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    IMPORTANCE OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN THE NATIONAL LIFE OF INDIA TODAY From 26 January 1965 Hindi has been declared the official language of India. But along with it‚ in terms of the official Language Bill passed in April‚ 1963‚ English may also continue to be used for all the official purposes of the Union. India’s Parliament has thus already provided an answer to the question posed here. The answer is we cannot do without English. The circumstances in which English was introduced in India are recorded

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    Early Movements of English Literature The development of English literature has experienced many distinct movements throughout the centuries. Beginning with the writing of the Old English authors to the Early Modern Period‚ not only does the way literature is written change dramatically‚ but the English language itself evolves to become what we know it to be today. In this essay‚ I will examine the early literary movements that helped plot the course for English literature today. The very

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    Nineteenth century English literature is remarkable both for high artistic achievement and for variety. The greatest literary movement of its earlier period was that of romanticism. It was born in the atmosphere of the violent economic and political turmoil that marked the last decades of the 18th and the first decades of the 19th century. The outburst of political activity brought on by the Great French Revolution of 1789‚ the bitter wars with Napoleon’s France that ravaged Europe for almost 25

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    would be the dry river bed that motivates and modifies our conscious understanding of ourselves and the world (the water of the river) from which emotions‚ attitudes and ideas arise. It is possible to track the use of archetypes in universal literature‚ according to Joseph Campbell[3]‚ from the origins of human civilization. Archetypes help Chaucer to his main purpose when writing The Canterbury Tales: to reflect on the personal concerns and solutions of the evolving medieval society of his time

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    English literature test 1/ literary works cannot be successful without stylistic devices. Those are skillfully used by henry in his story ‘ the gift of the magi’ can you prove that? Simile is used to describe Della’s greatest possession her hair: “Della’s beautiful hair fell like a cascade of brown water”. Her hair is a wavy as it is like a cascade‚ its colour is like brown water.     Comparison is noticed: “That made her looks like a truant schoolboy.” After having had her hair cut Della can

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    17th-century English colonial architecture resembles the late medieval forms that survived in rural England. Houses were built in a range of sizes. Gables‚ overhangs‚ and lack of symmetry reflected the late medieval style of Europe. In Virginia and Maryland‚ brick construction was preferred for the typically story and a half homes with chimneys at both ends and a more nearly symmetrical facade. Aside from fortifications‚ the principal nondomestic structures in the 17th-century colonies were churches

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    How the Renaissance changed literature and England Many events occurred during the Renaissance. For instance‚ Guttenberg from Germany invented the printing press in the late fourteen hundreds which was the turning point for literature. Now that the printing press was invented not only can the rich and noble obtain books‚ the lower class and uneducated citizens can also obtain these worldly possessions. Writers can now share their works to the world and not only to a select few. During the Renaissance

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    English context expository essay Prompt: with experience comes change. Texts: Tuesdays with Morrie -the messenger Statement of intention In this piece I will be discussing with experience comes change; I will also be using references to Tuesdays with Morrie and The Messenger. Within this piece I will talk about a life experience that has caused change in me and how the size of the experience may not reflect the size of the change. Often in life people will have small experiences

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    Zoe Collins 1993 DBQ: Chesapeake vs. New England 7/9/13 Although during the 17th century the British colonies still recognized themselves as European or English‚ they managed to develop unique characteristics through the expansion of colonies‚ and the escalation of population. Through this expansion‚ new information‚ customs‚ and new ways of life were learned and practiced daily‚ and with these changes came the separation of the two societies. While the settlers of the Chesapeake region

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    The Economic and Social Impact of Colonial Rule in India Chapter 3 of Class Structure and Economic Growth: India & Pakistan since the Moghuls Maddison (1971) British imperialism was more pragmatic than that of other colonial powers. Its motivation was economic‚ not evangelical. There was none of the dedicated Christian fanaticism which the Portuguese and Spanish demonstrated in Latin America and less enthusiasm for cultural diffusion than the French (or the Americans) showed in their colonies. For

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