Hits: 163Types of Essays Essay as a form of literature is highly personal by nature because the author expresses his personal ideas and opinions on some topic. There are not strict rule of writing essays. However, every essay has its introduction, body and end. Essays are divided into different types …
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Elements of Short Stories: A Short story
Hits: 80Elements of Short Stories: A Short story A short story is a short work of prose fiction which usually depicts one character’s inner conflict or conflict with others. It is a work of fiction in prose writing about imagined events and characters. A short story, unlike a poem, does …
Read More »Lesson Plan Format for English: Teaching A Case of The Dumb Waiter
Hits: 117Lesson Plan Format for English: Teaching A Case of The Dumb Waiter LESSON PLAN Level: Secondary Duration: 45 Minutes Title: The Dumb Waiter (Drama) Specific Objectives: – Complete the dialogue between Gus and Ben; – Write a summary of the drama. Teaching Materials: – Pictures showing different scenes …
Read More »A Raisin in the Sun: An Analysis
Hits: 123A Raisin in the Sun: An Analysis Dramatist: Lorraine Hansberry (1930- 1965) Characters: Walter Lee Younger (Lena’s son) Ruth (Walter’s wife) Lena (Mama) Beneatha (Walter’s sister) Asagai (African boy) George (Rich white man) Critically analyze the drama. Hansberry, born in USA, is …
Read More »Analysis of Harold Pinter’s The Dumb Waiter | Character | Plot | Summary
Hits: 1301 Analysis of Harold Pinter’s The Dumb Waiter Dramatist: Pinter (b.1930) Characters: BEN Gus Critically analyze The Dumb Waiter The drama ‘The Dumb Waiter’ is written by Harold Pinter in 1957. …
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Hits: 2429Analysis of Alan Ayckbourn’s Mother Figure: Dramatist: Alan Ayckbourn Characters: Lucy (Mother Figure) Rosemary (Terry’s wife) Terry Harry (Lucy’s husband) Critically analyze the drama ‘Mother Figure’. Mother Figure is a drama which is written by the American dramatist, Alan Ayckbourn. He spent his early days …
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Hits: 604Five fold structure of Drama Dramatic structure refers to the form of drama and the way the story is told, the way the characters play their parts, and/or the way the themes are explored. It involves the overall framework or method which the playwright employs to organize the dramatic …
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Hits: 352Dramatic Conventions Explained Dramatic conventions stand for a set of rules shared by both the audience and actors. They are briefly explained below. Dialogue Dialogue is thought of the characters. It is the utterance of characters in any kind of narrative story or play. Dialogue is core to drama, …
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Hits: 520Types of Drama: Broadly, dramas are divided into three types: tragedy, comedy and tragicomedy. Nowadays, farce is also discussed as a kind of drama. Tragedy Cuddon (1991) defines tragedy as “a kind of protest, it is a cry of terror or complaint or rage or a anguish to and …
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Hits: 117Elements of Drama: Generally, drama is a work of literature written to be performed on a stage by actors in which they take the role of characters, perform the indicated action, and utter the written dialogue. According to Jacobs (2001), drama is the art of representing the pleasure of …
Read More »Sample Lesson Plan in English: Teaching I am Becoming My Mother Poem
Hits: 385Sample Lesson Plan in English: Teaching I am Becoming My Mother A lesson plan to teach the above poem is as follows: Teacher’s name: Ramesh Gopal Shrestha Class : 10 No. of Students: 40 Time : 45 minutes Topic: ‘I am Becoming My Mother’ (Poem) Specific Objectives The …
Read More »Interpretation of Prakash Subedi’s At the Temple
Hits: 142Interpretation of Prakash Subedi’s At the Temple Writer: Prakash Subedi Education: M.A. in English Literature Nationality: Nepali Place: Temple Time: Mostly in the Morning The poem moves around the activities of worshippers and the priest in the location of the temple. Temple is the holy …
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Hits: 288Summary of Gopi Sapkota’s Visiting a Country Churchyard Writer: Gopi Sapkota Born: 1972 Education: M.A. in English Literature Nationality: Nepali (Now in London) The speaker has gone to the graveyard in order to mourn in the death of Mr. Gray. Out of homage or tribute he …
Read More »Summary of Homraj Acharya’s The Kerosene Stove
Hits: 188Summary of Homraj Acharya’s The Kerosene Stove Writer: Homraj Acharya Education: A graduate of the University of Colorado (USA) Nationality: Nepali In this poem, a miserable life that faces a number of hurdles has been very wittily illustrated. Despondency, extreme poverty, unemployment, repression and struggle for survival have …
Read More »Krishna Bhusan Bal’s The Wind of Chaitra: Interpretation
Hits: 107Krishna Bhusan Bal’s The Wind of Chaitra: Interpretation Writer: Krishna Bhusan Bal Born: 2004 B.S. Nationality: Nepali Education: B.A. Awards: Pratibha Puraskar, Byathit Kabya Puraskar, etc. ‘The Wind of Chaitra’ analogically stands for the revolution of the people. The revolution destroys the established order …
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