Moscow Arts Theatre was founded in 1898 by the actor and theatre director Konstantin Stanislavsky (1863–1938) and the playwright and theatre director Vladimir Nemirovich Danchenko (1858-1943), to create a repertory…
‘Riders to the Sea’ literally means people venturing out into the sea. In this play, Riders to the Sea by J.M.Synge, the life of the Aran Islanders is represented through one…
The Sick Rose
By William Blake
O Rose thou art sick.
The invisible worm,
That flies in the night
In the howling storm:
Has found out thy bed
Of crimson joy:
And his dark secret love
Does thy life…
Sir Patrick Spens is an old English ballad dwelling upon the loss of a Scottish Ship together with its commander, Sir Patrick and the crew, existing in diverse versions. It…
Miranda is the finest among all the women created by Shakespeare, the type of woman he regarded as a perfect woman, unspoiled by social customs and conventionalities. She has had…
Pride and Prejudice has a well-knit, coherent plot where all events and characters are integrated and exemplify the same theme. The Lydia-Wickham episode is one of the sub-plots of the novel…
An epithalamion (from Greek, meaning “at the bridal chamber”) is a lyrical poem or song composed in celebration of a wedding, traditionally sung outside the bride’s chamber on the wedding…
The dramatic unities are three: the unity of Action, the unity of Time, and the unity of Place. Ever since the Renaissance, two reasons have been advanced in support of…
Definition:
Epanaphora is a figure of speech that consists of the reiteration of the same word or words at the beginning of successive lines, clauses, or sentences.
Examples:
Here are some of the…