Cecil Lewis Troughton Smith was born in Cairo, Egypt in 1899.
two years old, his mother took him and his four siblings to London. His father was a.
minor British governmental officer in the Egyptian ministry of education. During his.
childhood and teen years, he went to Alleyne's School. In 1915 he went to Dulwich.
College in London. When he tried to enlist in the army, he failed the physical, so he.
went to study medicine at Guy's Hospital for a few years. Finally, in 1921, he decided to.
start writing. He decided to make his pen name Cecil Scott Forester. When he was 38.
he put out the first Horatio Hornblower book, Mr. Midshipman Hornblower. When Cecil.
was 33 years old, he was offered a contract through Hollywood. Since this was a pretty.
good break for him, he would come to America for thirteen weeks of each year up until.
1939. During World War II he worked for the British Information Services. In 1943 he.
stopped writing for a while because he developed arteriosclerosis, which left him.
permanently crippled. Towards the end of the war, he came over to the United States.
to move to California because of the better climate. In 1961 he had a severe heart.
attack, but kept on writing, but in 1964, he had a stroke which left him paralyzed. Cecil.
Lewis Troughton Smith died in Fullerton, California. He died on April 2nd, 1966, at the.
age of 45. .
Some of his popular books were: The African Queen (1935), and made into a.
film in 1951. The Peacemaker (1934), Flying Colours (1938), The Happy Return (1937),.
and many others. Cecil Scott Forester wrote many wonderful books throughout his.
years. He tended to write biography's, popular novel's, and thrillers. He wrote eleven.
Horatio Hornblower books, and then The African Queen is part of the saga. .
The book was about a young seventeen year old boy, whose name was Horatio.
Hornblower. He had never been on a boat before, and had no clue how to be a.
seaman, but he was ordered to go on board of a French ship, and take charge.
Horatio remains to become Hamlet's one true friend. ... Hamlet and Horatio are better friends now. Hamlet really accepts Horatio as a friend, he even trust him with is whole heart ("Horatio when ... thine, Hamlet", 4.6.13-30) . ... Hamlet and Horatio talk again, when Hamlet is dying. ... With his death, Horatio takes control of his events. ...
Hornblower proposes that this "ambitious foreign policy,"" including much of Athenian expansion, may have been in order to seek new, guaranteed corn supplies. ... However, Hornblower argues that protection from Persia was "at most times no more than propaganda."" ... Hornblower explains this as "a religious focus for Athenian Imperialism,"" and shows that Athens could not allow such power to lie in Spartan hands. ... Hornblower acknowledges that a peace may have been made with Persia in 439. ... The sources available to Hornblower would have been inevitably subject to bias and possible man...
Horatio Alger lived during an era where one was expected to work hard and make a living for themselves. A person was come up in the world by the good and dedication they had earned through working. Regardless of what class you came from, you were to work hard and become your own person. Thus, Alge...
Horatio, dearest friend, I trust the morrow of your days to find you well and blessed. ... If not for Heaven's reprimand, Horatio, I may have finished with this living dead. ... I cannot disregard this truths, Horatio. You, Horatio, would have mourn'd a thousand more due to respect, even propiety or love. ... My condolences HOratio. ...
However, Horatio is very sceptical about the existence of such an apparition, and does not believe it will appear, "Tush, tush, 'twill not appear... The audience undertake the voyage of discovery alongside Horatio. ... Horatio states, " in the gross and scope of my opinion, This bodes some strange eruption to our state... The dramatic change in atmosphere is marked by Horatio's sudden change in language. ... I'll cross it though it blast me." (1:1:129-130) The language with which Horatio greets the apparition also aids the dramatic build-up of tension. ...
These two characters are Polonius and Horatio, who contradict each others characters splendidly. ... Horatio's "I did very well note him" (1.2.274), is enough for Hamlet to go on with his revenge plan. ... Though weighed against the other points, this argument cannot diminish Horatio's trustworthiness. ... This first view on Horatio's qualities already indicates a stability of character. ... Whereas Horatio is the only character in the play who is true and honest. ...
Horatio then questions the apparition "What are thou, that usurp'st this time of night/ Together with the fair and warlike form/ In which the majesty of buried Denmark/ Did sometimes march" the ghost then disappears and leaves the men astonished at what they have seen. Marcellus then questions "Is it not like the king", Horatio then tells the others "Such very armour he had on/ When he the ambitious Norway combated;/ So frown"d he once, when, in an angry parle,/ He smote the sledded Polack on the ice" Horatio also informs the others "In what particular thought to work I know not;/ But, in...
True loyalty is shown through Horatio's friendship with Hamlet. Indeed, throughout the entirety of the play, Horatio is the only one out of Hamlet's friends that were not spying on him in any way, shape, or form. ... Intrigued-and a little scared, (though he would never mention that)-Horatio convinces the two guards he accompanied on their watch to bring the matter straight to Hamlet rather than Claudius. ... Horatio's loyalty appears once again in the last scene of the play, as he holds the dying Hamlet. Prepared to give his own life to escape the pain from his friend's de...
