Mir Afzal Act-wise Summary and Analysis of Death of a Salesman Act I.1Act I (Loman Home, Present Day): Willy Loman, the salesman, enters his home. He looked exhausted and befuddled. Linda Loman, his wife, enters the house dressed in a robe and slippers. She was dozing. Linda is generally cheerful, but she suppresses her opposition to her … Read more
Miller’s Works: Themes and Outlines Arthur Miller’s plays have attempted to diagnose and locate the illnesses plaguing modern man. The playwright’s primary and central theme is unconnectedness and alienation. As Benjamin Nelson correctly points out, it is the most pervasive motif throughout Arthur Miller’s plays. “Like Monte Sant Angelo, all of Miller’s writing is invisibly … Read more
Felix Randal by Gerard Manley Hopkins Summary and Analysis Felix Randal is an Italian sonnet. In this sonnet, Hopkins talks about a thirty-one-year-old blacksmith (farrier) named Felix Randal’s lengthy illness and death. While a curate in a slum parish in Liverpool, Father Gerard Manley Hopkins visited him frequently, administered the final sacraments, and presided over … Read more
The Ballad of Father Gilligan About The Poet William Butler Yeats (W. B Yeats) was born in County Dublin, Ireland, in the year 1865. He developed an early interest in poetry as a result of his curiosity about Irish folklore and the occult. His first poetic publication was in 1889, though he had been writing … Read more
The Tiger King By Kalki Krishnamurthy About Kalki Krishnamurthy Ramaswamy Aiyer Krishnamurthy (9 September 1899 – 5 December 1954) was a Tamil Nadu-based South Indian writer, journalist, poet, critic, and activist for Indian independence. He wrote in Tamil under numerous pen names, but became best known under the name Kalki. He was named after “Kalki” … Read more
Character Sketch of The Tiger King #1 The Maharaja of Pratibandapuram was a strong, tenacious, determined, courageous, and firm ruler of his state. When he was born, astrologers predicted his demise at the hands of a tiger. However, the infant has a wonderful quality. He was just 10 days old when he challenged the astrologers’ … Read more
The Serang of Ranaganji (Short Story) About The Serang of Ranaganji A.J. Cronin was a Scottish novelist who lived from 1896 to 1981. By profession, he was a physician. He is the author of several internationally acclaimed novels. His talents include his acute observation, his ability to visualise, and his narrative ability. The excerpt is from … Read more
Character Sketch of Hassan #1 Hassan was the ship Ranaganji’s Serang (an Asian head of the lascar crew). The ship was sailing from Liverpool to India. He was a squat, extremely unattractive indigenous seaman, with short legs and a huge, disproportionate head. He was a devout Muslim. He was born in Punjab and then relocated … Read more
The Race by Nisha Punjab About the Author Nisha Punjabi is a freelance writer based in Lucknow, India. She holds degrees in English Literature and Economics. From 2004 to 2005, she worked as a freelancer for the Lucknow Times, a daily magazine published by The Times of India. The learner is introduced to Nisha Punjabi … Read more
Suicide of Rama About the Poet: Arun Kolatkar, one of India’s greatest modern poets, lived from 1931 to 2004. He began writing in both Marathi and English in 1955 and published in magazines and anthologies, but did not publish a collection of poems until he was 44 years old. Jejuri, his first book of poetry, … Read more
Character Sketch of Tarun #1 Tarun is a typical child who is constantly criticised for his low marks by his parents. He is frequently referred to as the family’s “black sheep.” His confidence has been shattered by the realisation that he is inept at everything. However, he is adamant about becoming a fast runner. By … Read more
Character Sketch of Maggie 1# Alice Margaret Clifford is one of the vivacious characters in Prabhat Kumar Mukhopadhyay’s story ‘The Price of Flowers.’ Maggie is a small child who encounters the thorns of life at a young age. She is in her thirteenth or fourteenth year. Her eyes are huge and round. Her life’s adversity … Read more