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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…

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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

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Money is money; death is death; the living are the living; the living were the future. Explain the line

“Money is money; death is death; the living are the living; the living were the future” The precise and pregnant expression is taken from H. E. Bates’s short story The Ox. This line expresses Mrs. Thurlow's firm resolve to rebuild her life despite overwhelming tragedy. After the execution of her husband and the loss of her…

February 13, 20260Comments BySupriya Maity

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Significance of the Comic Subplot of Shakespeare’s play “The Tempest”

The comic underplot of The Tempest is introduced in the second scene of the second Act. It concerns the conspiracy of Caliban and his drunken associates, Stephano and Trinculo, against Prospero's life and their attempt to seize possession of the island, with Stephano to be king and the other two to be his viceroys. Caliban enters…

February 12, 20260Comments BySupriya Maity

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Significance of the title of The Wife’s Letter by Rabindranath Tagore

The appropriateness of the title of the story, The Wife’s Letter, is not beyond all disputes. It is contended that the letter is written by one Mrinal to one, appearing as her husband, and in this perspective, Mrinal’s Letter (and not The Wife’s letter) would seem more apt and applicable as the title of the…

February 10, 20260Comments BySupriya Maity

Short Stories

Discuss how far Joseph Conrad’s The Lagoon shows the Characteristics of a Short Story

Joseph Conrad’s The Lagoon is a striking tale of human passion. It relates to a lust for life and love, and to the frustration of a longing heart. The hero here, Arsat, is made to tell his dreams of life, and also to convey the shock he feels to the white man, who remains throughout the…

February 7, 20260Comments BySupriya Maity

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Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot” as an Absurd Drama

“Waiting for Godot” is clearly influenced by the typical qualities of the modern French drama. The playwright tries to communicate like the French dramatist the meaninglessness of life through dialogues. It is like the naturalist drama of Ibsen and G. B. Shaw in its emphasis on discussion. Nothing significant happens on the stage. The theatre…

February 5, 20260Comments BySupriya Maity

Literary Terms

Periphrasis or Circumlocution: Definition and Examples

Definition: Periphrasis or Circumlocution is a figure of speech that expresses a thing, fact, or idea in a roundabout way for the sake of beauty. The figure that deals with such round-about expressions is called Periphrasis or Circumlocution, meaning a roundabout expression. Examples: (1) Sleep the sleep that knows not breaking. – Walter Scott This is a…

February 2, 20260Comments BySupriya Maity

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Discuss Katherine Mansfield’s short story The Fly as a psychological story

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,…

November 8, 20250Comments BySupriya Maity

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Discuss the tragic theme of the story The Ox by H. E. Bates

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…

October 29, 20250Comments BySupriya Maity