The story “The Happy Prince” is a fairy tale that combines two worlds: the world of the Happy Prince above and the real world below. The story is also a contrast between the temporary happiness sought by the prince and the real happiness achieved by the prince by helping the needy and the poor. The […]
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The story “Breakfast” deals with the simplicity, contentment, and satisfaction of workers depending on seasonal work of cotton-picking. It is chiefly with a generous and sympathetic attitude, especially making the wilderness a beautiful and attractive place. The story makes the reader recall vividly the bleak days of the early thirties when people were experiencing heart-rending
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Hawk’s Monologue is a symbolic poem about power politics. Hawk stands for such a powerful dictator who suffers from delusions that he is born to rule. He can’t be humiliated and lowered. The top is his destination. He becomes senseless in the intoxication of power and considers himself immortal. The unawareness of the reality of
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In the poem, “Kublai Khan” S.T. Coleridge has described his dream of a magnificent palace. The surrounding of this extraordinary place is quite romantic and mysterious. As rivers, forests, hills, flowers, sea, gardens, rocks, chasm, caves, and domes, etc have been presented with tremendous qualities. The poet has tried to depict his conception of the
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ٰIn this poem “All The World’s A Stage”, William Shakespeare compares the entire world to a theatrical stage, where all the men and women play their allotted role. Every man has to play through seven acts of drama performing different roles, which are the seven stages covering the period of infancy, boyhood, young lover, enthusiastic
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In the poem, “One Art”, the poetess advocates that to live in this world successfully, one must have the patience and courage to bear the loss of all things. In this respect, we can be sure that it is not difficult to train oneself to bear the loss of different things. We should not be
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The poem, “The Huntsman” is about two different approaches of Kagwa and that of the king. Kagwa, the brave hunter of lions is credulous whereas the king is scrupulous. Kagwa lacks know the art of talking and understanding the hidden meaning of words. His approach is superficial and is hunted by his own fate, as
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The poem, “Patriot into Traitor” by Robert Browning is a dramatic monologue. It is about the political ups and downs in the life of a political person in underdeveloped countries. In the world of politics, a person who is acclaimed to be a hero today may turn to be zero the next day. In the
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The writer differentiates between hosts and guests humorously and points out their merits and demerits in the essay, “Hosts and Guests”. He says that the ancient Romans did not make any difference between hosts and guests. For them, a host and a guest were the same things, but actually, they are different. The difference between
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The writer, Gloria Emerson, narrates her surprising experience of skydiving from a plane with the help of parachute. She never thought herself daring enough to do this task. She had a bad back, uncertain ankles and poor depth perception. Even then she wanted to do some brave deed. The first US Sports Parachuting Center was
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