blackmail的人物性格分析(英文).pptVIP

CHARACTERS OF BLACKMAIL CONTENT Introduction of the AUTHER Introduction of HOTEL Personality of OGILVIE Personality of DUCHESS Personality of DUKE COMPARISON of Characters END born in April 5th 1920 died in November 24th 2004 a British/Canadian novelist a well-known bestseller writer ARTHUR HAILEY FOUR times reach NO.1on best-sellers lists Airport(1968) Wheels(1971) The Moneychangers(1975) Overload(1975) HOTEL1965 Brief ITRODUCTION about novel The luxurious but debt-plague St. Gregory Hotel faced a battle for survival. While its staffs, guests, prospect buyers also experience romance, power plays, blackmail and betrayal within four days. Main CHARACTERS Warren Trent---owner MC Dermott– assistant general manager of the hotel The Duchess of Croydon– wife of Duke The Duke of Croydon– newly appointed British ambassador to the United States Ogilvie -----chief house detective PLOT the hotel financial problem cannot afford the unpayable mortgage necessity for selling it which is due on Friday two options Two prospect buyers Curtis O’Keefe Journeyman’s union Mysterious person ? OKeefe vs. Union Obviously, Warrant preferred the latter one OKeefe pay the two million one million dollar and living accommodation to Warren Trent Journeyman’s Union maintain the hotels independence have a say in its affairs PK TRANSITION with the denial of entry of a Negro man to the hotel, the Journeymans Union broke the deal. Meanwhile, their guests got their own troubles, including the Duke of Croydon, who was blackmailed by a detective after getting involved in a hit-and-run accident. BEFORE The Duke is an international statesman and newly appointed British ambassador to Washington. At that night , the Duke hits a woman and her daughter and both the woman and her daughter died. However, they just drove away. The hit-and-run soon became top sensational news. The chief detective noticed the battered car. In