Peeling Classical Stories from Books
Some say that the book is a window to the world because we can go around the world, visit many places, even though we are only in one place. In a story or essay, there must be a background to the scene. Well, usually, the background of the place is taken based on the experience or the place of the author himself. So far, many books are set in England. Call it the River Thames which passes through the City of London. This river has been mentioned in many stories and even songs. Stories that mention the River Thames are usually found in classic stories, such as in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes or Agatha Christie's books. Well, the detective book the background in which it was set had to be real.
Some places are already famous or iconic as places that are synonymous with England, such as Big Ben or Buckingham Palace. Because there is only one such place in the world and it is in England. Apart from these places, there are many famous places. An example is this one famous place. This place is famous because the author is the greatest English writer at the time, and until now his work is legendary.
The author is famous for one of his works which tells the tragic love story of Romeo and Juliet, namely William Shakespeare. In his time, Shakespeare was famous as an actor and playwright.
Shakespeare was initially involved in the world of theater. Because of his love for the theater world, he even built a building for himself and his friends to play a play with a script that he wrote himself. This building is Shakespeare's Global Theater. Here he spawned many scripts for staging dramas which are now enduring literary stories of all time. Quoting from Shakespeare's own writings, "The whole world is a stage", and from this stage play he became a rich writer. Even the play at that time was watched by Queen Elizabeth I and King James I.
A book in addition to telling the background of a place, can also describe the culture or circumstances that occurred at the time the story was written. From Shakespeare's stories we know that at that time in England was a time of rebirth or the Renaissance. Being an actor or playwright at that time was not an honorable job, because there was an arrangement of social classes.
Through his story, he broke the boring and stagnant life at that time, became more colorful and reoriented to the arts. Theater then became a play that is still often performed in England today. The famous actor Benedict Cumberbatch can also have amazing acting thanks to the theater and he still often performs theatrical plays. If with Shakespeare we are lulled by his imaginative stories, words soar, with the following writers we will be thrown into the real world and see another British culture.
Jane Austen is an English writer known for her realist writings. Actually, Jane Austen's intention in writing these stories was to criticize life in England at that time, especially for women.
At that time, marriage was very important for women in order to maintain social and economic status. A family will even try to 'sell' and 'peddle' their daughters in order to be chosen by a respectable and wealthy man. The background taken in Jane Austen's novels also describes places in England.
Apart from these two writers, we can also learn about British culture from other writers, such as Charles Dickens, George Orwell, Aldous Huxley, D.H. Lawrence, Roald Dahl, and Enid Blyton. And if you're a 90's kid, you know this author, Joanne Kathleen Rowling or J. K. Rowling! This author has enchanted the whole world with seven Harry Potter story books. If you've read the book, you'll know where Harry Potter used to go to his wizarding school, Hogwarts, which was via platform 9 . And this platform is actually in England, with the exact same name as in the book, King's Cross Station. But platform 9 is not there.
If you go to the UK, of course there will be many good and famous places that you can visit, one of which is the London Eye.
There are also many museums, such as the British Museum, Madame Tussauds Museum, Natural History Museum, and many more. And of course also many castles. So classic! And don't forget one famous British culture, that is tea time! Even Queen Elizabeth doesn't want to leave her tea time!
Well, in England there are many interesting places to visit. The country with the Union Jack symbol has beautiful nature and panoramas. Can make places that have only been read in books, can be seen with their own two eyes. The many old architecture buildings that are pleasing to the eye, will certainly be an unforgettable experience.
