In this category, the readers can find the notes of prose lessons
The essayist claims that when one’s mind is taken over by selfishness, there is no end to consider and reconsider. The narrator rightly admits that the story principle lies in dealing with his own soul. The essay also discusses the realistic human psychology that rules the world of business, where the seller and the buyer are trying to find themselves
The essay highlights the importance of diversity in life. This says the variety adds flavour to the existing boring life and brings meaningful taste to life. It is very irritable that the same boring life with one thing to do all the time. Many means large, and none means nothing. People are comfortable with you when you have wealth and when your wealth is lost everyone will abandon you. When you’re poor, only God and true friends are close to you. It shows the value of naturally-gifted biodiversity.
Salman Rushdie’s Midnight Children(1980) earned immense praise both in India and abroad. Living in the United Kingdom, he is understandably indifferent to the literary fashions of the west and so writes mostly on the socio-political issues of the Indian subcontinent. His fiction mirrors microcosmic India caught in the crucible of tradition, struggle and change.
In Passion’s Shadow By Mohan Rakesh Summary The story In Passion’s Shadow By Mohan Rakesh takes place in Jullundur. Pushpa and her father have come from village to Jullundur. They are staying at the house of Dr Gurbux Sing Mudan. Pushpa’s father is very arrogant with her. But Pushpa consoles herself saying, “A father’s curses … Read more
This essay by A.G. Gardiner explores the issue of politeness as an extremely important and indispensable feature of civil society. Politeness, he argues, is that which keeps the social life of civilised man well oiled and friction free. Good temper gives rise to naturally pleasant behaviour that radiates pleasantness all around. Conversely, bad temper breeds uncouth behaviour that poisons the stream of life. Both good and bad behaviour are highly infectious.
First published in 1847, Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights is one of the most widely read and admired novels of English literature. The novel is admired not only for its thrilling tale of passion and vengeance but also for its power of imagery, its complex structure, and its ambiguity – the very elements that confounded its first critics.
John Bunyan”s The Pilgrim’s Progress is, perhaps, one of such prose writings as constitute the meaningful landmarks which one cannot easily ignore. Generically, thematically and structurally too, the work by Bunyan evades any type of specifications. You may call it an allegory, or even a theological tract within a framework of fiction.
Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard by Thomas Gray Introduction “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” is one of Thomas Gray’s most popular poems Structurally, this poem is not an elegy as it is not written in elegiac couplets that involve a hexametric line structure followed by a pentametric line, but thematically, it is an … Read more
This is a funny little satirical tale by the great Leo Tolstoy. What happens if you sentence a killer to death but your country won’t go to the cost of killing him? This short story explores the greed of the rulers of Monaco’s small country and the impractical steps they take in confronting this issue.
Character Sketch of Othello Othello, a Moor, is a general of the Venetian armed forces. He’s a noble and imposing man, well respected as a soldier in his profession. At the beginning of the pay, he enjoys great successes, and everything seems to be going his way. Desdemona preferred him over all her other Venetian … Read more
The great tragedy of Shakespeare starts under the night cover in the city of Venice, a city-state renowned for its military strength and as a hub of trade. Roderigo, a gentleman who tried to woo Desdemona, Senator Brabantio ‘s lovely daughter, has just discovered she’s secretly married Othello, a valiant Moorish general in service to the Venetian state.
Character Analysis of Desdemona in Othello Othello is one of the most important plays in English Literature. As we know that it is a domestic tragedy. In this play, Desdemona is an example of perfect womanhood. Desdemona is the daughter of Brabantio, a man of some reputation in Venice. As such, she is part of … Read more
