Justify “Paradise Lost” as an epic
Alt question: What epic conventions does Milton follow in his Paradise Lost book 1? 0 (0 ratings) You must sign in to vote
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Comment on symbolism in “The Old Man and The Sea”
Hemingway‘s novel shows preoccupation with the nobility of the human spirit in the face of odds and adversaries of life. He is The Old Man and The Sea has been considered a masterpiece on the purely literary level, this story of an old fisherman single handed encounter with the giant marlin in the gulf stream..
The Old Man and The Sea: Narrative Technique
Alternate question: Discuss Hemingway’s Narrative Style in The Old Man and the Sea 0 (0 ratings) You must sign in to vote
Write a note on Anglo Saxon elegiac poetry/elegies and lyrics
There are a group of Anglo Saxon poems which stand apart from the Anglo Saxon war poems by virtue of their lyrical tendency. These poems strike the truly elegiac mode and have nothing to do with either the German word or with paganism. Nor are they Christian except in some of their details and conclusion…
Of Studies: Analysis
In the essay, Of Studies, Francis Bacon expresses that studies “serve for Delight, for Ornament and for Ability”. For delight he means once personal private education; for ornament he means in conversation between and among others, which Bacon labels as “discourse”. 0 (0 ratings) You must sign in to vote
Synge’s Treatment of Life in “Riders to the Sea”
JM Synge’s Riders to the Sea presents us an almost claustrophobic world where suffering reigns supreme in human life. This one-act play widens, deepens and universalizes the pathetic plight of a hapless people who have no other place to live except those dreadful islands off the shore of Ireland. 0 (0 ratings) You must sign in..
‘Riders to the Sea’ as a Tragedy
Riders to the Sea, by John Millington Synge, is one of the perfect one-act plays where all the characters are the puppet of the fate. Synge, suggested by WB Yeats, stays four years in the “Aran Island” and very closely observes how destiny plays an important role in the life of the islanders and very..
Symbols and Images in Riders to the Sea
J.M. Synge’s Riders to the Sea is embedded with many symbols highlighting the tragedy of the central character, Maurya. Most of the symbols are classic and typical suggesting the universal meanings. The careful and effective use of the symbolism has placed the play among the best tragedies. 0 (0 ratings) You must sign in to..
The role of the sea in Synge’s ‘Riders to the Sea’
W. B. Yeats, whose advice J. M. Synge has followed in exploring the Aran Islands in the remote northwestern corner of Ireland in 1898, mentions that in Riders to the Sea one finds “first to last the presence of the sea”. The impression of the vast stretches of the stormy gray Atlantic, lashing over the..
How does Wordsworth justify his low and rustic life in poetry?
In Preface to the Lyrical Ballad, William Wordsworth tells that he had chosen low and rustic life for treatment in his poems, unlike the Neo-classical poets who chose the life and manners and morals of the urban people, specially of the aristocratic class, to be the fittest subject for poetry. 0 (0 ratings) You must..
Characterization of Shaw’s Ann Whitefield in “Man and Superman”
Alternate question: Every Woman is not Ann but Ann is Everywoman. George Bernard Shaw has been pre-occupied mainly with the exposition of his philosophy through the media of plays and this is a crystal truth as far as Man and Superman is concerned. Characterization or depiction of characters in their full human round has never..
Critical analysis of Frost’s “Birches”
In the poem “Birches” we come across Frost’s desire to withdraw from the world as also his love of the earth as symbolized by the boy’s game of swinging birches. The central thought of this poem is that the poet dreams of becoming a swinger o birches once again in his life as he was..