高级英语06_Blackmail.pptVIP

Lesson 6 Blackmail --Arthur Hailey Background information Main characters Setting, plot, and the end Type of writing Structural analysis Detailed study Character analysis Rhetorical devices Background information Arthur Hailey： born in 1920, and educated in Britain. emigrated to Canada in 1949. famous novels: Hotel, Airport, The moneychanger. ·Title of the novel： Hotel Main characters McDermott: assistant general manager of the hotel Ogilvie: chief house detective the Duke of Croydon: newly appointed British ambassador to the United States the Duchess of Croydon: wife of the Duke a prostitute called lady friend by Ogilvie Setting The story happened in a hotel named St. Gregory in New Orleans, Louisiana which is in the south of US. Plot Gregory was now at the brink of bankruptcy, but Peter McDermott, the assistant general manager, is trying every means he could to save it. Several events happened during the week with the present text as part of it. The Duke of Croydon was an internationally famous statesman and the newly appointed British ambassador to Washington. They occupied the best suite of the hotel--- the Presidential Suite Plot Monday evening, the Duke went to the gambling house. Later, his wife pursued and found him. On their way back, the car Jaguar knocked down a woman and her child. Both were killed. Then we have the present text. ... ... Type of writing This kind of novel is called thriller. A thriller is a work of fiction or drama designed to hold the interest by the use of a high degree of intrigue, adventure or suspense.(刺激的小说、电影，恐怖片) Others :cop-criminal novels, detective novels. The main purpose is for entertainment, amusement. The basic technique is to make the whole story of crime into sth. like a jigsaw puzzle. You can not see the outcome until the final part is put in. Structural Analysis-- part 1 Part 1. Prelude：(The chief house officer ... Ogilvie remained standing) Section 1. The setting, main characters, and th