7924 corpse bride

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7924 corpse bride

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Corpse Bride In a Victorian era town, the Everglots, a family of recently bankrupt aristocrats, reluctantly agree to marry off their daughter Victoria to the timid Victor Van Dort, son of nouveau riche fishmongers Despite their initial uneasiness about the situation, having never before met, Victor and Victoria hit it off immediately Unfortunately, after his clumsiness ruins their wedding rehearsal (accidentally lighting Victoria's mother's dress on fire), Victor is banished until he can learn to recite his wedding vows properly Victor wanders deep into the forest while practicing, eventually performing a flawless mock recital In doing so, he places his bride's wedding ring on a tree root resembling a human hand However, it turns out it truly is a hand, which comes to life and grabs Victor by the arm Emerging from the earth is Emily, the "Corpse Bride," a beautiful undead girl in a moldy bridal gown who declares Victor her husband Exercises 1.- Guess the meaning of the highlighted words in this paragraph _ _ _ _ _ 10 _ _ 11 _ _ 12 _ _ 13 _ _ 14 _ 2.- Order the following paragraphs from 1-6 _Victor tries to flee from Emily, who finds and attempts to bond with him, even reuniting him with his beloved and long-deceased dog, Scraps, as a wedding present _Misunderstanding him and heartbroken, Emily leaves thinking Victor only loves Victoria for being alive while she herself is not _Emily takes Victor to the Land of the Dead, where Victor learns how she was murdered and robbed while trying to elope with a mysterious stranger, and had been waiting for her true love to return ever since _Just as Victor reunites with Victoria and confesses his feelings for her, Emily discovers them and gets upset _She takes Victor away back to the Land of the Dead Feeling betrayed, Emily gets into an argument with Victor, climaxing with Victor telling her that their marriage was a mistake and he would never marry a girl like her (referring to her being dead) _Dearly wishing to return to Victoria, his own true love, Victor tricks Emily into returning him to the Land of the Living under the pretense of introducing her to his still-living parents 3.- Finish the following paragraphs according to what happened in the story Victoria tries to convince her family of the danger Victor is potentially in, but her claims of the existence of a "Corpse Bride" fall on deaf ears Instead, her parents arrange her to be married to Lord Barkis Bittern Feeling guilty for his earlier deception, Victor apologizes to Emily, and her love for him is renewed Suddenly, the coachman of Victor's dies and arrives in the Land of the Dead, informing Victor of Victoria's engagement to Barkis; Victor is shocked and heartbroken at the news Emily, meanwhile, learns that her marriage to Victor After Victoria and Barkis' wedding, the town erupts in panic as the dead arrive, but their fear is replaced with joy when the living residents recognize their loved ones among the dead; Barkis, however, is shocked to discover that Victoria's parents are penniless During the ceremony, Emily spots the heartbroken Victoria _

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