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Sujata Bhatt: Garlic in War and Peace|poem|Analysis |Notes
In peace they rubbed garlic pasteacross their lower backsbefore they lay together.A slow cleansing – it wassticky, then strangely cool.It was their secret bitetheir strongest aphrodisiac.And they preferred green garlicwith large purple cloves. In war they dabbed garlic pasteover each wound –such endless wincing and endless those white cotton bandages.The stench of pus and garlicfinally…
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Mark Twain: The frustration of Huckleberry Finn |Notes|Analysis |The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain’s novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, offers a rich exploration of the frustrations experienced by its eponymous protagonist. Through Huckleberry Finn’s encounters and experiences, Twain sheds light on the societal constraints, moral dilemmas, and personal conflicts that contribute to Huckleberry’s frustrations. Twain employs narrative methods to depict and amplify his character’s struggle. I.…
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H.G.WELLS : The Door in the wall. |Analysis |notes|A Levels|CIE |Past exams questions
Basics: ‘The Door in the Wall’ is a short story written by H.G. Wells, first published in 1911. It explores themes of escapism, the search for meaning and fulfillment, and the conflict between societal expectations and personal desires. The story revolves around a successful politician named Lionel Wallace, who recounts his experiences as a child.…
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Chaucer: The Merchant’s Tale | Marxist analysis.
Marxist criticism views literature as a reflection of the economic and social conditions of the time in which it was produced. Applying Marxist analysis to Chaucer’s ‘The Merchant’s Tale’ we can see the tale as a commentary on the class struggles and power dynamics of medieval England. https://literarybl.blogspot.com/2023/04/marxist-analysis-of-merchants-tale.html?m=1
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Bram Stoker: Dracula
Abraham Stoker was born in Dublin in 1847 to William Stoker, a civil servant at Dublin Castle, and Charlotte Stoker, a social crusader. By his own account, he was an invalid in early childhood, unable to walk until the age of seven, although in later life he never explained what his illness had been. He…
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Emily Dickinson: A murmur in the trees |Analysis |notes |notes
A murmur in the trees : the murmur travels among the trees. The trees are talking/ murmuring among themselves. Only the one who is perceptive and very observant can notice this ethereal conversation happening among the trees.Hence, the poet remains there, looking and understanding the exchanges in nature, among its entities. The murmur is transcendental…
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Mark Twain: Huckleberry Finn | Chapter 16|Analysis |notes|
Chapter 16:As he lives on the banks of the Mississippi, Twain wants to share his knowledge about the water vessels and their diversity. -There was a power of style about her. : shows how the dimensions and the look of a raft can impress the connoisseurs. Cairo is their dreamland;where both will be safe and…
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Shakespeare: King Lear | Act 2,Sc 1 upto line 26|Analysis |notes
Act 2, Sc 1: Opening with Edmund meeting Curan. Curan shares news about Regan visiting Gloucester, with her husband, the Duke of Cornwall. Edmund is astonished as he does not expect guests on that day. He is bound to strategise ways of making Edgar look like a villain to Gloucester. Curan further informs him about…
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Shakespeare: King Lear | Act 1 Sc 1| Themes | Notes | Analysis
Theme of Honesty:Cordelia and Kent are banished for being honest.Gloucester,who is honest, when he talks about Edmund and he says that he loves Edmund but cannot accept the latter socially for he tarnishes his reputation. In the end of the scene: Honesty of Goneril and Regan when they reveal how they set Lear up by…
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The Merchant of Venice: Characterisation |Analysis |notes|Shylock
Characterisation : To what extent are the characters in Shakespeare’s plays, and specifically those in The Merchant of Venice, real people? Some critics argue that dramatic characters, like characters in a novel, are not real but convey only the illusion of people in real life. They lack any existence before the play begins as well…
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Emily Dickinson: Wild Nights | Analysis |Notes
Wild nights:It is a poem based on passion; the desire to reveal what SHE cannot reveal for she will be shamed in her society. Emily Dickinson belonged to an elite family. Born in Amherst, Massachuasetts, she was the daughter of a successful lawyer, and Congressional Member, namely Edward Dickinson. Her grandfather had founded the Amherst…
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