Анализ английской сказки "The History of Tom Thumb" (9А класс)

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The history of Tom Thumb . The History of Tom Thumb was published in 1621, and was the first fairy-tale printed in English. This article is about a character in English folklore, Tom Thumb .

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This fairy-tale is about ... Tom who was no bigger than his father's thumb, had a lot of adventures including being swallowed by a cow, tangling with giants, and becoming a favourite of King Arthur .

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The main heroes … The main heroes of Tom Thumb are the magician , the poor woman and the giants . In the days of the great King Arthur there lived a magician called Merlin. He was the most wonderful magician the world had ever seen. The events take place in a village .

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At the beginning the author … At the beginning the author describes the magician , called Merlin . And one day he wanted to visit the poor beggar on the road and was very tired and stopped to rest at the house of a farmer . He knocked at the door and begged for some food. The countryman invited him to come in, and his wife, who was a very kind woman , soon brought him some food . Merlin was much pleased with the kindness of the farmer and his wife . But they were unhappy because they had no children. The poor woman said, with tears in her eyes, if I had a son and he was no bigger than my husband's thumb, I should be the happiest woman . And Merlin made her wish come true. The queen of the fairies wished to see the little boy. She came in at the window while the happy mother was sitting up in the bed looking at the boy. The queen kissed the child, gave it the name of Tom Thumb, and sent for some of the fairies. She gave orders to the fairies to dress the little boy, and the fairies dressed the little boy .

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The author describes Tom… The author characterizes Tom as good and kind but when he got older he became very cunning and full of tricks . When he was old enough to play with other boys, he lost all his own cherrystones . One day as he was getting out of a bag of cherry-stones, the boy to whom it belonged saw him. And the boy gave the bag such a shake that poor little Tom's legs and body were badly hurt .

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Tom Thumb's story has been filmed several times . The tale of Tom Thumb is the first English fairy tale printed. This story has been very popular ever since.

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In conclusion the author … In conclusion the author mentions that the king loved Tom so much that he ordered his men to make a little chair for him, and now he sat on the king's table when he had his meals. Tom was also given a golden palace to live in and a coach, drawn by six small mice. So Tom lived happily at King Arthur's court until he died.

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What makes that book so popular … I like the main characters of the fairy-tale because they were believable thanks to the discovery of the author . This fairy-tale is interesting and easy to read .