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The Palaeolithic Age Way back before civilization took place, there was a continuous struggle for the human race to find its existence for living. It took 13.8 billion years of cosmic history for the first human beings to arise. Sapiens were thought to have evolved approximately 200,000 years ago in East Africa. Archaeologists have given … Read more
Introduction to the Indus Valley Civilization The Indus Valley Civilizations (3300-1400 BCE), also known as the Harappan Civilizations, were one of the contemporaries of the civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and China. They were located on the flood plain of the River Indus, which covers parts of modern-day Pakistan and northwest India, including Sindh, Baluchistan, Afghanistan, … Read more
Critical Appreciation of The Lady of Shalott by Alfred Lord Tennyson “The Lady of Shalott” by Lord Tennyson, was first published in the volume of 1833. It was republished in the volume of 1842 after being much-revised and improved. This poem is expressive of Tennyson’s maturity in poetic art, wonderful skill in pictorialism, and admirable … Read more
Critical appreciation of “Look, Stranger!” WH Auden is a poet of the age of anxiety. He is primarily a satirist. fundamentally a romantic and successful poet in light verse. His poetry, to quote David Perkins, “puzzles and eludes as much as it astonishes and attracts.” Published in 1936, Auden’s famous poem “Look. Stranger!” is such … Read more
Discuss “Araby” as a short story The short story is a highly complex form of literary art, presenting a single segment of life with its brevity and concentration. In his attempt to communicate an essential aesthetic vision. James Joyce creates a special style of short story that became almost like an objective correlative of the … Read more
Theme of martyrdom in Murder in the Cathedral T. S. Eliot writes in Poetry and Drama: “I did not want to write a chronicle of 12th-century politics; nor did I want to tamper unscrupulously with the meager records. I wanted to concentrate on death and martyrdom” The theme of martyrdom, in terms of dramatic action, … Read more
Importance of Interlude in Murder in the Cathedral The sermon as an interlude has not received the critical attention which it deserves. It is very natural and dramatic and is historical. Its emotional value is great, and it is a legitimate dramatic preparation for the episode of murder and martyrdom. Taken as an address to … Read more
Temptation Episode in Murder in the Cathedral The Morality play follows the medieval literary tradition of allegory. In the temptation episode Eliot follows the broad structure of the Morality but he differs in the details. He does not use the traditional figures and he does not give his figures any name; he calls them tempters. … Read more
Appropriateness of the title “The Lotus Eater” The title of W. Somerset Maugham’s short story “The Lotus Eater” is highly suggestive and bears a deep symbolic relation with the story. Derived from the story of the mariners of Ulysses who tasted the lotus plant and flower and fell under a spell and refused to stir … Read more
Character of Wilson in “The Lotus Eater” W. Somerset Maugham’s short stories and novellas are often gems of clever plotting, but their motivating force and brilliance lie in his exquisite characterization. The center of attraction in “The Lotus Eater” is the tragic character of Thomas Wilson. Maugham introduces the character of Wilson in the very … Read more