Utopia - Meaning and Origin Utopia, meaning an imaginary ideal world, comes from the Greek words for “no place.” The term was first used by Thomas More in his satirical Utopia (1516), in which a man named Raphael Hythloday, who had sailed with Amerigo Vespucci, gives a detailed description of the island of Utopia, where … Continue reading Utopia – Literary Analysis
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John Donne – A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning (Practice Questions)
Questions 1 through 10 refer to the following poem. Read the poem carefully and then choose the answers to the questions. A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning Line As virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their souls to go, Whilst some of their sad friends do say The breath goes now, and so say, No; … Continue reading John Donne – A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning (Practice Questions)
UPTGT English Full Length Mock Test 1
1. Find out the word which is correctly spelt. (1) invertibrate (2) invertibrat (3) invertebrate (4) invertiberate 2. Find out the word which is correctly spelt. (1) ommelette (2) omellette (3) omelet (4) omelett 3. Find out the word which is correctly spelt. (1) ciusine (2) cuisin (3) cusinee (4) cuisine 4. Find out the … Continue reading UPTGT English Full Length Mock Test 1
Emily Bronte – Biography / Chronology / Timeline
1812 The Reverend Patrick Brontë marries Maria Branwell. 1814 Maria Brontë, their first child, born. 1815 Elizabeth Brontë born. 1816 Charlotte Brontë born. 1817 Patrick Branwell Brontë, the only son, born. 1818 Emily Jane Brontë born. 1820 Anne Brontë born. The Brontë family moves to Haworth, near Bradford, Yorkshire. 1821 Mrs. Brontë dies of cancer … Continue reading Emily Bronte – Biography / Chronology / Timeline
Character Analysis – Ariel from The Tempest by Shakespeare
Ariel is a character in The Tempest, a sprite, or fairy, who serves the magician Prospero. Ariel is invisible to all but Prospero, whom he assists in the schemes that form the plot. He is capable of assuming fantastic disguises and of luring mortals with supernaturally compelling music. He is also something of a theatrical … Continue reading Character Analysis – Ariel from The Tempest by Shakespeare
T S Eliot – The Hollow Men (Poem Summary)
T. S. Eliot and his work were at the forefront of the modernist poetry movement. His lengthy poem ‘‘The Hollow Men’’ was written at the height of his career. Indeed, it was published only three years after the release of Eliot’s most famous epic poem, The Waste Land (1922). Parts of ‘‘The Hollow Men’’ were … Continue reading T S Eliot – The Hollow Men (Poem Summary)
How many Apparitions are there in Macbeth ?
Hello Everyone !🙏 Questions usually asked related to Apparitions are: What is Apparition? In how many Shakespeare plays do we come across Apparitions? How many Apparitions are there in Macbeth? So, here I am with all the answers. Please comment if you want to add on something, or want me to answer some other questions. … Continue reading How many Apparitions are there in Macbeth ?
Ernest Hemingway – Biography / Chronology / Timeline
1899 Born July 21 in Oak Park, Illinois, the second of six children of Clarence Edmonds Hemingway, a medical doctor, and Grace Hall Hemingway, a singer and music teacher. 1917 Graduates from Oak Park High School; rejected by U.S. Army for service in World War I because of eye injured in boxing; works as cub … Continue reading Ernest Hemingway – Biography / Chronology / Timeline
William Shakespeare – Sonnet 29 (Practice Questions)
Questions 1 through 12 refer to the following poem. Read the poem carefully and then choose the answers to the questions. Sonnet 29 When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes,I all alone beweep my outcast state,And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,And look upon myself and curse my fate,Wishing me like to one … Continue reading William Shakespeare – Sonnet 29 (Practice Questions)
Alexandre Dumas – The Three Musketeers (Novel Summary)
ALEXANDRE DUMAS(1802–1870) The French novelist and dramatist Alexandre Dumas was born in 1802, the son of a general in Napoleon Bonaparte’s army. Although the plots of his novels have been criticized as melodramatic and his writing style as careless, readers still enjoy the colorful characters and exciting action in his stories. Because of his tremendous … Continue reading Alexandre Dumas – The Three Musketeers (Novel Summary)
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