Hamlet's soliloquies in Shakespeare's play of that name

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2. Attempt a critique of Hamlet's soliloquies in Shakespeare's play of that name.

Hamlet , is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. Set in Denmark, the play dramatises the revenge Prince Hamlet is called to wreak upon his uncle, Claudius, by the ghost of Hamlet's father, King Hamlet.

Two of the seven soliloquies in Hamlet occur in act 1 and scene v and one in act II.

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How does “wisdom emerge out of the folly and mockery‟ in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

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1. How does “wisdom emerge out of the folly and mockery‟ in A Midsummer Night’s Dream?

Sometimes to realise true value of relationships and love, life takes it turn in a dramatic way. Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream explains how wisdom reveals out of the folly and mockery which prevails at every level of the play. Lysander and Demetrius, the two lovers in the story learn to distinguish between infatuation and true love and Titania, learns to relinquish what she loves, the Indian boy, to elicit once again the tenderness and love from her husband.

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And I treat a duchess as if she was a flower girl.

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E.  And I treat a duchess as if she was a flower girl.

These lines are taken from Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion. Pygmalion is a play about speech and phonetics, but related to it are Shaw’s social concerns-class distinction, good manners and middle class morality.

When Eliza is about to leave the room, Higgins blocks the doorway....................................

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I hit a blow on the ridge of his skull, laid him stretched out, and he split to the knob of his gullet.

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D.   I hit a blow on the ridge of his skull, laid him stretched out, and he split to the knob of his gullet.

These lines are taken from The Playboy of the Western World which is Synge‖s masterpiece, capturing his major themes in their most complex form.

Christy points out that his father tried to make him marry the Widow Casey, a 45-year-old “walking terror” who weighed 205 pounds, ...................

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Come on, Sir. Now you set foot on shore In novo orbe; here‟s the rich pern; And there within, Sir, are the golden mines great Solomon‟s ophir!

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C. Come on, Sir. Now you set foot on shore

In novo orbe; here‟s the rich pern;

And there within, Sir, are the golden mines great Solomon‟s ophir!

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These lines are taken from the Alchemist by Ben Jonson, Act 2 Scene 2. Act II introduces Sir Epicure Mammon, a wealthy nobleman and Surly, a sceptic and debunker of the whole idea of alchemy. These lines are spoken by Mammon to Surly.

If we analyse his metaphor, we perceive that when Surly sets his foot on shore in novo orbe,..........

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I swear to thee by Cupid's strongest bow, by his arrow with the golden head, by the simplicity of Venus' doves, by that which knitteth souls and prospers loves, and by that fire which bur'd the Carthage queen When the false Trojan under sail was seen;

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b. I swear to thee by Cupid's strongest bow,

    by his arrow with the golden head, 

    by the simplicity of Venus' doves,

   by that which knitteth souls and prospers loves,

   and by that fire which bur'd the Carthage queen

   When the false Trojan under sail was seen;

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When I behold the heavens, then I repent, And curse thee, wicked Mephistophilis, Because thou hast depriv‟d me of those joys,

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1 Explain the following passages with reference to their contexts and supply brief critical
comments where necessary : 

1. When I behold the heavens, then I repent, And curse thee, wicked Mephistophilis, Because thou hast depriv‟d me of those joys, 

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“The Catcher in the Rye is a bildungsroman.”

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Q5:- “The Catcher in the Rye is a bildungsroman.” Do you agree? Give reasons for your answer.

The Catcher in the Rye is a bildungsroman, a novel about a young character’s growth into maturity. While it is appropriate to discuss the novel in such terms, Holden Caulfield is an unusual protagonist for a bildungsroman because his central goal is to resist the process of maturity itself. As his thoughts about the Museum of Natural History demonstrate, Holden fears change and is overwhelmed by complexity. He wants everything to be easily understandable and eternally fixed, like the statues of Eskimos and Indians in the museum. He is frightened because he is guilty of the sins he criticizes in others, and because he can’t understand everything around him.

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Significance of epistolary form of The Colour Purple

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Q4:- Discuss the significance of epistolary form of The Colour Purple.

Alice Walker has been one of the most popular and prominent figures in contemporary literature since 1970s. In her early literary career, her focus was on the spiritual survival of the black people especially the black women. In her works, though she explores the problems faced by a land and its people, she also keeps her emphasis strong on the healing power of love and the possibility of a change. She also used the term "Womanism" in her famous volume of essays "In Search of Our Mother's Gardens: Womanist Prose" derived from the word "Womanish" used for a girl asking too many questions and speaking in her own voice. In her works, Walker has always valued the bonds between women, their culture, their emotional flexibility and their strength.

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Main characteristics of the nineteenth century American novel

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Q3:- Discuss the main characteristics of the nineteenth century American novel.

The novel became the dominant form of Western literature in the 19th cent., which produced many works that are considered milestones in the development of the form.

The characteristics of the 19th century American novel differ based upon the period to which is being referred to.

There were three different writing movements which took place during the 19th century: The Romantic Period, The American Renaissance, and The Realist Movement (Realism).

The main characteristics of the Romantic Period (dating 1800-1860) were:

-The theme of the personal journey in regards to independence.

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The Great Gatsby as a novel of social criticism

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Q2:- Discuss the Great Gatsby as a novel of social criticism.

The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic twentieth-century story of Jay Gatsby's quest for Daisy Buchanan, examines and critiques Gatsby's particular vision of the 1920's American Dream. Written in 1925, the novel serves as a bridge between World War I and the Great Depression of the early 1930's. Although Fitzgerald was an avid participant in the stereotypical "Roaring Twenties" lifestyle of wild partying and bootleg liquor, he was also an astute critic of his time period. The Great Gatsby certainly serves more to detail society's failure to fulfill its potential than it does to glamorize Fitzgerald's "Jazz Age."

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Imagery in the novel Sister Carrie

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Q1:- Comment on the imagery in the novel Sister Carrie.

Sister Carrie, Dreiser's first novel, was presented to a reading public not yet ready for its stark realism and pessimistic view of life. The manuscript had already been refused by two publishers when Frank Norris, author of the powerful naturalistic novel McTeague, and also an editor for Doubleday, Page and Company, read the manuscript

 

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Dalit literature and a work by a Dalit writer.

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What is meant by Dalit literature? Pick up a work by a Dalit writer and discuss it from the perspective of haves/have nots; privileged/disadvantaged.

The history of Dalit literature can be traced back to centuries. But Dalit literature was not given its due place due to the hegemonic nature of the field of literary production in India, which is also influenced by caste nuances.

The emergence of of Dalit literature coincides with emergence of Dalits as a political category.

Current researches by scholars reveal the widespread character of Dalit writings in various parts of India. Research also shows that Dalit literature had for before acquired a distinct language through its heterogeneous character...

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The trend towards social realism in Kannada drama

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Give a brief description of the trend towards social realism in Kannada drama. Can you find equivalences in drama in other Indian languages? Give examples.

The history of modern Kannada drama can be divided, roughly, into four periods: a) Professional-popular theatre,   b) Elite Theatre of Realism,  c)  Navya or Modernist Theatre, and d) Navyottara or Post-modernist Theatre.

a)     Professional-popular Theatre:-Although Kannada poetry has a rich history of more than a millennium, drama entered Kannada literature only at the end of the 17^th century; and the first Kannada play to be staged was Singaraarya’s Mitravinda Govinda(1700), a free adaptation of Sri Harsha’s Ratnavali in Sanskrit.  However,......

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How have Indian writers and poets dealt with the horrors of partition?

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How have Indian writers and poets dealt with the horrors of partition? Illustrate

A number of novels in the Indian sub-continent have been written on the theme of the Partition of India. This unforgettable historical moment has been captured as horrifying by the novelists like Khushwant Singh in Train to Pakistan (1956), A Bend in the Ganges (1964) by Manohar Malgaonkar, Attia Hosain's Sunlight on a Broken Column (1961) , Rajan's The Dark Dancer, Bapsi Sidhwa's Ice-Candy-Man, Chaman Nahal's Azadi and Bhisham Sahni's Tamas.

These novels examine the inexorable logic of Partition as an offshoot of fundamentalism and fanaticism sparked by hardening communal attitudes. These novels belong to the genre of the partition novel. These novels

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