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A form of absurd drama emphasizes on the absurdity of human existence. Absurd drama doesn’t maintain any plot, characterization, logical sequence and culmination. It picks the very meaning of existence. Though absurd drama may be seen as nonsense, it has something to say the readers. Absurd drama contains fewest possible characters.
Francis Bacon is widely considered as the father of modern essay. Through his essays he implemented the way of systematic thinking and the nature of social interactions. Human characters, nature and intentions are highly reflected through his essays. Bacon introduced a new form of composition into English Literature through his essays.
Alternate question: Discuss Divine Justice in Dante’s Inferno. Midway through the journey of our life, I found myself in a dark wood, for I had strayed from the straight pathway to this tangled ground. These famous lines are from Dante Alighieri’s Inferno which signify the themes of religion and personal salvation in the poem. Often …
In the Inferno in Divine Comedy, Dante uses endless symbolism to bring a deeper meaning to his thrilling adventure through hell. Nearly every aspect of the book contains a symbolic meaning.
Alternate question: Character of Viola in Twelfth Night John Ruskin says,”Shakespeare has no heroes but heroines.” He perhaps means that heroines of Shakespeare surpass the heroes in romantic comedies. Whether As You Like It or Twelfth Night or The Merchant of Venice the heroines are the queens of beauty, wit intellect,wisdom and faithfulness. They are …
Shelley wrote Ode to the West Wind in 1819 while living in Florence, Italy. To be exact, when he published the poem with his unperformable play Prometheus Unbound in 1820, he claimed in a footnote to have written this poem while sitting in the woods near the Arno River on a windy day in October. …
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In Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen uses plenty of humour to maintain the interest of the reader. Apparently the novel is a simple tale of love and marriage, but it is in fact far more complex. At the least, it should be recognized as a comedy of manners, and though romantic subplots could be said …
Malvolio is the most central character of the sub-plot or the secondary plot in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. About Malvolio, F.S. Boas says- From love in its sentimental excess and its silent strength,we turn to love in its grotesque insufficiency,born not of the heart,nor even of the fancy,but of inflated self-conceit. F.S. Boas means that Duke …
Alternate question Role/Character of Viola in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night The characters in William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night have individual personality traits, distinguishing qualities and certain purpose in the play. The character of Viola is one of them. She is the main character, represents the two themes of love and disguise or mistaken identity in Twelfth Night.
In Joseph Conrad‘s Heart of Darkness, the two main female characters can be seen as symbols of the contrast between light and darkness. About Kurtz’s mistress it is told that “She was savage and superb, wild-eyed and magnificent; there was something ominous and stately in her deliberate progress.” (Conrad 125) She embodies the wild, untamed …
The Glass Menagerie is a memory play. It s one of Tennessee Williams most renowned piece of work. Often referred to as a ‘memory play’, both the style and content of The Glass Menagerie are shaped and inspired by the memory of the play’s narrator, Tom Wingfield. The Glass Menagerie deals with a strong mix …
