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Most important Short Questions with Answers Sea Fever by John Masefield

  Sea Fever 1) Who wrote the poem ‘Sea Fever’? Ans:- John Masefield wrote the poem ’Sea Fever’. 2) What was the favourite place of the poet?  Ans:- To see the sea was the favourite place of the poet.  3) What do you mean by steer?  Ans:- Steer means to control the direction of movement.  4) What was the colour of mist on the sea’s face?  Ans:- The colour of the mist was grey.  5) What thing did not the poet deny?  Ans:- The poet can not deny the call of running tide.  6) Write the name of Sea-bird?  Ans:- Sea-gull is the name of a sea-bird.  7) Who wants to live a gypsy life?  Ans:- The poet wants to become a gypsy life.  8) Write the name of the sea-animal?  Ans:- Whale, a name of the sea-animal.  9) What do you mean by whetted knife? Ans:- Whetted knife means sharpened knife.  10) What kind of day does the poet prefer for siling?  Ans:- The poet prefers va...

Write a note on War Poets or Anti-War Poem

The War Poets  or the Trench poets are known as Anti-War poets because the soldier cum poets not show the brevity of war but the futility of war . War poetry is nothing but the shadow of brutal life among the soldiers during the First World War. The War Poets wrote their poetry to raise the question either life or death; National Pride or own existence; duty or guilt; courage or cowardness. Rupard Brooke, Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon, Robert Graves, Ivor Gurney, Isaac Rosenberg are the most prominent Anti-War Poets. They are all involved directly into the War and eye witness to see the brutality in the name of National Pride at the battlefield. Wilfred Owen: (1893-1918 ) He was one of the most prominent Anti-War Poets during the First World War as well as a soldier. He wrote many poems about war but only five poems were published in his lifetime but most important poems are published posthumously. Futility , Strange Meeting, Insensibility , Dulce et Decorum est ...

Write a note on University Wits

University Wits are none but the works of great  intellectual  scholars of Oxford and Cambridge University .They flourished Dramas during the Elizabethan Era and obviously before Macbeth Writer Shakespeare . The University Wits is a phrase that was made famous by late 16th century English Playwrights and Pamphleteers who were educated from Oxford and Cambridge but this term was coined by George Saintsbury . Christopher Marlowe, Robert Greene, Thomas Nashe are the scholars of Cambridge and John Lyly, Thomas Lodge, George Peele are the wits of Oxford University. Thomas Kyd was not of University but he also counted as a University Wits. They were usually actors and dramatists. University Wits reached the top point of the drama and gave a sensational stamina to boost up the thinking mind of the audience as well as readers. Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593): He is the evergreen shining star of University Wits. He shook the drama World to write top most Plays, mainly...

Is Macbeth a Villain or a Hero?

  Is Macbeth a villain or a hero? --Justify In the realm of Shakespearean   Heroes besides Hamlet , Othello and King Lear , the one Hero  who stands non-parallel is none other than Macbeth in the play of Macbeth . As a hero,he is outstanding in courage, heroic power, valour and poetic quality. The hero shut the mercy of mankind by murdering innocent ones. Thus becoming the title villain after his name . Wilson Knight called Macbeth 'the apocalypse of evil ' in The Wheel Of Fire. Rightly Ray Walker said that ," If Hamlet is the study of a moral man in an immoral society, Macbeth is the study of an immoral man of a moral society".      The witches in the very first scene utterance: " Fair is foul,foul is fair '' this is what strikes the key note of the play Macbeth .  A noteworthy and quoteworthy face is that in Macbeth , first appearance he almost utter the same, "So foul and fair a day I haven't seen " , thus making a like wi...

Key note on Epistolary Novel

 Epistolary Novel  It is a one kind of famous novel that is written as a series of documents basically in Letter format. Elements Dialogue Format Emphasis on thoughts Interior Feelings Boundless Emotions Derived  That term derived from Greek word " Epistole " that means a Letter and this term coined by James Howell (1594–1666) with "Familiar Letters" Influenced  Epistolary Novel based on Realism to a story and impacts the working of real life from a different point of view. Popular In the 18th century, this genre became popular through the works of Samuel Richardson's successful Novels Pamela (1740) and Clarissa (1748). Famous Epistolary Novels : Pamela:(1740):  Samuel Richardson's successful first epistolary novel Pamela, It tells the story of a 15 years old maidservant Pamela who is able to  protect her chastity from the wealthy landowner Mr.B. It is a story of Moral Ethics. Clarissa (1748)   The pathetic story of a young woman, Cla...

The Great Gatsby as a True tragedic love story

  Content: Introduction American Dream Gatsby's Love Gatsby's Weekend Party The secret of the accident Gatsby's Furenal Ceremony Conclusion Introduction: American famous Novelist F.Scott Fitzgerald shook the Literary world to write a Magnum Opus " The Great Gatsby ", based on a true story but the real name of Gatsby is missing in the novel. It is not only the novel of American dream but also the novel of true Love Story of Gatsby. The Great Gatsby is the story of Jay Gatsby , he established himself as a millionaire , his love affair with Daisy and tragic ending with Gatsby's murder to stop all his fame and name but still Gatsby was great, that is the the most important fact that totally justified the title but time for justify Gatsby as a true lover. American Dream :   Everyone wants to fulfill one's dream but dream is an unconscious state of mind that is a mixture of reality and imagination that you must understand to read Sigmund Fr...

To Kill A Mockingbird as a Southern Gothic Novel

Introduction : Like Tony Morrison's Southern Gothic Novel "Beloved", American Novelist Harper Lee wrote "To Kill A Mockingbird" and achieved the prestigious Pulitzer prize and selected her Novel to create Academy Award films . Southern Gothic Novel is a genre of American Gothic Novels that became popular in the mid 19th century. To Kill A Mockingbird is a Southern Gothic Novel for Racism, innocence, imprisonment, evil, supernatural entities like ghost and ghost house. Racial Injustice: Racism is the major issue of Southern Gothic Novels , Tony Morrison's Beloved is the best example for that. In the Novel , Tom Robinson was published only for Racism by the people of Maycomb , a fictional town in Alabama . He was a black man and accused for raping Mayella but it is not true to know Atticus , A honest lawyer, collected a lots of evidence as a proof to free Tom but Tom as a black man who is unable to justice even Atticus says to Jem, hi...

"Waiting For Godot "as a representative of the Theatre of Absurd

          "Waiting For Godot " as a representative of the  Theatre of Absurd   -----explain       The Theatre of the  Absurd is a term coined by critic Martin Esslin , who made the title  of his book on the subject. The term refers to a drama that emphasis es absurdity of human existence by employing disjointed repetitious  and meaningless dialogues proposeless and confusing situations and plots that lacks realistic or logical development which just become popular during the 1950 A.D and 1960 A.D. which presented  on the stage the philosophy articulated by the French philosopher Albert Camus   in his " The Myth of Sisyphus ". primarily deals with the five defining playwrights of the moment- Samuel Beckett of them . Beckett's classic tragicomedy is known for it is lack of plot -        "nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes ...