by one of the river-folk called Déagol. His friend[11] Sméagol immediately falls under the Ring's influence and strangles Déagol to acquire it. Sméagol is banished and hides under the Misty Mountains, where the Ring extends his lifespan and transforms him over the course of hundreds of years into a twisted, corrupted creature called Gollum. He loses the Ring, his "precious", and, as recounted in The Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins finds it. Meanwhile, Sauron re-assumes physical form and takes back his old realm of Mordor. Gollum sets out in search of the Ring, but is captured by Sauron, who learns from him that "Baggins" in the Shire now has it. Gollum is set loose, and Sauron, who needs the Ring to regain his full power, sends forth his powerful servants, the Nazgûl, to seize it.
NAME : SOLEHA
NPM : 12 23108
Synopsis
Ikal is a student at Muhammadiyah Elementary, on the Indonesian island of Belitong, where graduating from sixth grade is considered a major achievement. His school is under constant threat of closure. In fact, Ikal and his friends – a group called The Rainbow Troops – face threats from every angle: pessimistic, corrupt government officials; greedy corporations hardly distinguishable from the colonialism they’ve replaced; deepening poverty and crumbling infrastructure; and their own faltering self-confidence. But in the form of two extraordinary teachers, they also have hope, and Ikal’s education is an uplifting one, in and out of the classroom.
NAME : SISKA WIDYANTI
NAME : RISKA JULIANI
NAME : SITI MUSFIROTUR
NAME : YUPI SARTIKA
An ongoing feud between the Capulets and the Montagues breaks out again on the streets of Verona. Both sides are warned by Prince Escalus that they must not disturb the peace again, on pain of death.
Romeo, love-sick for Rosaline, is comforted by his friend Benvolio. Capulet tells Paris that he may not marry his daughter Juliet until she is older. Romeo and his friends learn of a party being held by the Capulets, and decide to go to it as masquers. At the party, Tybalt sees Romeo, but is prevented from fighting him by Capulet. Romeo meets Juliet, and they instantly fall in love. After leaving the party, Romeo eludes his friends, returns to meet Juliet, and they exchange vows of love. Romeo tells Friar Laurence what has happened and he consents to marry them.
Benvolio tells Mercutio that Tybalt has sent Romeo a challenge. Romeo joins them, and is visited by the Nurse, who is told the marriage plan. She tells Juliet, who then goes to Friar Laurence’s cell, and the lovers are married. Tybalt, looking for Romeo, finds Benvolio and Mercutio. Romeo returns, and is challenged by Tybalt, but refuses to fight. Mercutio draws on Tybalt and is fatally wounded. Tybalt then fights with Romeo, and is killed. Romeo flies, and Benvolio reports what has happened to the Prince, who banishes Romeo. The Nurse tells Juliet of Romeo’s banishment and promises to bring him to her. The Friar tells a distraught Romeo he is banished, but advises him to visit Juliet secretly, then to leave for Mantua.
Capulet tells Paris he may marry Juliet in three days, and Lady Capulet brings the news to Juliet, who has just bid Romeo a hasty farewell. Juliet refuses to marry Paris, persisting in the face of her father’s anger. She goes to the Friar for help, and finds Paris there arranging the marriage. After he leaves, the Friar devises a plan: he will give her a drink that will make her appear dead and thus avoid the marriage, and will write to Romeo to tell him; they can then elope to Mantua.
Juliet tells her father she will now marry Paris, and Capulet brings the wedding forward to the next day. Juliet retires, and drinks the liquid. When her ‘body’ is discovered, all mourn, and she is taken to the family crypt. In Mantua, Balthasar tells Romeo that Juliet is dead. He vows to lie dead next to her that night, and obtains a poison from an apothecary. Friar John tells Friar Laurence that he was unable to deliver Laurence’s letter to Romeo. Realizing the danger, Laurence leaves to tell Juliet what has happened.
Paris goes to Juliet’s tomb to mourn her, and encounters Romeo. They fight, and Romeo kills Paris. Romeo then drinks the poison and dies by Juliet. The Friar arrives to see Romeo dead and Juliet waking. She refuses to leave, and kills herself with Romeo’s dagger. Officers arrive, and rouse the families and the Prince. The Friar explains what has happened. Montague and Capulet agree to make peace with each other.
The Rainbow Troops
Synopsis
Ikal is a student at Muhammadiyah Elementary, on the Indonesian island of Belitong, where graduating from sixth grade is considered a major achievement. His school is under constant threat of closure. In fact, Ikal and his friends – a group called The Rainbow Troops – face threats from every angle: pessimistic, corrupt government officials; greedy corporations hardly distinguishable from the colonialism they’ve replaced; deepening poverty and crumbling infrastructure; and their own faltering self-confidence. But in the form of two extraordinary teachers, they also have hope, and Ikal’s education is an uplifting one, in and out of the classroom.
NAME : SISKA WIDYANTI
BLACK ICE
Chloe Underwood
lives in Paris, works as a children's book translator and shares a tiny flat
with Sylvia, a translator from the UK. Comparing herself with Sylvia, who has a
comparitively glamourous life - Chloe tells herself her life needs a little sex
and violence.
Nothing in Chloe's life prepares her for the fullfilment of that wish. Sylvia arrives at the flat one day begging Chloe to step into a weekend gig she has as a translator for a group of business people. Reluctantly Chloe accepts, lets Sylvia dress and make her up to look a bit more glamorous than everyday Chloe and pack her into a cab and send her off into the French country side.
She finds herself in the midst of an international group of business people professing to be puveyors of meat and produce. But something is very wrong starting from the time the Middle Eastern host tries to send Chloe home the minute she arrives to the very scary and sexy vibes she gets from the attractive but cold Batian Toussaint.
When she realizes what is really being sold are illegal arms she finds herself entrusting her life to a cold blooded killer, as they make a dash for life. But Chloe learns that life is cheap to a man that kills on command and Bastian is a man who does not believe he is capable of love. As bodies pile up in their wake Chloe finds herself falling for him.
Nothing in Chloe's life prepares her for the fullfilment of that wish. Sylvia arrives at the flat one day begging Chloe to step into a weekend gig she has as a translator for a group of business people. Reluctantly Chloe accepts, lets Sylvia dress and make her up to look a bit more glamorous than everyday Chloe and pack her into a cab and send her off into the French country side.
She finds herself in the midst of an international group of business people professing to be puveyors of meat and produce. But something is very wrong starting from the time the Middle Eastern host tries to send Chloe home the minute she arrives to the very scary and sexy vibes she gets from the attractive but cold Batian Toussaint.
When she realizes what is really being sold are illegal arms she finds herself entrusting her life to a cold blooded killer, as they make a dash for life. But Chloe learns that life is cheap to a man that kills on command and Bastian is a man who does not believe he is capable of love. As bodies pile up in their wake Chloe finds herself falling for him.
NAME : RISKA JULIANI
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
- Pride and Prejudice is a humorous story of love and life among English gentility during the Georgian era. Mr Bennet is an English gentleman living in Hartfordshire with his overbearing wife. The Bennets 5 daughters; the beautiful Jane, the clever Elizabeth, the bookish Mary, the immature Kitty and the wild Lydia. Unfortunately for the Bennets, if Mr Bennet dies their house will be inherited by a distant cousin whom they have never met, so the family's future happiness and security is dependent on the daughters making good marriages. Life is uneventful until the arrival in the neighbourhood of the rich gentleman Mr Bingley, who rents a large house so he can spend the summer in the country. Mr Bingley brings with him his sister and the dashing (and richer) but proud Mr Darcy. Love is soon in the air for one of the Bennet sisters, while another may have jumped to a hasty prejudgment. For the Bennet sisters many trials and tribulations stand between them and their happiness, including class, gossip and scandal.
- This tale of love and values unfolds in the class-conscious England of the late 18th century. The five Bennet sisters - including strong-willed Elizabeth and young Lydia - have been raised by their mother with one purpose in life: finding a husband. When a wealthy bachelor takes up residence in a nearby mansion, the Bennets are abuzz. Amongst the man's sophisticated circle of friends, surely there will be no shortage of suitors for the Bennet sisters. But when Elizabeth meets up with the handsome and - it would seem - snobbish Mr. Darcy, the battle of the sexes is joined.
- In Georgian England, Mrs. Bennet raises her five daughters - Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Kitty and Lydia with the purpose of getting married with a rich husband that can support the family. They are not from the upper class, and their house in Hertfordshire will be inherited by a distant cousin if Mr. Bennet dies. When the wealthy bachelor Mr. Bingley and his best friend Mr. Darcy arrive in town to spend the summer in a mansion nearby their property, the shy and beautiful Jane falls in love for Mr. Bingley, and Lizzie finds Mr. Darcy a snobbish and proud man, and she swears to loathe him forever. This is the beginning of their wonderful love story.
NAME : SITI MUSFIROTUR
Four
Arthurian Romances
About the Book Four Arthurian Romances Chretien De
Troyes has had the peculiar fortune of becoming the best known of the old
French poets to students of mediaeval literature, and of remaining practically
unknown to any one else. The acquaintance of students with the work of Chretien
has been made possible in academic circles by the admirable critical editions
of his romances undertaken and carried to completion during the past thirty
years by Professor Wendelin Foerster of Bonn. At the same time the want of
public. About the Author Chretien de Troyes, 12th cent French poet and trouvre
who flourished in the late 12th century. Little is known of his life, but he
seems to have been from Troyes, or at least intimately connected with it, and
between 1160 and 1172 he served at the court of his patroness Marie of France,
Countess of Champagne, daughter of Eleanor of Aquitaine, perhaps as
herald-at-arms. His work on Arthurian subjects represents some of the best
regarded of medieval literature. His use of structure, particular in Yvain, the
Knight of the Lion, has been seen as a step towards the modern novel. Chrtien's
works include five major poems in rhyming eight-syllable couplets. Four of
these are complete; Erec and Enide (c. 1170); Cligs (c. 1176), and Yvain, the
Knight of the Lion and Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart, both written
simultaneously between 1177 and 1181. Chrtien's final romance was Perceval, the
Story of the Grail, written between 1181 and 1190, but left unfinished, though
some scholars have disputed this. It is dedicated to Philip, Count of Flanders,
to whom Chrtien may have been attached in his last years. He finished only
9,000 lines of the work, but four successors of varying talents added 54,000
additional lines in what are known as the Four Continuations. Similarly, the
last thousand lines of Lancelot were written by Godefroi de Leigni, apparently
by arrangement with Chrtien. In the case of Perceval, one continuer says the
poet's death prevented him from completing the work, in the case of Lancelot,
no reason is given. This has not stopped speculation that Chrtien did not
approve of Lancelot's adulterous subject. To him are also attributed two lesser
works: the pious romance Guillaume d'Angleterre (an attribution that is no
longer believed), and Philomela, the only one of his four poems based on Ovid's
Metamorphoses that has survived. Chrtien names his treatments of Ovid in the
introduction to Cligs, where he also mentions his work about King Mark and
Iseult. The latter is presumably related to the Tristan and Iseult legend,
though it is interesting that Tristan is not named.
NAME : YUPI SARTIKA
Romeo and Juliet
An ongoing feud between the Capulets and the Montagues breaks out again on the streets of Verona. Both sides are warned by Prince Escalus that they must not disturb the peace again, on pain of death.
Romeo, love-sick for Rosaline, is comforted by his friend Benvolio. Capulet tells Paris that he may not marry his daughter Juliet until she is older. Romeo and his friends learn of a party being held by the Capulets, and decide to go to it as masquers. At the party, Tybalt sees Romeo, but is prevented from fighting him by Capulet. Romeo meets Juliet, and they instantly fall in love. After leaving the party, Romeo eludes his friends, returns to meet Juliet, and they exchange vows of love. Romeo tells Friar Laurence what has happened and he consents to marry them.
Benvolio tells Mercutio that Tybalt has sent Romeo a challenge. Romeo joins them, and is visited by the Nurse, who is told the marriage plan. She tells Juliet, who then goes to Friar Laurence’s cell, and the lovers are married. Tybalt, looking for Romeo, finds Benvolio and Mercutio. Romeo returns, and is challenged by Tybalt, but refuses to fight. Mercutio draws on Tybalt and is fatally wounded. Tybalt then fights with Romeo, and is killed. Romeo flies, and Benvolio reports what has happened to the Prince, who banishes Romeo. The Nurse tells Juliet of Romeo’s banishment and promises to bring him to her. The Friar tells a distraught Romeo he is banished, but advises him to visit Juliet secretly, then to leave for Mantua.
Capulet tells Paris he may marry Juliet in three days, and Lady Capulet brings the news to Juliet, who has just bid Romeo a hasty farewell. Juliet refuses to marry Paris, persisting in the face of her father’s anger. She goes to the Friar for help, and finds Paris there arranging the marriage. After he leaves, the Friar devises a plan: he will give her a drink that will make her appear dead and thus avoid the marriage, and will write to Romeo to tell him; they can then elope to Mantua.
Juliet tells her father she will now marry Paris, and Capulet brings the wedding forward to the next day. Juliet retires, and drinks the liquid. When her ‘body’ is discovered, all mourn, and she is taken to the family crypt. In Mantua, Balthasar tells Romeo that Juliet is dead. He vows to lie dead next to her that night, and obtains a poison from an apothecary. Friar John tells Friar Laurence that he was unable to deliver Laurence’s letter to Romeo. Realizing the danger, Laurence leaves to tell Juliet what has happened.
Paris goes to Juliet’s tomb to mourn her, and encounters Romeo. They fight, and Romeo kills Paris. Romeo then drinks the poison and dies by Juliet. The Friar arrives to see Romeo dead and Juliet waking. She refuses to leave, and kills herself with Romeo’s dagger. Officers arrive, and rouse the families and the Prince. The Friar explains what has happened. Montague and Capulet agree to make peace with each other.
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