THE UNIVERSITY WITS

                THE EARLY ELIZABETHAN DRAMA The university wits/or Pre-Shakespearean Drama/or the drama of Predecessors of Shakespeare or The Early Elizabethan Drama (Elizabethan's Reign 1558-1603) or the pay of Marlowe. The Pre-Shakespearean Drama is mainly the drama written by the university wits.In the second half of the 16th century,that is,between 1550-1590,a group of English writers who had university degrees chose to write plays for English theatre. Before the university wits,there existed...

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The Rivals: Explanation

                                    Explanation By heavens:I shall forswear your company. You are the most teasing,captious,incorrigible love! - Do love like a man.                                                         OR Am not I a lover; aye, and a romantic one too? Yet do I carry every where with...

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The Rivals And The Character Of Mrs. Malaprop

                                            MRS. MALAPROP         A TYPICAL REPRESENTATIVE OF 18TH CENTURY UPPER CLASS Of all female characters in The Rivals written by Sheridon, Mrs Malaprop's character is the most important,interesting and amusing. She is an elderly lady and a widow. She is the aunt of Lydia Languish. But, as Lydia Languish is still a minor girl, she is in the charge and care of her aunt, Mrs Malaprop. Mrs.Malaprop...

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THE RIVALS BY R. B. SHERIDON

                PLOT CONSTRUCTION OR SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RIVALS The Rivals written by Sheridon is a comic treatment of the theme of love of the hero and the heroine-Caption Absolute and Lydia Languish. They are modelled after the Jonsonian type called the comedy of humours. There is no suggestion of Shakespeare reminiscence here, but the empress of Jonson and of Congrive is amply apparent. The name given to many of the persons such as Sir Lucius O! Triggar ,Sir Anthony Absolute and Lydia Languish...

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THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE

               HARDAY'S VIEWS OF LIFE IN THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE  While reading Harday's novel like Tess Jude The Obscure,The Woodlanders and The Mayor Of Casterbridge, one faces the inevitable question- what is Harday's view of life? To this question one may answer that it is futile to seek for any coherent systematic philosophy of life in Harday's novel or in any novels presenting a study in the character and situation of human life. For philosophy generally has a root in religion and...

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Edward II Explanation

                                       LINES FROM EDWARD II  "My heart is as an anvil unto sorrow, Which beats upon it like the Cyclops hammers, And with the noise turns up my giddy brain. And makes me frantic for my Gaveston.                                                              ...

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EDWARD II :A RENAISSANCE ELEMENT

             EDWARD II IS A TYPICAL PRODUCT OF ENGLISH RENAISSANCE Renaissance is a French word employing a sense of rebirth of regenerations of a great outburst of activity in all the fields of human thought and action.As A.J. Wyatt and A.S.Collins observe; "The new slant was in critical in revolt against authority men started to think for themselves, and to question accepted beliefs. Above all, there was in the air a fresh enthusiasm which urged men to enter into every field of experience." In English...

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History Of Indian Cinema

History of Indian Cinema The first time the Indian  audience was introduced to cinema was when the Lumiere Brothers came from France  to present six soundless short films. The screening took place at the Watson Hotel on 7 July on 1896. However, the first experiment with film by an Indian was the production of two short films of Save Dada who exhibited them with the help of Edison’s kinetoscope. Cinema as a new entertainment from, however, took its first steps in India in the 1900's and in less than...

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THE KITE:BY W.S Maughan

      Critical Appreciation Of W.S. Maugham's "The Kite" The Kite written by W. S. Maugham is one of his psychological short stories. Maugham's stories like those of Maupassant generally mark a development of plot and character.He has a rare skill in vesting his tales with a plausibility that sustains the interest of the readers throughout the stories. His stories are largely readable and entertaining. Though Maugham's stories are deeply psychological like those of Katherine Mansfield and Virginia Woolf,there is a difference between...

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LIFE IS NOTHING BUT AN EMPTY DREAM

Life is nothing but an empty dream Dream may succeed, Only through our deed But no one cares No one dares. Why one ignores, Why one bemoans, I tried to find many times But found it as old regimes. Life is nothing but an empty dream. Why no one understands I could never guess. Everyone stands To win one's race. Be quiet,be calm, Don't sit with your palm, Dream may come true When we follow its clue. Life is a reward of nature Don't spend it in flatter It gives us pleasure Drive away our tiredness And convert it into happiness....

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Edward II By Marlowe

       Edward II  And Mortimer As A Tragic Protagonists Edward II And Mortimer As Tragic Characters        Edward II written by Marlowe is a wholly different kind of drama. It is different from his Tamburlaine, Dr. Faustus, The Jew of Malta etc.  As F. S. Boas observes; "Turning aside from the fortunes of foreign and semi-legendary  personages like Tamburlaine, Faustus and Barabas, he went for his materials to the national history of his own country and selected for dramatic treatment,...

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MACBETH: THE DRAMA THAT MOVES AROUND THE VILLAINY OF LADY MACBETH

 LADY MACBETH: THE FOURTH WITCH OF THE DRAMA Lady Macbeth is such a character in the drama 'Macbeth' that attracts all attentions of readers and audiences only towards herself.When Lady Macbeth appears in the drama,she is most commanding and awe-aspiring.She is fired by the same passion of ambition as Macbeth.She plans how she may help Macbeth achieve his promised greatness.She finds his nature to be full of of the milk of human kindness....

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Question 3  Do you think Lady Macbeth is the fourth witch in the drama,'Macbeth'? ...

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Question 2 Write a critical note on the character of Malvolio? ...

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Question  How Far is Lady Macbeth responsible for the tragedy Of Macbeth? ...

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➤➤Myself  Jeetendra kumar Mishra Present you my short description.I am very much intersted in English literature as it is the key to root out all the miseries of life. Having taken benefit from the literature,I want to share some with you.I hope You will like it after reading my post...

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TWELFTH NIGHT AND THE CHARACTER OF MALVOLIO

           MALVOLIO IS MORE SINNED THAN SINNING   MALVOLIO IS  ESSENTIALLY LUDICRUS Malvolio is the most central character of the sub-plot or the secondary plot in Shakespeare's' Twelfth Night' speaking about Malvolio,F.S.Boas says; "From love in its sentimental excess and its silent strength,we turn to love in its grotesque insufficiency,born not of the heart,nor even of the fancy,but of inflated...

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TWELFTH NIGHT AND THE CHARACTER OF VIOLA

                       VIOLA AS A TYPICAL HEROINE OF THE SHAKESPEARE John Ruskin says,"Shakespeare has no heroes but heroines."He perhaps means that heroines of Shakespeare surpass the heroes in romantic comedies. Whether 'As You Like It' or 'Twelfth Night' or 'The Merchant Of Venice' the heroines are the queens of beauty, wit intellect,wisdom and faithfulness. They are more...

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