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A short note on Unanimisme, French poetic movement

Unanimisme is a French poetic movement developed in c. 1908–11 by Jules Romains . It is based on ideas of collective consciousness and collective emotion, and on crowd behaviour, where members of a group think or act simultaneously. The movement draws inspiration from Walt Whitman ’s vision of universal brotherhood and aims to…

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Explain the title of the story The Ox by H.E.Bates

The ox is a hardy, sturdy, patient, and the painstaking beast that bears ever a heavy burden, meekly and quietly. It is in this very sense that H.E.Bates conceives the character of the heroine of his short story ‘The Ox’. The ‘ox’ of the title actually refers to her. She is actually the ox of…

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Discuss the Soliloquies in the play “Macbeth” by Shakespeare

Soliloquy is a great device to provide the hidden thought of the characters. Shakespeare’s soliloquy is the self-expression for informing the audience. It identifies their characters, explains their double role. It links the scenes and bridges the gulf between them with exposition, narration, prologue, commentary, chorus and so on. Shakespeare blooms the soliloquies in the…

April 3, 20260Comments BySupriya Maity

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Discuss about The Fleshly school of poetry

Fleshly school of poetry is a derogatory term used by the Scottish poet and critic Robert Buchanan, writing under the pseudonym Thomas Maitland, in his review of the fifth edition of Rossetti’s Poems (1870) in The Contemporary Review (Oct. 1871) to describe the artists and writers D.G.Rossetti, A.C.Swinburne, and William Morris and their followers, especially, Philip Marston, and the…

April 1, 20260Comments BySupriya Maity

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Matthew Gregory Lewis and his important works

Matthew Gregory Lewis was born in London in 1775. He was the son of Matthew Lewis Sr, who served as Deputy Secretary at War and Frances Maria Sewell. Lewis was educated at Westminster and Christ Church, Oxford. The separation of Lewis’ parents in 1781, had an adverse impact upon him with Lewis himself feeling compromised…

March 17, 20260Comments BySupriya Maity

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Asyndeton and Polysyndeton: Definition, Examples and their Importance

ASYNDETON: Definition: Asyndeton is a rhetorical device that omits connecting conjunctions. The purpose of this figure is to conduce to energy and vividness. The word ‘asyndeton’ has come from Greek ‘asundeton’ (unconnected). It is a compound of a (not) and ‘sundeton’ (bound together) and literally means ‘not bound together. The asyndeton, thus, implies the omission of the…

March 12, 20260Comments BySupriya Maity

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Syllogistic Structure in Andrew Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress”

Syllogism is a process in logic, a sort of deductive reasoning. It is a form of logic to deduce a conclusion from two given or assumed propositions. The propositions state the arguments from which the conclusion follows logically. A syllogism is a kind of intellectualism, and it constitutes a part of the argumentation of the…

March 1, 20260Comments BySupriya Maity

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Discuss the symbolism of James Joyce’s short story “Araby”

Araby, the title of Joyce’s story, is associated with the grand oriental fete, held in Dublin, from the 14th to the 19th May 1894. Against the background of Arab, a haunting place for romance and thrills in the boyish mind, the story expresses James Joyce’s boyhood craving for an ideal beauty in the drab surroundings…

February 24, 20260Comments BySupriya Maity

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Important Questions and Answers from Riders to the Sea by J.M.Synge

1. Write a short note on sources of “Riders to the Sea.” W.B. Yeats suggested to Synge that he should go to the Aran Islands off the West coast of Ireland and draw on the experiences there rather than stay in France. Synge accepted the advice heartily and incorporated the sources into his play. He…

February 22, 20262Comments BySupriya Maity

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Character Analysis of Miranda in The Tempest by Shakespeare

Miranda, in the play The Tempest, is the finest of all the women William Shakespeare created, the type of woman he regarded as perfect, unspoiled by social customs and conventionalities. She has had no contact with men or women since her babyhood, except with her reserved and studious father, who has trained her in all…

February 16, 20260Comments BySupriya Maity