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Irony implies the contrast between what is apparent and what is actual. This is a literary device that reveals the grim reality underlying a romantic or attractive façade of a…

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Sep 2025

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Discuss the importance of the epigraph of T.S.Eliot’s poem “Marina”

Quis hic locus, quae regio, quae mundi plaga? The epigraph of the poem Marina by T. S. Eliot is taken from Seneca’s tragedy Hercules Furens. The Latin words—“Quis hic locus, quae…

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Roger Ascham (1515-1568) and his famous works

Roger Ascham (1515-68) was a distinguished scholar in Latin and classical languages. Ascham was born in Yorkshire and entered Cambridge University at the age of fourteen. He completed his bachelor’s…

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Author John Banville and his Famous Works

John Banville (1945- ) is an Irish novelist, short story writer. He was born in Wexford, where he received his secondary education at St Peter’s College. He worked successively as…

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Jul 2025

Literary Terms Others

What is Burlesque? Definition, and Examples

The term “burlesque” derives from the Italian burlesco, from burla, ‘ridicule’ or joke’. Burlesque is a literary, dramatic, or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing the manner or spirit of…

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A note on Shakespeare’s mixture of prose and verse in “King Lear”

While the excellence of Shakespeare’s verse requires no more eulogies, the quality of his prose remains a miracle. The prose of the greatest bard of English was the finest. It…

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What is the Significance of the Protest of May’s 68?

It is a series of street protests that began in many universities in Paris but rapidly spread to incorporate a broad cross-section of French society. Some historians estimate that as…

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Peace of Augsburg (1555), Causes and Its Impact

During the 16th century, the religious unity of the Holy Roman Empire, which comprised a patchwork of territories in present-day Germany, Austria, and parts of neighboring countries, was shattered by…

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Discuss the figure of speech Hyperbaton: Definition, Features and Examples

Definition: Hyperbaton is a figure in which there is an inversion of the regular grammatical order of words in a sentence for the purpose of emphasizing an idea or fact.…

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Alliteration: Definition, Key aspects and Examples

Definition of Alliteration: Alliteration is a literary device characterized by the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of closely connected words within a phrase or line of poetry. It is…

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