Ode: Intimations of Immortality by William Wordsworth Introduction Ode: Intimations of Immortality by William Wordsworth is an eleven-stanza poem that recounts a child’s loss of purity and divine sight when he becomes engrossed in his toys from the soft lap of its mother. Wordsworth believes that even if one has a lot of duties in … Read more
Mrs Christine Linde: Character Study Mrs Christine is an old friend of Nora. We meet her in the very first Act when she comes to see Nora at her house. Mrs Linde’s problem is that she has nobody to live with. She tells Nora that she wants something to occupy her mind, a steady job … Read more
A Comparison Between Nora and Helmer “A Doll’s House” reflects the general behaviour and attitude of the contemporary society which was basically a male-dominated society. The main protagonist of the story, Helmer surfaces as a man who looks at everything realistically. In his approach towards the matters of life, he appears as a person who … Read more
Character Analysis of Nora The two very important characters of Ibsen’s play in “A Doll’s House” are Nora and Helmer. They are husband and wife who love each other. Ibsen portrays in the first act that they are happy and enjoying their life in their sphere. Although they belong to a middle class family, suffering … Read more
The Major Characters Krishna Krishna is a lecturer at Albert Mission College in Malgudi, where had been a student earlier. He is about thirty when the novel opens and he goes about his job of teaching students mechanically by rote. He finds no satisfaction in it as he feels that his true calling is writing … Read more
The Elements of Humour and Pathos Humour and pathos are the integral parts of Narayan’s work. Narayan’s earlier novels like Swami and Friends and The Bachelor of Arts are mainly comic. In his third novel, The English Teacher, there is a judicious blend of comedy and pathos because it is based on a personal tragedy. … Read more
The Autobiographical Elements The English Teacher is essentially an autobiographical novel. What Dickens wrote about his novel David Copperfield is true of Narayan’s The English Teacher. Dickens wrote:The pen that wrote David Copperfield was often dipped in my own blood. This is, really speaking even more true of The English Teacher than of David Copperfield. … Read more
The English Teacher is R.K. Narayan’s greatest among his works. This was his third novel. It was published in 1945. It is the loveliest, nicest, and most sensitive love story and spiritual romance ever written. It is the love storey of Krishna, the English teacher, and his wife, the vivacious Susila. Both have a deep and abiding love for one another. Their love is genuine and unwavering, and it never changes. Their love is heavenly, much like Romeo and Juliet’s. Her affection for him is as silent as Viola’s in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.
Do not Ask of Me, My Love Introduction Do Not Ask Me My Love for That Love Again ( Mujh Se Pahli Si Muhabbat Mere Mahboob Na Mang) is a famous Urdu poem written by Faiz Ahmad Faiz. Faiz Ahmad Faiz was an intellectual, revolutionary, and notable Urdu poet. His diverse career earned him a … Read more
One Art by Elizabeth Bishop Introduction“One Art” is a well-known poem written by American poet Elizabeth Bishop that was first published in The New Yorker in 1976. Later that year, Bishop published the poem in Geography III, alongside other pieces such as “In the Waiting Room” and “The Moose.” This poem is written in the … Read more
If You Forget Me by Pablo Neruda About the Poet Pablo Neruda was born on July 12, 1904, in Chile as Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoalto. He is regarded as the greatest poet of his age who wrote in Spanish. Around the age of ten, Neruda began writing. He went on to become a well-known Chilean … Read more
Ajamil and the Tigers Introduction The poem Ajamil And the Tigers by Arun Kolatkar is the longest poem in Jejuri. The poem is a poetic rendering of folk tale. The story of Ajamil and His Dogs appears in Jayadri Mahaturya. The first chapter of the seventh Book of ‘Bhagavata Puran’ too contains the same story. … Read more
