Notes from the "Tempest"

•·       To consist of

•·       To use a metaphor

•·       To wander

•·       To symbolize the tumultuos love

•·       To reflect the tone

•·       To be veiled

•·       To put into focus

•·       To threat

•·       To set the mood for

•·       To make disable to

•·       To see someone's way out

•·       To endure

•·       To depict a mood

•·       To display

•·       To be detailed

•·       To be evident through

•·       To allow the reader to feel

•·       To blame

•·       To take delight in + ing form

•·       To contribute to

•·       To produce an image of

•·       To convince the reader/ audience

•·       To be laden

•·       To construct the tone

•·       To tend to

•·       To have in store

•·       To give a clue

•·       To provide a clue

•·       To bear

•·       To overbear

•·       To witness

•·       To differ from

•·       To go through

•·       To seem to be affected

•·       To see as a metaphor for

•·       To hope for the best

•·       To be willing to

•·       To put/see oneself out of once dilemma

•·       To put blame upon something else

•·       To steer someone into

•·       To be a joy to

•·       To be fuel by

•·       To lead to

•·       To be on a bad mood

•·       To be about to do

•·       To threaten

•·       To run away from

•·       To be worthy

•·       To manage to

•·       To write about

Notes of "Wyatt's pessimism"

•·       In doing so = nel fare così

•·       To be obsessed over

•·       Unattainable woman

•·       Lady à woman à mistress

•·       However = all the same = suffice to say

•·       To take situation

•·       To come to onself dealings

•·       Before examining

•·       Lexical differences

•·       To have a (negative) connotation

•·       Aimlessly

•·       To wander

•·       On one hand à on the other hand

•·       Merely = simply

•·       To dramatize

•·       To state

•·       To maintain

•·       The use of... rather than

•·       To portray = ritrarre

•·       Whereas

•·       To want + compl. Oggetto + infinito

Es. I want the reader to feel/ experience

•·       To be over = to have come to an end = to be finished = to be conclused

•·       To refer to

•·       To use an euphemism

•·       To me... = in my opinion... = my thinking is... = I believe in... = my feeling is that...

•·       A concrete version = a very tangible representation

•·       Finally, at the end/close of the...

•·       To show

Es. My example shows..

•·       Thus = così

•v Grottesco à tecnica per rendere ridicolo qualcosa

•v Irony à figura retorica per "difendersi" dalle opinioni degli altri

•·       To fail = fallire, non riuscire a fare qualcosa

•·       To parallel = mettere sullo stesso piano

•·       To quest = ricerca di un senso

•·       Goal = obiettivo

•·       To acquire = acquisire

•·       To put emphasy = to emphasize = to narrate something emphatically

•·       Phrase = espressione

•·       A feeling towards

•·       To take with

•·       although

•·       to symbolize = to become the symbol for

•·       like... = allo stesso modo

•·       as if.. = come se + congiuntivo

•v il congiuntivo si forma con il simple past per tutti I verbi tranne che per il verbo -to be-, che fa -were- per tutte le persone.

Es. He behaved as if he understood everything = si comportò come se        avesse capito tutto.

•·       Being the pessimist that he is = essendo il pessimista che è = comportandosi da pessimista come lui sa fare...

•·       Ultimately = per ultimo

•·       Sigh = sospiro

•·       To refer to..

•·       To claim = sostenere che

•·       To combine to

•·       As a vehicle = come modo + gerundio

•·       To clear up

Es. the fog clears up; the interpretation clears up

•·       Most likely = molto probabilmente

•·       To see clearly

•·       Both.. and..

•·       To write about

•·       Instead of..

•·       Times smaller = tempi più piccoli

•·       Much / many + comparative

•·       To describe the literal meaning

•·       To solve a situation successfully

•·       To plung somebody into = sprofondare

•·       Both of them = they both

•·       May end up..

•·       To be optimistic / pessimistic..

•·       To continue to stay

•·       To make reference to

•·       To add

•·       To refer to

•·       To demonstrate

•·       To be the key difference

•·       To prove that

•·       To feel unsure = sentirsi insicuro

•·       To represent

•·       To have the same goal in mind

•·       To take different perspectives on..