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- 2. Our group’s members 1957010276 Châu Hoàng Anh Thư 1957012162 Trần Thị Yến Nhung 1957012311 Phan Trần Thúy Vy 1957012006 Bùi Trúc Anh
- 3. MR. KNOW-ALL By W. Somerset Maugham
- 4. Author 01. Plot synopsis 02. Adaptations 04. References 05. Table of Contents Themes 03.
- 5. 01. Author W. Somerset Maugham Childhood & Education Personal life Career & Achievements Works
- 6. Novelist, short story writer He can be regarded as the highest-paid author during the 1930s. Playwright 25/01/1874 – Paris, France 16/10/1965 – Nice, France
- 7. Not wanting to become a lawyer like other men in family St Thomas’s Hospital Medical School, London Mother: Edith Mary Snell The King’s School, Canterbury, Kent, England Childhood & Education British Embassy, Paris, France Trained & qualified as a physician 25th Jan 1874 10 years old 1892 Father: Lawyer Robert Ormond Maugham Raised by his uncle was unfortunate
- 8. Personal life - Reported to have been bisexual in younger years & exclusively homosexual in the later ones. - Gwendoline Maud Syrie Barnardo (1819-1955) + Married in 1917. + Daughter: Mary Elizabeth Maugham. + Divorced in 1928. - Frederick Gerald Haxton (1892-1944) + First met in 1914. + For 30 years, accompanied Maugham as the long term secretary and lover, until his death in 1944. + Regarded as indispensable to Maugham’s success as a writer. - Alan Searle (1905-1985) + First met in 1928. + Became the private secretary and companion. + Lived with Maugham until his death in 1965
- 9. Career & Achievements Achieved massive success with the play 'Lady Frederick‘. Published first novel: Liza of Lambeth. 1897 1914 1916 1954 1907 Recruited into the British Secret Intelligence Service. On 10th June, William Somerset Maugham was honored by being made a Companion of Honor. Embarked on a 65-year career as a man of letters. 10 plays produced and 10 novels published. 1928 published Ashenden: Or the British Agent which is considered to have influenced the James Bond novels.
- 10. Works by W. Somerset Maugham Plays Novels Short stories 20 25 123
- 11. Plot synopsis 02. Mr. Know-All by W. Somerset Maugham
- 12. C H A R A C T E R S The protagonist, reserved, frigid, close-minded. The narrator The antagonist, hearty, pushy, self-confident, argumentative. Mr. Ramsay Dogmatic, boorish. Mr. Max Kelada - Mr. Know-All Mrs. Ramsay A pretty little thing, modest, has the effect of a quiet distinction.
- 13. The story took place in international waters on the ocean – going liners sailing from U.S.A to Japan. The narrator had to share a cabin with a total stranger. His partner was Mr. Max Kelada. U.S.A Japan
- 14. When the narrator saw Mr. Kelada’s luggage. He didn’t like the look of it. => The narrator started to dislike Mr.Kelada even more. Then, the narrator went to the smoking room to have drinks. Mr. Kelada came there and greeted, but he didn't call the narrator with the title of Mr. => This informality made the narrator even more angry. Mr.Kelada with the unlikeness of the English national appearance also made the narrator hate. Although Mr. Kelada had a British passport, he still was not a British citizen in the narrator’s mind. Mr.Kelada was a man who was very chatty. He seemed to know everything and was involved in everything, not sensing that he was disliked by everybody. The passengers mocked him and called him Mr. Know-All even to his face but Mr. Kelada took it as a compliment. The narrator dislike Max Kelada even before meeting him.
- 15. The Climax Mr. Know-All met Mr. Ramsay - who was an American Consular Servicemen stationed in Kobe, Japan. Mrs. Ramsay was a beautiful lady who always appeared very dignified and modest with simple clothes. Mr. Ramsay was on his way to Kobe after having picked up his wife – Mrs. Ramsay. The conversation drifted to the subject of pearls. As Mrs. Ramsay was wearing a string of pearls.
- 16. “Mr. Kelada - I'd be interested to know how much you think it cost.“ "Oh, in the trade somewhere around fifteen thousand dollars. But if it was bought on Fifth Avenue, I shouldn't be surprised to hear that anything up to thirty thousand was paid for it.“ "You'll be surprised to hear that Mrs. Ramsay bought that string at a department store the day before we left New York, for eighteen dollars." Mr. Ramsay: Mr. Ramsay: Mr. Kelada:
- 17. He decided to tell everybody that he was wrong and that the string was an excellent imitation. He gave Mr. Ramsay a hundred dollar note. When Mr. Know-All took out a magnifying glass and closely examined the string of pearls. He noticed a desperate appearance in Mrs. Ramsay's eyes. => This incident made Kelada’s reputation lose. "If I had a pretty little wife I shouldn't let her spend a year in New York while I stayed at Kobe“. The next morning, while the narrator and Kelada were resting in their cabin, they received an envelope with a hundred dollar note. The narrator was shocked and realized how mistaken he was to presume things about Kelada. At that moment he admitted that he did not entirely dislike Mr. Kelada.
- 18. THE TITLE: “Mr. Know-All” -> Who either knew absolutely everything, was clever and resourceful or who knew little, but considered himself a clever person. Themes 03. THE SETTING: - First, justifies the accidental meeting in the same cabin of the narrator and Mr. Kelada - Second, it may give us a possible reason for the narrator’s unjustified antagonism towards Mr. Kelada.
- 19. • Prejudice – unreasonable feelings, opinions, or attitudes, especially of a hostile nature, regarding a racial, religious, or national group. THEMES: The same goes for people. People from the same nationality seem the same. But only when we get to know them, we see that each person is different. Therefore, the saying DON'T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER is relevant here. Dislike Mr. Kelada’s: • Name • Belongings • Appearance • Manners • Pride in being British The fact Mr. Kelada: • Jovial • Hearty • Sociable All the people in the story feel the same -> Mr. Kelada the nickname “Mr. Know-All”.
- 20. • Jealousy – a complex emotion that encompasses feelings ranging from suspicion to rage to fear to humiliation. It strikes people of all ages, gender. • Snobbery – an unattractive trait caused by a person's belief that he or she is inherently better than others. THEMES: Apparent popularity. Expensive toiletries. The size of his wardrobe trunk. The number of travel stickers on Kelada’s suitcases. Kelada appears to be more wealthy and sophisticated. Dismisses Mrs Ramsay as a very pretty little thing, with pleasant manners and a sense of humor. Clearly disappointed about not being able to get a single cabin. Mr. Ramsay: A great heavy fellow from the Middle West, with loose fat under a tight skin.
- 21. Examining the true character of people and getting to know them as individuals. The racist narrator can be any one of us. End up creating preconceived notions and judgments. Opinions are biased and unfair and can lead to an air of suspicion and mistrust. Outward appearances can be deceptively incorrect. Highlights the value of honesty, loyalty, compassion and understanding. Guilty of judging people by stereotypes and generalizations.
- 22. Adaptations 05.
- 23. Book: First public in Cosmopolitan magazine. Published in the book Cosmopolitans: Very Short Stories. Film Trio (W. Somerset Maugham's Trio) directed by Ken Annakin. 1925 1936 1950 Film: Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound Recording and was the final one released under the Gainsborough Pictures banner. According to Kinematograph Weekly, Trio is the 'biggest winners' at the box office in 1950 Britain. TV Guide called it "a small and highly enjoyable film". Trade papers called the film a "notable box office attraction" in British cinemas in 1950.
- 24. Mr. Know-All in Trio (1950) • Nigel Patrick as Max Kelada • Wilfred Hyde-White as The narrator • Anne Crawford as Mrs. Ramsay • Naunton Wayne as Mr. Ramsay “Nigel Patrick plays this creature with uncommon force and clarity, and Anne Crawford is lovely as the lady whom he defends.” “A clever performance from Nigel Patrick.”
- 26. THE END Thank you for your attention!