“Halfway House” by Mohan Rakesh Is “Halfway House” primarily about a search for meaning and identity? Give a reasoned answer. “The crisis of identity and breakdown of communication in human relations and resultant tragic effect of boredom and despair constitute the theme of Rakesh’s play‚ Aadhe Adhure‚ which is by far is best play‚ devastatingly exposing the fragmented personalities and broken images in a disintegrated society.” — N.Choudhuri‚ (Hindi Drama‚ Contemporary Indian Literature) Mohan
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I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud William Wordsworth’s "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” is a lyric poem focusing on the poet’s response to the beauty of nature. The description of the process‚ which the speaker goes through‚ is represented by a natural scene where the speaker‚ plants and the surroundings become united. The poem is written in a figurative language‚ combining images‚ similes and personification. The speaker‚ at the beginning of “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”‚ views himself as a wandering
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YANGON UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH Tutorial III Literature (ENG 3104) Poet “I wandered lonely as a cloud” is a lyric poem by William Wordsworth. It’s also commonly known as “Daffodils”. He was born in 7 April 1770‚ at Cockermouth Kingdom of Great Britain. Wordsworth’s mother died when he was 8- this experience shapes much of his later work. Wordsworth attended Hawkshead Grammar School where his love of poetry is firmly established and believed
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The house of the scorpion The term extraordinary can apply to many things. The definition of extraordinary is an object that is “very unusual and deserving attention”. The House of the Scorpion deserves to be called extraordinary because it spins a masterful literary web that will not set you free until you finish the last page with a satisfied sigh. Because of the moralistic issues she cunningly weaves into the book‚ the excellent literary language‚ and her cautionary take on the future‚ Farmer
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I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud by William Wordsworth William Wordsworth（1770-1850） I. His Life 1770 — born in Cumberland‚ now called Wordsworth House 1779 - 1787 — attended the Grammar School 1787-1791 — studied at St John’s College‚ Cambridge 1790 — visited revolutionary France and supported 1793 —published An Evening Walk and Descriptive Sketches 1795 — met Samuel Taylor Coleridge in Somerset. 1797 — moved to Somerset with his sister Dorothy 1798 — produced Lyrical Ballads together with
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The House of Mapuhi‚ Jack London Despite the heavy clumsiness of her lines‚ the Aorai handled easily in the light breeze‚ and her captain ran her well in before he hove to just outside the suck of the surf. The atoll of Hikueru lay low on the water‚ a circle of pounded coral sand a hundred yards wide‚ twenty miles in circumference‚ and from three to five feet above high-water mark. On the bottom of the huge and glassy lagoon was much pearl shell‚ and from the deck of the schooner‚ across the slender
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A Dolls House: 2. How does the imagery in the play aid the audience to appreciate the themes‚ the dramatic question(s)‚ of the play? A Doll’s House is a play written in 1879 by Henrik Ibsen depicting the story of a couple Nora and Torvald Helmer. The play specifically follows the journey of the character Nora’s self-discovery and struggle against the oppression of her husband Torvald and the society that he represents. Ibsen uses non-verbal elements such as screen directions and setting descriptions
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“Bernarda’s house serves on a number of levels as the central image in the play. How does Lorca use the house to convey his ideas?” In order to arrive at the central idea in Federico Garcia’s last play‚ “House of Bernarda Alba”‚ the title is the first factor to be reflected on. Lorca has not presumably named the play “Bernarda Alba”‚ or “Day of Bernarda Alba”. He had named the play “House of Bernarda Alba” because it will let the reader draw attention both to Bernarda’s ‘house’ in the sense of
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I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud- Analytical Response The poem I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud‚ by William Wordsworth‚ explores the emotional and physical impacts that can be explored in a journey. The poem tells the story of Wordsworth and how he comes across a field of daffodils and recounts the effect that they had on him. It illustrates the concepts that journeys can have a substantial long-term effect on an individual and also that journeys can be an individual process. In the poem the persona’s
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women of Spain and Norway were suppressed at the time the two plays A Doll’s House and The House of Bernarda Alba were written. Although this issue has improved in most countries‚ it still is occurring in some countries. This issue was portrayed in the themes of these two plays. Both A Doll’s House and The House of Bernarda Alba portray the suppression of women and their lack of freedom in different ways. In a Doll’s House‚ Nora has always appeared to be obedient to her father and her husband. However
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