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Edward II as a historical play or chronicle play

Man's eternal quest is to know the unknown, to see the unseen and discover the undiscovered things that's why the very spirit of the Elizabethan Era . They have the nostalgia to seek into the historical part and fetch the pearl of spirit and undaunted. Christopher Marlowe, the excellent Elizabethan playwrite squashes the juice of the historical background and unlock them in the full throated ease in the play Edward II .He just poured the new wine into old bottle and stimulates the dozing spectators into frenzied drunkards. Marlowe is not the first Elizabethan to is write the historical play but Marlowe were deeply inspired by Shakespeare's Henry VI .So his Edward II is the direct outcome of the historical agenda present in episodes but it mansley surpassed Shakespeare in dealing with King Edward II , a King deposed and assassinated one with his weakness .It is a marble still in historical plays, it is modern in its approach. Edward , the king is not import

The growth and development of Raju in R.K Narayan in The Guide

Being a master , R.K Narayan the Indian novelist in his novels, presents his characters with all simplicity, wholeness, ignorance, experience, virtues and vices. Perhaps all his characters, Raju in The Guide is beyond any comparison. Though this noble consist of the features of a picaresque novel, yet Narayan finally shifts Raju from his status to the statue of a universal guide, who guides an entire human race into salvation thus he rises at the end like a Phoenix from the ashes, a Picaro turned Pilgrim in the midway the character has to undergo many steps to complete his growth and development. The role of a guide trusted upon Raju from he admits" it is written on the brow of some that they shall not be left alone ". He even possesses the ability to guide others, a rare leadership quality. Being a railway vendor,he used to face the enquiries of many tourists regarding many sites and places. While replying to their queries, he soon amuse the person of

Hopkins's prayer poetry to God is his Lord

Wert thou my enemy, o thou my friends, How Wouldst thou worse, I wonder, then thou dost defeat , thwart me? - Explain ( THOU ART INDEED JUST MY LORD) These lines taken from the mouth of the poet priest Gerald Manley Hopkins's prayer poetry Thou Art Indeed Just My Lord . The poet is willing to admit that god is his Lord and he is just. Here, in the poem, the poet admitted that in any disputation, he must indeed God's justice but there is a doubt in his mind and he must express this doubt which seems to be justified too. Hopkins speak bluntly, even though he does it in Elizabethan English, using Wert(were), Wouldst (would), Dost(do), and Thou(you): " If you were my enemy", he tells his God ," I think you could hardly treat me any worse than you are treating me how as my friends". "Life is nothing but die for somethings " -said by a famous person, Here, before die, the poet want to create a poem which would recognise as a

The Grecian Urn as a "Foster Child" of silence

This line extract from Hellenistic Romantic poet John Keats's Ode to the Grecian Urn, foster child means Urn in the poem The speaker addresses the Urn itself and the images on it. First, the speaker addresses the bright on the Urn . She is frozen in the time , has yet to be ravished so,she is still ' unravished '. In the next line the speaker addresses the Ure , calling it a ' foster child of silence and slow time '. The artist who made the Urn is long gone because the Urn is ancient. So, the artist is a parent of the Urn. Since the parent is gone, the child has become an orphan and has been adopted by time. The Urn is all visual but no sounds emanating from it , so it therefore ' silent '. The Urn is The foster- child of ' slow time' because having lasted so long with its images relatively unfaced and as time that has slowed to point of stopping. To keats, the image on the Urn is frozen but they symbolised life. He tri

"Chainless Mind" from On The Castle of Chillon

This lines extracted from Liberty poet Lord byron's freedom poem On The castle of Chillon. Bonnivard's patriotic zeal brought out here in this poem. He makes apocalypse of tyranny and had shown the path of freedom. Bonnivard, a Swiss patriot was imprisoned by the tyrant, the Duke of Savoy from his courageous defence against his tyranny. He was kept in the dungeon of the castle of Chillon but the spirit of Liberty is eternal and cannot be suppressed by the Tyrants. Bonnivard's imprisonment and repression rouse his countrymen to patriotic fervour and martial spirit and they attacked the castle and release Bonnivard from imprisonment. My New Website about Literature WWW.Literature Again.Com "Man is born free but everywhere he is in chains" - said Rousseau. It means that man's first duty is to break the chains to free freedom is our right to born may be flow out from the mouth of Bonnivard like Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel which aptly visualised

The last chance Doctor Faustus has to go back on the deal.

My blood congeals and I can write no more… Who is the speaker? What does occasion signify ? These lines taken from University Wits Christopher Marlowe Tragic Play " Doctor Faustus", scene-5 and the Speaker was Faustus . New Website about Literature: www.Literature Again.Com Faustus is trying to sign his contract for 24 years of happiness with the devil which Mephistopheles has told him already has to be signed in blood. The second time, Mephistopheles brings fire to resolve the blood and allows him to sign but before Faustus has considered the congealed blood as an ominous sign.It is a scary moment designed for the warm Faustus at the last moment before it is too late? Who knows what to think of it? but it is a significant moment in the play, it makes the last chance Faustus has to go back on the deal.