Riders to the Sea

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A PLAY IN ONE ACT First performed on 25 February 1904 at Molesworth Hall, Dublin, by the Irish National Theater Society with Helen Laird playing Maurya, this one-act tragedy is set in the Aran Islands, Inishmaan, and like all of Synge’s plays, it is noted for capturing the poetic dialogue of ruralContinue Reading

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In: Ekalabya Pramanik

Preface Finally, I have decided to write. Not that it is important, may be it is sort of therapy like musterbation. Before I write the main part, I reckon it important to write some general guidelines about how to read the main body of the text. First, about the narrator.Continue Reading

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In: Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson (1830–1886) was an American poet whose work profoundly influenced modern poetry. Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, Dickinson led a reclusive life, rarely venturing outside her home. Despite her seclusion, she produced nearly 1,800 poems, though only a handful were published during her lifetime—and often without her consent or underContinue Reading

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“A Route of Evanescence (1489)” A Route of Evanescence                                fading awayWith a revolving Wheel –A Resonance of Emerald –                             reverberationA Rush of Cochineal –And every Blossom on the BushAdjusts its tumbled Head –                           the fallen flowers liven upThe mail from Tunis, probably,An easy Morning’s Ride – “A Route of Evanescence” is an important DickinsonContinue Reading

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The most striking quality of Donne’s poetry is the use of metaphysical conceit which is a figure of speech in which two farfetched objects or images of very different nature are compared. It surprises its readers by its ingenious discovery and delights them by its intellectual quality. A metaphysical conceitContinue Reading

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At the beginning of the 17th century the love poetry of John Donne expressed a strong and independent spirit. In his lyrics, he combined passionate emotional intensity with keen and active intelligence displayed in logical analysis and verbal wit, especially the extensive use of puns, equivocations, and the conceit or extendedContinue Reading

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John Donne (1572–1631) was a seminal figure in English literature and one of the leading metaphysical poets of the early 17th century. Born into a Catholic family during a time of religious conflict in England, Donne later converted to Anglicanism and became a respected cleric in the Church of England.Continue Reading

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Kamala Das (31 March 1934–31 May 2009), is one of the most prominent Indian authors known for her stark feminism, scathing in criticism of the patriarchal order of the Indian society, and her deep confessional style. She is a bi-lingual poet and littérateur better known to her Malayalam readers asContinue Reading

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In: A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams

Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire creates one of the most unusual antagonists in American drama.  Stanley Kowalski has the perfect, happy life before his sister-in-law shows up to disturb his masculine, dominated world. Audience members may well see Stanley as an attractive character at the play’s start. He is loyal toContinue Reading