Although Katherine Mansfield’s The Fly is a short story of some five pages, it is rich in the psychological interest of a fictional narrative. As an introspection into human psychology, it comes closer here to the modern novel of the stream-of-consciousness, which is an extreme form of psychological novels. It may even be taken as a specimen,…
H. E. Bates’s story The Ox is no extraordinary tale of the stream of consciousness of a bereaved father, an inexplicable longing of a boy, or a singular yearning of a middle-aged bank manager. This is, on the other hand, all about a straightforward, poor, and unrefined woman, without anything exceptional or conspicuous in her physical…
Philip Sidney opens his sonnet, "Loving in Truth", by explaining his motivation for composing the sonnet sequence. He believes that if his beloved were to read the sonnets, she would eventually return his affection. He argues that her pleasure in his pain would cause her to read his verses, and her reading would allow her…
Bindu is the second important character of Rabindranath’s short story "The Wife’s Letter". She is introduced somewhat later, long after Mrinal’s married life has begun. Bindu is the younger sister of Mrinal’s elder sister-in-law. She is forced to seek shelter in her sister’s house under the threat of misfortune. As a matter of fact, after…
Definition:
Hendiadys is a figure of speech in which a complex idea is expressed by two nouns connected together by the conjunction ‘and’. One of them gets the force of an adjective, and a complex idea, which might have been expressed by a noun, qualified by an adjective, is conveyed.
The word hendiadys has come from the…
The rose in William Blake’s The Sick Rose is not just a flower but a conventional symbol of beauty, innocence, purity, and love. For centuries, poets have compared the delicate charm of a woman with the softness of a rose, and Blake draws on this tradition while also subverting it. The rose, one of nature’s…
The Dramatic Monologue is one of the most fascinating poetic forms in English literature. It is a poem in which a single character, distinct from the poet, speaks to a silent listener in a dramatic situation. It is “dramatic” because it presents conflict, tension, or revelation, and a “monologue” because only one voice speaks throughout.…
“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife”.
This opening sentence of the novel Pride and Prejudice (1813) could be taken as the theme of each of her six novels. It is a comically ironic statement implying that a single man in…
All the same, we cling to our last pleasures as the tree clings to its last leaves
Katherine Mansfield makes a comment on human nature in her short story "The Fly." This is in connection with Mr. Woodifield, an elderly gentleman, who is permitted to visit his friends only once a week. The storyteller refers…
Caesura is a break or pause in a line of poetry, dictated by the natural rhythm of the language and/or enforced by punctuation.
A line may have more than one caesura, or none at all. If a Caesura is near the beginning of the line, it is called the initial caesura; near the middle, medial; near…