Fisherman Soul

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Oscar Wilde
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About the author
Page 7 – exercise 1
a. His father was a doctor and
archaeologist. His mother was a
writer. She wrote nationalist
poems and articles in favour of
women’s rights.
b. His childhood was happy.
c. Trinity College, Dublin, and
Magdalen College, Oxford.
d. It shocked people because it said
that art has no moral purpose.
Also, the aesthetes acted and
dressed in shocking ways.
e. To explain Aestheticism to the
Americans, so they could
understand the operetta Patience.
f. Dorian Gray is a young man; he
sells his soul to stay young and
attractive.
g. His witty plays.
h. Wilde’s experience in prison.
i. He was 46.
Chapter One
Page 9 – exercise 1
Across: 4. b 6. a 8. h
Down: 1. g 2. d 3. c 5. e 7. f
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No. He went fishing every evening.
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No. She was frightened.
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No. She sang songs about
creatures of the sea.
7. No. She never came near him.
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prayers. I know that they are very
convincing. I am a priest, and I am
strong, but the poor fisherman knows
very little. I think he will send away his
soul. He thinks this is happiness, but
I know that it is hell.
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a. did not catch b. did not sing
c. forgot d. began e. became f. saw
g. did not go h. let i. came
Open answers.
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Page 21 – exercise 1
Open answers.
1. B 2. A 3. D 4. B 5. A 6. C
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Chapter Two
Sample answer:
I was shocked when the young
fisherman came to see me. He said, ‘I
want to send away my soul.’ He loved
a mermaid, and mermaids have no
souls. I thought this was terrible.
‘Your soul is very, very precious,’ I
told him. He did not believe me. He
thought his love for the mermaid was
more important. Well, I often hear
the songs of the people of the sea.
They try to distract me from my
Page 24 – exercise 1
1. C 2. A 3. A 4. C 5. B
Page 32 – exercise 1
a. She was young and beautiful.
b. No, he didn’t.
c. He wanted to marry the mermaid,
and she had no soul.
d. Because her master is richer than
all the kings in the world.
e. She loved him.
f. A mysterious man wearing elegant
Spanish clothing.
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Page 32 – exercise 2
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Page 32 – exercise 3
Sample answer:
Both the mermaid and the witch
have beautiful faces, and they both
love the fisherman. Also, they both
have magical powers: the witch can
change autumn leaves into gold and
the light of the moon into silver,
and the mermaid can attract fish
with her beautiful song.
Page 33 – exercise 4A
Comparative: more famous than,
bigger than, younger than, more
beautiful than, richer than, happier
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Superlative: the most famous, the
biggest, the youngest, the most
beautiful, the richest, the happiest
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a. According to the fisherman, the
mermaid is more beautiful than
the witch.
b. According to the fisherman, the
fauns and mermen are happier
than people.
c. The witch’s master is richer than
the merchant.
d. July is drier than April.
e. Horses are faster than dolphins.
f. Oscar Wilde is more famous
than Aubrey Beardsley.
g. The Pacific Ocean is bigger than
the Atlantic Ocean.
h. Cyril was older than Vyvyan.
Chapter Three
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1. A 2. B 3. C 4. C 5. A
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1. B. He looked at the fisherman
sadly, and disappeared. 2. A 3. A
4. B. His heart belonged to the
mermaid. 5. B. It was very sad. 6. A
7. B. He met her in the water. 8. A.
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1. any fish 2. pay me 3. the only
4. must have 5. stop watching
6. did 7. so
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1. a, a 2. a, a, The, the 3. a, an, an,
The, the, a 4. the, the 5. a, the
6. the, a, the 7. a, The, the 8. the
Page 44 – exercise 4
a. seagull b. quickly c. bat d. arm
e. wife f. precious g. horse (in this
case, the other three words are searelated words); net (in this case the
other three words are all means of
transport) h. song (the other three
words are verbs) i. pulled (the other
three verbs are regular)
Aestheticism – the cult of beauty
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1. B 2. A 3. B 4. B 5. A 6. B 7. A
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d. Because he said, ‘the ebony idol is
our god.’
e. It reflects all things on earth and
in heaven, but it does not reflect
the face of a person if they look
into it.
f. In a valley.
g. He made the priest’s hand dry, and
his eyes blind. He did these things
because the priest lied to him.
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Chapter Six
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1. river 2. drink 3. old man
4. carpet 5. girl 6. dance 7. feet
8. dance 9. beach
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a. After a year.
b. Everything wise.
c. They are two tribes. The Magadae are
born old and die young. The Laktroi
think they are the sons of tigers.
1. C 2. A 3. D 4. C 5. B
a. He stole a cup. He hit a child. He
stole the nine purses of gold from
the merchant.
b. Because he doesn’t have a heart.
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Chapter Five
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2. to 3. out 4. listened 5. left
6. went 7. of 8. stood 9. took
10. from 11. replied 12. on
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1. B. He wanted to see the girl. 2. B.
He took him to other cities, but not to
the city of the dancing girl. 3. A
4. B. He hit him. 5. B. He offered him
a room because he was kind. 6. B. He
learned to like bad things. 7. A 8. A
1. A 2. D 3. B 4. B 5. D 6. C 7. D
8. C 9. B 10. D 11. A 12. B
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Sample answer:
My dear fisherman, you sent away
your soul for love, and now your soul
wants to come back to you and give
you wisdom. I think that love is
better because everybody knows that
wisdom brings sadness. Look at the
fauns and mermen. The priest said,
‘They do not know right from wrong.’
That is true, but they are happy. You
are happy now with your mermaid.
Don’t lose your happiness. Just look
at your soul. Now he has wisdom, is
he happy? No, not at all. So, keep
your love. It brings you happiness.
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have the pleasure of the money.
But you bring pain to the person
you stole from.
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A 1. Let’s enter the city anyway.
2. Take the silver cup and hide it.
3. Calm down. 4. Hit the child.
5. Go to the room of the merchant
and kill him, and take his gold.
B 1. Drive slowly. 2. Let’s go…
3. Don’t buy any milk. 4. Put on…
5. Don’t worry. 6. Answer the
phone. 7. Promise…
Children’s literature in the 1800s
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a. The middle class increased, and so
more children experienced a
‘childhood’ (Poor children
continued to work from a young
age as always).
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b. The stories of the Brothers Grimm
are real folk stories. Hans
Christian Anderson invented his
own ‘folk stories’. These invented
folk stories had more complex
psychological descriptions.
c. ‘Thumbelina’, ‘The Ugly Duckling’.
d. His sons.
e. Writing without any logical
meaning. It often has great poetic
meaning.
f. Illustration became more
important. In part this was
because children’s books became
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because printing techniques
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g. They are both full of action.
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1. with 2. perhaps 3. joy 4. nobody
5. Some 6. food 7. help 8. his
9. midday 10. again 11. when
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1. d 2. h 3. f 4. e 5. a 6. g 7. b 8. c
Subject pronouns
Possessive adjectives
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1. his, his 2. hers 3. Your 4. mine,
hers 5. your, your, Her
a. It was not calm the night before.
b. Because the fisherman abandoned
God for love.
c. The Field of the Fullers.
d. No sweet herbs grew there.
e. The strange flowers and their
perfume made him do it.
f. The Field of the Fullers.
g. He went to the sea.
h. He blessed all the things in the
world of God, including the
creatures in the sea and on the
land.
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1. B. Monks, musicians and many
other people went with him. 2. B. He
also saw the little mermaid in his
arms. 3. A 4. A 5. B. He went to
talk about the anger of God. 6. B. He
felt happy. 7. A
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1. sad 2. daughter 3. sea 4. lost
5. blessed 6. hate 7. left 8. dance
9. terrible
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Chapter Seven
Page 97 – exercise 2
Chapter Eight
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Sample answer:
I will always remember when the
fisherman knocked on my door. He
said, ‘I want to send away my soul.’ I
replied, ‘Your soul is more precious
than all the gold in world.’
Four years later, I went to bless the
sea. The night before the sea was not
calm. When I arrived at the beach I
saw the bodies of the fisherman and
the little mermaid. The people took
the bodies and put them in a hole in
the Field of the Fullers.
Three years later, I went to the altar
to talk about the anger of God. But I
saw some strange flowers and I felt
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happy. So, I did not talk about the
anger of God; I talked about the love
of God.
So, before I thought that the people
of the sea and the animals were lost.
Now I bless them.
The Little Mermaid
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d. soul, have a soul.
e. witch, witch, the little mermaid’s
voice, to dance with the
fisherman
f. fall in love, marries, loves, marries
g. tails, ugly, feet
h. die, have a soul
Page 109 – exercise 2
Open answers.
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Comprehension
1. Answer the questions below about the story.
a. What does the little mermaid do when the fisherman embraces her?
b. What do the fisherman and the witch do on top of the mountain at
midnight?
c. What is the fisherman’s shadow?
d. According to the soul, what comes from the East?
e. What treasure does the soul bring from the East?
f. According to the soul, what comes from the South?
g. What treasure does the soul bring from the South?
h. Why does the fisherman decide to leave the little mermaid?
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How does the fisherman die?
j.
Why does the priest go to bless the sea?
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Why did they say it?
1. He/She explains why the creatures of the sea are lost.
2. He/She says this when he/she decides to leave the mermaid.
3. He/She does not want to go into the world without a heart.
4. He/She thinks he/she caught a monster.
5. He/She sees the waves coming closer.
6. He/She says this because the fisherman does not want the magic ring.
7. He/She is describing a strange tribe.
8. He/She says this because he/she does not want his/her soul.
9. He/She does not want to tell the fisherman how to send away his soul.
10. He/She says this to explain why they cannot marry.
11. He/She says this about the price of sending away his/her soul.
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12. He/She wants to take the fisherman from the mermaid.
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Characters
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2. Match the quotes below with the character who said them.
Then match the quotes with the reason why they said them.
You can match more than one answer to each character.
(F) The Fisherman (M) The Mermaid
(P) The Priest (W) The Witch (S) The Soul
What did they say?
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The world is cruel and I am afraid.
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You have a human soul.
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He must be mine!
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I want to be like them.
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e.
What secret?
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They have horses’ feet and they run faster than horses.
g.
I will give it to the Queen.
h.
Run away to a safe place.
i.
It is only one day away, and I can return to my love.
j.
No, nothing is better than riches.
k.
God did not die for them.
l.
Only this?
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She screams.
They dance.
The body of his soul.
Everything wise.
The Mirror of Wisdom.
Everything precious.
The Ring of Riches.
He wants to see the dancer.
The waves cover him.
It was not calm the night before.
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