a tale of two cities

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السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
ارجو من الاخوة اعضاء المنتدي الكرام مساعدتي في الحصول علي جميع ما يتعلق بقصة a tale of two cities
من summary و comments و quotations كما ايضا اريد الحصول علي جميع ما يتعلق بمسرحية
the arms and the man من summary و comments و quotations وجزاكم الله كل خير

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مازلت لاأعرف كيف أنقل ملف هنا
لكن سوف أحاول وضع كل ماعندى - الخاص بالأعمال المطلوبة هنا

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معذرة لما حدث - أرسلت أشياء ليست مطلوبة

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Author Biography

George Bernard Show

Irish comic dramatist

Born : 1856, in Dublin, Ireland
Died : 1950.

Winner of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1925

George Bernard Shaw was the youngest of three children for George Shaw and Lucinda Elizabeth Shaw. His father came from a good family but spent his money carelessly. His father used to drink and was unable to support his family.
George went to schools but never went to university and was self-taught. From his father, he inherited a sense of humor. From his mother, a singer, he gained imagination, love for music, and self-dependence .
Shaw left school at the age of fifteen and went to work as an agent, collecting rent . Then he followed his mother, who had left his father, to London in 1876. Shaw hoped to become a writer. He wrote five unsuccessful novels. But he was successful with his journalism .
In London , Shaw turned to socialism . He also took part in a demonstration in London . When Shaw failed in writing novels, he began to write drama. Arms and the Man is one of his successful plays.

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Raina Petkoff is a romantic young girl who has an idealistic views of war. She is engaged to Sergius, a young officer with romantic views about war too. A escaping enemy soldier, Bluntschli, breaks into Raina's bedroom. This soldier is practical and teaches Raina the realities حقائق of war. Bluntschli is a soldier (a Swiss soldier for hire, fighting for the Serbs) who prefers a supply of chocolates to bullets when he goes to the front .
Raina's romantic idea about soldiers will change when Bluntschli tells her that he is afraid to die. However she lets him escape because she loved him.

After the war is over, Major Petkoff and Sergius returned and spoke about Bluntschli who has helped them in moving their armies. Bluntschli is ready to fight for any side that pays. The men have also heard stories about the Swiss soldier's escape and how a young girl had given him shelter . They do not know that that happened in Raina's room.

Sergius is attracted to Louka (the servant). While Major Petkoff and Sergius are in the library, Captain Bluntschli arrives to return the coat which Raina lent him. Raina and her mother wanted the Captain to leave and pretend not to know him when Major Petkoff and Sergius greet him warmly. The men invited Bluntschli to lunch. After lunch, Major Petkoff asks for his coat and Raina becomes afraid that he may discover the photo that she had put in the pocket for her "Chocolate Cream Soldier."

Sergius learns the true character of the "Chocolate Cream Soldier" and asks Bluntschli for a duel . Raina refuses and expresses her real feelings for Bluntschli. Louka succeeds in getting Sergius for herself and Major Petkoff and his wife accepts Bluntschli's marriage to Raina.

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Raina Petkoff

Raina, the heroine of the play, is the only child of Major Petkoff and Catherine Petkoff. She is a "romantic" and had romantic ideas of love and war. Catherine Petkoff

Catherine Petkoff, Raina's mother, is a middle-aged woman, who likes to act as a Viennese lady. She is active and good-looking.


Major Petkoff

Major Petkoff got his position in the army more because of his wealth than his ability. He is not a good one in the art of soldiery. He takes help from Bluntschli but believes that he himself has made all the plans. But he is a good father and husband.

Sergius

Sergius is handsome like any romantic hero. He has a good position in the army and is supposed to be brave. He is thought to be in love with Raina but flirts with Louka.

Bluntschli

Bluntschli is a Swiss professional soldier. He believes that it is
better to be armed with chocolates than with ammunition on the battlefield . He is not good-looking and romantic like Sergius but he is a practical, energetic and good soldier.

Louka

She is a servant girl in Petkoff house. She is proud and hates being a servant. She is ambitious and wishes to rise in life. Nicola wishes to marry her but she loves and plans to marry Sergius and rise in society.
Nicola
Nicola is an old servant of the family. He deals freely with the members of the family as well as their guests. He is fond of Louka who hates of his being a servent.

Themes

The play has two major Themes :
War and marriage. Romantic illusion about war leads to disaster, in the same way romantic ideas of love and marriage lead to unhappy marriages.

The relationship between the upper and lower classes as represented by the Petkoffs and their servants Nicola and Louka. Shaw encourages social equality .

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Act 1
Summary

It is November 1885, during the Serb-Bulgarian War. Raina Petkoff, a young Bulgarian woman, is in her bedchamber She is on the balcony admiring the beauty of the snow peaks on a starlit night .

Raina looks lovingly at Sergius' photo, dancing and dreaming of his bravery in defeating the Serbians. Then Raina's mother, Catherine, enters and says that Raina's fiancé , Major Sergius Saranoff, is the hero of a cavalry charge هجوم سلاح الفرسان because he has led قاد the Bulgarian army to a great victory .
Raina feels happy that her ideas about Sergius' heroism بطولة and patriotism وطنيته have come true . Now she is sure he is brave and she feels pity for the poor soldiers whom he fought. So she feels ashamed of doubting him before.
Louka (the servant) enters and says that all the windows must be shut. The Serbs are being chased through the pass and they may run through the town, so there may be shooting . Raina asks her to keep the shutter of the balcony open and promises to shut them if she hears any shoots.
Catherine and Louka leave. Raina admires her lover's portrait again and goes to bed with a novel. Suddenly she hears gunshots so she rushes to blow out the candles and hides herself in bed.

There is firing close by. Then the shutters of her balcony open and a figure enters closing the shutter behind him. She can hear him panting . Then a voice threatens to shot her if she doesn't keep silent. He asks her to light a candle. She sees a man of 35 "in great trouble, covered with mud and blood and snow.
He is wearing the uniform of a Serbian officer. He warns her that if the Bulgarian officers followed him to the room, he would be killed and he does not like to be killed.
The fugitive لاجئ tells her that because she is undress , it wouldn't be suitable if the soldiers came in. So she reaches for her cloak but he takes it before she can. Having her cloak can guarantee يضمن his safety far better than his revolver مسدسه so he throws it on the ottoman(sofa)
They hear shooting by voices insisting on مصمم على entering the house to look for a fugitive. Louka knocks on Raina's door. The fugitive quickly throws her cloak to her. Raina hides him behind
the curtains and opens the door.
Catherine has also come with a Russian officer to search Raina's room. After making sure that no fugitive is hiding there, the officer apologizes and leaves.

Raina asks Louka to leave the room and follow her mother to search the rest of the house. Louka has seen the revolver on the ottoman and her glances نظراتها tell Raina that she knows her secret(that the fugitive is hiding in the room). She leaves the room and Raina shuts the door carefully. Then the fugitive comes out of his hiding place and thanks Raina for saving his life.
Raina thinks that he is one of the Austrians whom she hates for helping the Serbs(their enemy) against the Bulgarians(her people). But he tells her that he is a Swiss mercenary hired by من the Serbs to fight for them. He asks her not to hate him and allow him to spend some more time in her bedroom as he is still in danger.
By chance, Raina sits on his revolver that he threw carelessly on the sofa and gives a cry . She understands what Louka was staring at . Raina's cry frightens him. When she sees him afraid, she hatefully gives it to him to protect himself.
The Swiss soldier confesses that the revolver is not loaded. He has no ammunition as he prefers to carry chocolates in the front to carrying cartridges in case he is hungry during the battle. Food is more important to him than bullets.
His words shakes Raina's idealistic ideas of courage, patriotism and manhood الرجولة . She gets very angry. But when she sees he is really hungry, she offers him some chocolate creams in an insulting way . The starving soldier eats it all.
Raina receives another shock when he says that old soldiers, like himself, prefer to carry food to the battle whereas the young, rash soldiers always carry revolvers and ammunition.
Raina gets more angry and takes the box nervously when he finishes. This frightens him again. So he asks her not to take revenge because he frightened her when he first came into her room. Raina hates much his cowardness and says that she is braver than him although she is a woman.
The man feels that she is romantic so he explains to her the realities of war . *He tells her that a man is forced to be afraid if he is under fire for three whole days without food. He tells her that he himself is so weak that she could easily make him cry by just insulting him. Raina is affected by his words. However, she says that Bulgarian soldiers are braver and will not change even if they are in worse conditions .
The man disagrees with her. He sees that their army won the battle by luck as the Serbs were sent the wrong ammunition. They could not fire for ten minutes. He thinks their army is unprofessional غير محترفيين : it was stupid of them to make a cavalry charge against a battery سرية مدفعية of machine guns. Raina asks him to talk more about their army. Bluntschli doesn't know that the leader of the Cavalry is her fiancé, so he made fun at Bulgarian army.
"It's a funny sight. It's like slinging إلقاء a handful of peas against a window pane لوح الشباك الزجاجى first one comes, then two or three close behind him; and then all the rest in a lump. مجموعة "
Raina thinks that Sergius must have been the first fighter because he is the bravest of them all.

"You should see the poor devil pulling at his horse."

"Do you suppose that the fellow wants to
get there before the others and be killed?
However the fugitive tells her that it was his horse that pushed him ahead and could not be controlled.
Bluntschli tells her that only the young soldiers fight hard without knowing that they could be shot easily but the older soldiers went in groups afraid of being killed. So their wounds were only small cuts on the knees. Raina is sure that the leader was not a coward and she is eager شغوفة to know more of his work.
Bluntschli mocks at him and compares him to an operatic tenor مغنى أوبرا and to Don Quixote who charged at the windmills.

دونكى شوت : قصة الطفل الذى يصارع طواحين الهواء بالسيوف ظنا منه أنها الأعداء.

Although Raina is hurt, she still believes in her fiancé's heroism. When she shows him the portrait of Sergius, her fiancé, he apologizes. But he makes matters worse by saying that Sergius must have been informed of the wrong ammunition in advance (He wanted to say that Sergius was a coward who took the advantage of his enemy's bad luck).
Raina's anger increases and she decides to do a soldierly act by asking him to go down the pipes again because he made fun of her future husband.
He is frightened and tells her that climbing up the pipe when the enemy was chasing him يطاردوه was easy but going down was impossible. So he asks her to give the alarm . Raina feels pity for him and says it is better for him to escape and not be caught. But he says that escaping is also death.
Raina, once again, feels pity because he is tired and sleepy. The fugitive prepares himself to go down. When he is about to leave, they hear firing so Raina pulls him back. She asks him to stay again and says he must know that they are hospitable. She starts to talk proudly about her father, their rich house and the library they own. She tells him that she will offer him refuge .
He asks her to tell her mother that he is here because as he could not stay in her room for long without her knowledge . As soon as she leaves, he falls into a deep sleep.
When Raina comes with her mother and finds him asleep, Catherine tries to awaken تيقظ him by shaking him hard. Raina stops her saying that "the poor darling must be worn out ". Catherine is surprised for this feeling.

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Questions with model answers

1) What contrast was shown in the furnishing of Raina's room?
The room was decorated in the worst taste ذوق سئ . The furniture was not like the style of West Europe. It was half Bulgarian, half cheap Viennese which reflected يعكس the bad taste of Catherine and her desire to seem civilized and Viennese
2) What news did Catherine bring to her daughter, Raina?
Their army won the battle by the help of her fiancé. He defied تحدى the Russian officers' commands and made a cavalry charge هجوم بسلاح الفرسان on his own responsibility. The brave Bulgarian officers followed him. They killed lots of the Serbs. So he became "the hero of the hour".
3) How was Sergius courageous شجاع according to حسب Catherine's description?
She said he was so brave in fighting the enemy, led the army on his own responsibility and was the first to go ahead.
4) How did the people at war see Sergius after the victory?
They praised his bravery in defeating the enemy and loved him very much for this.

5) Why did Raina feel remorseful نادمة after hearing the news about the victory?

She felt sorry for doubting his heroic deeds أعماله البطولية before. She wasn't sure if he would do well in battles or not.

6) Why did Raina feel so happy and proud of Sergius?

Because all her ideas about him became true. In the past she doubted his being brave and imagined he would not be able to do anything if he went to a real battle, but now after hearing about his winning the battle, she was the happiest.

7) What did Catherine blame Raina for?

…..for making Sergius wait too long before she agreed to be engaged to him.

8) What did the mother advise her daughter to do when Sergius return back?

She asked her to repay him for not feeling his value and love him so much.
9) Why did Raina describe herself as "a prosaic ممله little coward"?
Because she doubted Sergius's bravery before. She felt that if he had to be in a real battle, he would appear weak and would not be admired by the other soldiers. Now after that was said about him, she felt she was silly to think so.
10)How did the fugitive look like?
He was a man of about 35. He was in a terrible state, covered with mud, blood and snow. His Serbian uniform was torn ممزق . He looked weary but seemed to have a sense of humor.
11)Why didn't Raina respect the fugitive at first?
She didn't like his feeling of fear and his cowardness. She thought he should have been braver as he was a soldier.

12)Why did the fugitive take Raina's cloak?

He used it instead of a weapon to save himself. She was undressed. So she ran to put it on in case anyone comes to look for him. He took it before her to prevent her from opening the door.
13)What were the weapons the fugitive used to guarantee يضمن Raina's silence?
·At first he threatened هدد her with the pistol مسدس ordering her not to shout.
·When he saw that she was undressed. He took her cloak to force her not to open the door for the soldiers if they came to look for him.
14)Who is Louka?
She is a handsome proud مغرورة maid خادمة serving the Petkoffs. Though she was a maid, she was bold جرئ while dealing with التعامل مع them.
15)Though he took Raina's cloak to force her not to open the door for anyone, the fugitive behaved manly. What did he do?
He threw the cloak to her to wrap تلف/تغطى herself up when Louka asked her to open for the officer who came to look for the fugitive.
16)Why did the Bulgarian soldiers call at يزور the Petkoff's?
They were chasing the escaping Serbs after being defeated. The neighbours thought that one of them was climbing to the balcony. So they came to search the house.
17)What favour جميل did Raine do with the fugitive?
She hid him behind the curtains in her room. While the soldiers were looking for him, she opened the shutters wide to let the officer search in the balcony only, then stood with her back to the curtains.
18)It was better for the Swiss soldier that Raina did not act in a professional way. Why?
Because if she did, she wouldn't have *taken him inتستضيف , *hidden him from the Bulgarians, *offered him food and shelter مأوى and *treated him so kindly.
If she had been professional, she would have handed him to the soldiers or shouted for help.

19)Raina contradicts herself تناقض نفسها throughout طوال her conversation with the Swiss soldier. How is that?

· At first Raina got angry when Bluntschli spoke badly about her fiancé and made fun at him.
· She was also angry to see him a coward when he took her cloak to protect himself.
· She did not like him when he hid behind the curtains and not fight his enemy.

However she was attracted انجذبت to him.

· She was secretly happy that Sergius turned out ظهر أنه to be imperfect as she thought before.
· She decided to save his life by allowing him to stay in her room.
20)How did Raina make sure the fugitive was safe while the
Russian officer was searching the room?
She opened the shutters wide to let him search in the balcony only, then stood with her back to the curtains where the man was hiding.
21)How was the fugitive grateful مقر بالجميل to Raina?
He thanked her for saving his life and expressed his wish to serve her. He wished he had fought with her native army instead of the Serbs.
22)What nationality did Raina think the fugitive was?
She thought him one of the Austrians النمساويين who fought with the Serbs – their enemies – against the Bulgarian army.
23)What was the fugitive?
He was a Swiss professional soldier for hire ready to fight for the one who pays him.

24)What important lesson did Bluntschlilearn from the war?

His years as a soldier taught him that food is more important than bulletsرصاص , so he used to carry chocolates instead of bullets.

25)According to Bluntschli , how can youdifferentiate يفرق between a young soldier and an old one at war?

· One can tell the difference between a young soldier and an old one by looking inside his holsters جراب المسدس and cartridge boxes. The young soldiers always carried pistols مسدسات , bullets and cartridges but old ones carried nothing but food.
·Young soldiers are always rash متهور , inexperienced بلا خبرة , ready to fight and die for their country. But old ones are much experienced and always stick together in large numbers. They try to avoid يتجنب fighting to stay alive.

26)What were Bluntschli's views about the Bulgarian victory?

In his opinion, they won because of luck. They were not clever in the art of the war. They were stupid as they made a cavalry charge against a battery of machine guns.

27)How did the Swiss soldier describe the battle at Slivnitza?

· He said that the head of the Bulgarian cavalry charge was foolish and unprofessional because he threw a regiment of cavalry on a battery of machine guns.
· He said that he and his men were committing suicide and should be blamed. Because if the guns went off, they would all die.
· He said that they won by mere luck because the Serbians were sent the wrong ammunition and couldn't fire for ten minutes.
· He said that Sergius did it like an operatic tenor, a handsome man with flashing eyes and a lovely moustache, shouting out his war cry and attacked like Don Quixote at the windmills, thinking he was the cleverest.
· He said that the Serbs laughed at this funny sight but their laughter turned into sad cries because of the wrong ammunition.

28)How did Bluntschli satirize Sergius?

He said that Sergius was a real fool. He knew nothing about war. He was not brave. He did not rush first as Raina thought. It was only his horse that pushed him forward.

29)What was unprofessional about Sergius' victory?

Bluntschli thought that he was so because he chose to attack a battery of machine guns with a regiment of cavalry on horse back. Bluntschli saw this was like committing suicide because if the guns went off, all his soldiers and their horses would die.

30)What should have been done to Sergius for being unprofessional at war, according to Bluntschli?

According to Bluntschli, Sergius was in experienced enough to endanger the lives of his men. So he should have been tried by the law for his mad act.

31)What was Raina's reaction رد فعلها when Bluntschli criticized her future husband?

She could not believe that Sergius was a coward. So she was so angry with Bluntschli that she ordered him to leave.

32)In what way did the fugitive offend Raina?

He offended her more than once.
·First, he called Sergius a fool because he exposed عرض his soldiers to danger when he made them fight a battery of machine guns and they were on horseback.
·Second, he called Sergius a poor coward جبان devil شيطان who was trying to pull at his horse in order not to run away with him and take him to fighting.
·Third, he described Sergius as an operatic tenor who foolishly used his sword like Don Quixote thinking the windmills his enemies.

33)What favour did Raina do with the fugitive?

When Bluntschli came to her room for hiding from the Bulgarians who were chasing them, she hid him behind the curtains, stood against it and saved his life.

34)The cream chocolate had a great significance أهمية in Act one.

Discuss.

·Although the Swiss is an old professional soldier who fought wars for fourteen years, he chooses to carry chocolate instead of bullets to war because it is more useful than bullets at war. This is what the writer of the play ,G.B. Shaw, wants to say (There is no glory in making war or killing fellow human beings). So he uses the cream chocolates as a satire سخرية on that matter.
·The Swiss is also called a "Chocolate cream soldier" by Raina when he refuses to climb down the water pipe because he didn't like to make effort.

35)How did Raina boast of her family's social status?

She seemed to be proud فخورة of her family 's status الوضع الاجتماعى . She talked many times about it in front of the Swiss soldier.
·She told him that the Petkoff is one of the most famous and richest families in Bulgaria.
·She said her father held يحتل the highest rank رتبة in the army "Major"
·She tried to impress تبهر him by saying that their house was the only one in Bulgaria which had two rows of windows and a flight of stairs سلالم داخلية .
·She said they have the only library in Bulgaria.
·She said every year her family went to Bucharest for Opera season.

36)Although Sergius did not appear in act one, four characters give different opinions about him. Discuss.

·The playwright describes his portrait as that of "extremely handsome officer"
·Catherine described him as being the idol معبود/محبوب of the regiment and the hero of the hour after winning the battle.
·Raina thinks of him as her hero who she worships تعبده and adores.
·The Swiss soldier described him as a fool, unprofessional

Quotations with model answers

1) "He sends me the news. Sergius is the hero of the hour, the idol معبود of the regimentكتيبة "
Catharine said these words to Raina as soon as she received news from her husband at war. Sergius became the hero of the hour after defeating هزيمة the Serbs. Her mother feels how lucky her daughter was for having such a fiancé.
2) "You can't guess how splendid it is. A cavalry charge! Think of that! He defied our Russian commanders – acted without orders – led a charge on his own responsibility – he led it himself – was the first man to sweep through their guns."
Catharine said these words to Raina when she was telling her the news of Sergius's victory over the Serbs. The mother seems to be proud of Sergius because…………… .
This shows how the mother had a naïveساذج, unprofessional view. Because she praised Sergius who could have caused the death of all of his soldiers if he hadn't been lucky.

3) "The Serbs have Austrian officers who are just as clever as the Russians; but we have beaten them in every battle for all that."

Catharine said these words to Raina when she told her about her doubts for Sergius's bravery. She blamed her for not trusting عدم ثقتها فى her fiancée. She praised امتدحت his courage in defeating the Serbs.
4) "If you have a drop of Bulgarian blood in your veins, you will worship him when he comes back."
Catharine said these words to Raina when she brought to her the news about Sergius' victory. Here she blames her daughter for her cold attitude to Sergius. She kept him waiting for a whole year before she accepted him. So the mother – here – is advising her daughter to show him more respect and care when he comes back.

5) "What will he care for my poor little worship after the acclamation of a whole army of heroes?"

Raina said these words to her mother when the latter blamed her for her previous cold attitude towards Sergius. The mother also advised her to show more love and respect to him when he returns back.
Then Raina felt that her love won't be important for Sergius who, now, is loved and worshipped by the whole army. These words show how Raina is sad and sorry for doubting her fiancé's courage.

6) "This is the happiest night of my life. If only there are no fugitives."

Raina said these words to her mother before they (Catherine and Louka) left. Catherine told her news about Sergius' victory over the Serbs. Raina was very happy and believed that that night was the happiest of her life.
However Louka's news that the Serbian fugitives were being chased and killed by the Bulgarians made Raina sad. She pitied أشفقت على the Serbs and wished that her people were more merciful رحيم . Louka's news disturbed her happiness and spoilt her perfect night.
There is also irony here because that night indeed حقا turned out اتضحت أنها to be the happiest for Raina because there were fugitives.

7) "I wish our people were not so cruel. What glory there is in killing wretched fugitives."

Raina said these words to her mother when Louka told them news that the Serbian fugitives were being chased and killed by the Bulgarians down the streets. Louka said that the windows and doors should be closed because there might be shooting down the street. Raina expressed her sadness and sorrow towards the Serbian fugitives. She saw cruelty in the act of killing men, even if they were enemies.
This shows how Raina was Romantic and noble-hearted.

8) "It's not the weapon of a gentleman!"

Raina said these words to the fugitive when he took her cloak to force her not to open the door. He said that it was better than a weapon because she would not be able to appear undressed. Bluntschli was afraid to die at the hands of the Serbs.

9) "It is good enough for a man with only you to stand between him and death."

Captain Bluntschli said these words to Raina when she criticized نقدته him for protecting himself with a woman's cloak although he was a fighter. To force Raina not to open the door for anyone, he took her cloak.

10)"A narrow shave but a miss is as good as a mile."

Captain Bluntschli said these words to Raina when the Bulgarian officer and the soldiers left Raina's room. He meant that although he made a narrow escape, his neck was saved in the end. This shows how the Swiss soldier was grateful معترف الجميل to Raina because she saved his life.

11)"I've no ammunition ذخيرة . What use are cartridges in battle? I always carry chocolate instead."

Captain Bluntschli said these words to Raina when she told him to load his empty revolver with the bullets he carried. He said he never carried ammunition in his cartridge box but he stuffed food in it instead. He thought that, during battle, food was more important than bullets.
This shows Bluntschli's and the playwright's opinions of war. For them war was bloody and terrible and there was no glory in it.

12)"Do you stuff your pockets with sweets - like a school boy – even in the field?

Raina said these words to the fugitive when he told her that he never carried any ammunitions. Instead he carried chocolate. In his opinion, food and chocolate were useful to a soldier than bullets. Raina scorned احتقرت him for this.
13) "I am only a woman, I think I am at heart as brave as you."
Raina said these words to the fugitive when he apologized اعتذر for frightening her when he first came to her room. Raina – proudly – said that she never felt afraid. She couldn't believe there were frightened soldiers like him.
14) "I don't believe the first is a coward. I believe he is a hero".
Raina said these words to Bluntschli when he was telling her about the realities of war. He told her that young soldiers were the ones who rush first to fight not the leaders as she thought.
15) "Of all the fools ever let loose on a field of battle, that man must be the very maddest."
Bluntschli said these words to Raina when she asked him to describe the leader of the cavalry charge. Bluntschli thought that Sergius was not a good leader because he threw his regiment of cavalry on horseback on a battery of machine guns. For him it seemed like madness and Sergius should be blamed for this.
This shows how the man despised يحتقر and mocked يسخر من Sergius 's foolishness حماقة .
16) "He and his regiment simply committed suicide; only the pistol missed fire; that's all."
Bluntschli said these words to Raina who thought that Sergius was a brave hero. Bluntschli saw that Sergius was not a good leader as he threw his regiment of cavalry on a battery of machine guns. For him it seemed like committing suicide. Their victory was through luck as their ammunitions ran out.
17) "You are my enemy; and you are at my mercy. What would I do if I were a professional soldier?"
Raina said these words to Bluntschli after describing her future husband as a coward who knew nothing about the art of war. She was so angry that she asked him to leave her room.
18) "Oh, you are a very poor soldier : a chocolate cream soldier! It takes less courage to climb down than to face capture ."
Raina said these words to Bluntschli when he asked her to raise the alarm and inform about his presence in her room. This happened after Raina – angrily – asked him to leave the room. He was too tired and frightened to climb down the pipes again.

19)"No : capture only means death; and death is sleep."

The fugitive said these words to Raina when she advised him to climb down from the balcony to the street instead of being arrested. Bluntschli - who was too tired to do it – preferred she tell others to come and catch him.

20)"I shall sleep as if the stones were a feather bed."

Bluntschli said these words to Raina when she warned him against climbing down. He was too tired and she thought he would fall. Bluntschliwas tired and unhappy so it didn't matter for him whether he would be caught or fall and meet his end.

21) "I tell you these things to show you that you are not in the house of ignorant country folk who would kill you the moment they saw your Serbian uniform, but among civilized people."

Raina said these words to Bluntschli boasting of her noble family. She told him her family is one of *the richest one in the country, her father is a *Major, her house is *different from any in town, and that they were the only family that had *a library. She said all this to convince him that they were *a hospitable family who would not hesitate to help him.
22)"My mother and I can understand that notion, as you call it. And if instead of threatening me with your pistol, as you did, you had simply thrown yourself as a fugitive on our hospitality, you would have been as safe as in your father's house."
Raina said these words to Bluntschli who took refuge in her room. She was angry at the man who resorted to threats and the use of force to make Raina obey to shelter him. She boasted about her family saying they were so hospitable that they could take him in يستضيفوه if he was in need.

23)"The poor dear is worn out. Let him sleep."

Raina said these words to her mother when she brought her to see the fugitive. Raina was affected by his visit. He showed her many of the realities of war. Seeing him tired, she pitied him and asked him to stay in her room for protection.

[Huda Mohammed 2010]

معذرة أعرف أن الشكل العام لما أرسلته غير منظم

ولكن كما قلت من قبل - لأعرف كيف أنقل الملف إلى الموقع

[Huda Mohammed 2010]

المشاركة الأصلية كتبت بواسطة toylantern

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
ارجو من الاخوة اعضاء المنتدي الكرام مساعدتي في الحصول علي جميع ما يتعلق بقصة a tale of two cities
من summary و comments و quotations كما ايضا اريد الحصول علي جميع ما يتعلق بمسرحية
the arms and the man من summary و comments و quotations وجزاكم الله كل خير

قمت بعمل موضوع جديد خاص بـ Arms and the man ملفات مرفوعة وورد - أتمنى أن تكون مفيدة

[mayar95]

please i want qotations comments and questions of tale of two cities from ch 1 till 13 please i need it

[mrhamed]

عذرا استاذتى الكريمة ولكن ماتفضلتى به هى اجزاء من مسرحية Arms and the man

[فاطمه احمد ذكى]

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
ارجو من الاخوة اعضاء المنتدي الكرام مساعدتي في الحصول علي جميع ما يتعلق بقصة a tale of two cities
من summary و comments و quotations كما ايضا اريد الحصول علي جميع ما يتعلق بمسرحية
the arms and the man من summary و comments و quotations وجزاكم الله كل خير

[خليها على اله]

شكررررررا جزيلا بس الاسئلة والكلام كتير اووى ومش مختصر

[فاطمه احمد ذكى]

ارجو من الاخوة اعضاء المنتدي الكرام مساعدتي في الحصول علي جميع ما يتعلق بقصة a tale of two cities
من summary و comments و quotations كما ايضا اريد الحصول علي جميع ما يتعلق بمسرحية
the arms and the man من summary و comments و quotations وجزاكم الله كل خير