The Gift of the Magi
" The Gift of the Magi" is a short story written by O. Henry about a young married couple and how they deal with the challenge of buying secret Christmas gifts for each other with very little money. As a sentimental story with a moral lesson about gift-giving, it has been a popular one for adaptation, especially for presentation at Christmas time. The plot and its "twist ending" are well-known, and the ending is generally considered an example ofcosmic irony. It was allegedly written at Pete's Tavern[2][3] on Irving Place in New York City. The Gift of the Magi 三位賢者來自 India, Persia, and Arabia Bildungsroman 成長小說
In literary criticism, a Bildungsroman (German pronunciation: [ˈbɪldʊŋs.ʁoˌmaːn]; German:"formation novel")[1] or coming-of-age story is a literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from youth to adulthood (coming of age),[2] and in which character change is thus extremely important. O. Henry
William Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862 – June 5, 1910), better known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American writer. O. Henry's short stories are known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization and clever twist endings. After funeral services in New York City, he was buried in the Riverside Cemetery in Asheville, North Carolina. John Milton
Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton. It was originally published in 1667 in ten books, with a total of over ten thousand individual lines of verse. A second edition followed in 1674, changed into twelve books (in the manner of the division of Virgil'sAeneid) with minor revisions throughout and a note on the versification.[1]
Paradise Regained
Paradise Regained is a poem by the English poet John Milton, published in 1671. It is connected by name to his earlier and more famous epic poem Paradise Lost, with which it shares similar theological themes. It deals with the subject of the temptation of Christ. Samson Agonistes
Samson Agonistes (Greek: "Samson the agonist") is atragic closet drama by John Milton. It appeared with the publication of Milton's Paradise Regain'd in 1671, as the title page of that volume states: "Paradise Regained / A Poem / In IV Books / To Which Is Added / Samson Agonistes". It is generally thought thatSamson Agonistes was begun around the same time asParadise Regained but was completed after the larger work, possibly very close to the date of publishing, but there is no agreement on this.
Samson and Delilah
Samson, Shimshon (Hebrew: שִׁמְשׁוֹן,Modern Shimshon Tiberian Šimšôn, meaning "man of the sun"[1]); Shamshoun (Arabic: شمشونShamshūn/Šamšūn) or Sampson (Greek: Σαμψών) is the third-to-last of the Judges of the ancientIsraelites mentioned in the Tanakh (the Hebrew Bible) (Book of Judges chapters 13 to 16).
Delilah (דלילה
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