The post describes the materialistic attitude of the present human being. It throws light on the approach we should adopt towards life. Normally when we frame resolutions for ourselves we think of ourselves, 'my family, my wishes, my dreams, my...and so on'. Did you notice something? Yes, the word 'my'. So what have we forgotten to be? Wh

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R.L.Stevenson was a Scottish writer. His novel‘The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’ was a very interesting one. It was not like any run of the mill detective novel. It was a real attention grabber. It explores the dual character of the human personality. The novel describes a very interesting truth about human soul. We are all not one

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Wordsworth is one of the most celebrated Nature poets. In his 'Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood' he like his usual self talkes about Nature and how the influence seems to loosen its grip upon us as we are involved in materialistic world. In this post I have talked about the autobiographical elements in t

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The term ‘poetic drama’ became popular during the middle of the twentieth century. It was T.S. Eliot who revived this drama/term as a reaction to the drama of ideas popularized by Galsworthy and G. B. Shaw under the influence of Ibsen.  Poetic Drama, according to T. S. Eliot, has far reaching effects as it

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The basic plot concerns the death and martyrdom of Becket. The story of his life seems to hold great dramatic and tragic potentialities. The horrible deed which culminated is life involves persons who, though not directly related by blood ties, were suddenly bound by old ties of friendship and humour. Thus, the central theme of

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This just happned today a shooting at a Lane Bryant Store in Tinley Park during an armed robbery has left five victims. The victims were shot at the Lane Bryant store. Cops are looking for a 230-pound black male, 29, who was described as wearing black jeans with colored jewels on the back and a black or green jacket and black h

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The Grapes of Wrath is a strongly sustained social and political narrative that provides and accurate and faithful description of a critical period in American history. The novel is a post-depression novel and the writer John Steinbeck&r

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Steinbeck in this epoch-making novel ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ has also described the concept of ‘oversoul’. Many philosophers and men of religion, not only in America but also in other parts of the world, have expressed their belief that there is an ‘oversoul’ of which all human beings are parts

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In this post I have pointed out the ways in which Henry Fielding has presented realism in his novel 'Joseph Andrews'. He was the pioneer of realism in English fiction. Both Fielding and Richardson were broadly speaking realists. Fielding also reacted against Richardson’s sentimentalism as a falsifying influence on the study o

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What is justice? Is it definable? Let’s try. Is it impartiality? Or is it being fair? The concept of justice is actually a subjective one and also entails at the same time being objective in judgment. Justice according to some is getting a fair treatment, while for others it is getting justice being delivered in courts. But a q

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Porn star Taylor Wane is coming (no pun intended) to the defense of porn star Gene Simmons. (Did I just call Gene Simmons a porn star? I'm sorry, I meant philandering sleazebag.) Wane, who has worked with Simmons for years, was interviewed today and says her naked buddy would never consent to being filmed while having sex.

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The poem ‘Three Years She Grew…’ is one of the best known Lucy poems written by William Wordsworth. The poet in this poem illustrates his belief that Nature is a great teacher. He believes that one can learn one can learn a great lesson if one approaches nature with a pure and humble heart. The poet describes the short life of

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Rabindra Nath Tagore (1861 - 1941), the celebrated poet, story writer and dramatist was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. ‘Gitanjali’ (‘song offerings’), is a collection of 103 poems. Originally written in Bengali, they were translated in English by Tagore himself. The characteristic feature of the collection is th

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How can we define truth? Being truthful is not easy. On the top of it, the most difficult task is confessing the truth to ourselves. We are afraid of accepting our defeat. We find excuses to cover our shortcomings. Human beings have a tendency to blame the other person for our wrong doings. We can report honestly and truthfully

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This sonnet addressed ‘to his dear friend’ is number 106 in sonnet sequence consisting of 154 sonnets. A number of his sonnets are addressed to ‘W.H.’ and others to a mysterious person, often referred to as the ‘dark lady’. W.H. has sometimes been identified with the Earl of Southampton, one of Shakespeare’s closest friends and

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