Study Notes

Hits: 608Robinson Crusoe as a Colonial Novel Characters Robinson Crusoe Friday Xury and moley (other staves with Crusoe) Crusoe sold everything along with xury to the captain of Spanish ship Spaniard – Spanish Friday (Mimic man) Colonial mission/ theme in Robinson Crusoe Robinson Crusoe as an economic man Myth symbols …

Hits: 466Analysis of Adam Bede Main Characters Adam Bede     seth Bede (brother) Hetty sorrell Dinan Morris Capatian Arthur Donnithrone   Arthur is in the Hayslope in carpentry. In his age there is the saying “work is workship” In another tenant there was payer family. Hetty and Dinah Victorian novel …

Hits: 349The Scarlet Letter as a Love Story -Subjectivity and impressionalism Hester says : The bond of marriage cannot balock the love relation The spiritual love relationship should be accompanied by the physical love One should be determinant in the physical as well as spiritual love   Describe “Scarlet letter” …

Hits: 263Social Realism in The Scarlet Letter Victorian novel Written in 1850s Subject matter in taken from 1632 The setting of this novel is the puritan society of new England Hawthorne falls upon the category of American Romantic American Romanticism believes in transcendentalism The writer is writing the novel in …

Hits: 367Irony in Sense and Sensibility Irony is the difference between appearance and reality or in other words irony occurs if the told is untold and if the untold is told. We can find irony in the character of Edward Marianne, Willoughby, John Dashuood Characters appearance reality Edward wants luck …

Hits: 148Victorianism in Sense and Sensibility and The Scarlet Letter Questions: 1. Compare and contrast between the female protagonists in the novel “Sense and Sensibility and “The Scarlet Letter.” 2. How do you access the quality of Victorianism in the novels “Sense and Sensibility” and “The Scarlet Letter.” 1. Compare …

Hits: 311 The Gardener Summary Rudrard Kipling Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), a British poet, novelist, and the writer of short stories was born in India and set many of his writings in the Indian flavor. He was awarded by the Nobel Prize for literature in 1907. ‘The Gardener’ ends surprisingly revealing …

Hits: 274 In Bed Summary Joan Didion ‘In Bed’, an essay by Joan Didion depicts her personal experiences with migraine headache, which she inherits from her parents. She presents something unusual about the disease in a more philosophical and meditative domain of thought. Joan spends her day in bed there …

Hits: 499 ON THE VANITY OF EARTHLY GREATNESS Summary ARTHUR GUITERMAN “On the Vanity of Worldly Things” is a poem written by Arthur Guiterman, an American poet and journalist, is best known for his humorous verse. Through humour, he has tried to depict the reality of human beings and animals …

Hits: 181 The Six Million Dollar Man Summary Harold J. Morowitz Dr. Harold J Morowita is a professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry. He is a scientist, teacher, and author. ‘The Six Million Dollar Man’ is a popular essay in which Morowitz examines the statistical statement that the chemical value …

Hits: 525 Malini Summary -Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore is a Bengali Indian poet, writer and philosopher. He was born is 1861 and died in Calcutta (now Kolkata). He is famous for his poetic works, philosophical plays, novels and short stories. The poetic play, Malini, is a story of love and …

Hits: 294 Oops How’s That Again Summary Roger Rosenblatt “Oops! How’s That Again” is an essay written by Rosenblatt and this essay has a humorous tone. Through the humorous tone also, the essayist has tried to reflect the bitter reality of human beings when they make mistake when they speak. …

Hits: 112 Concrete Cat Summary Dorthi Charles “Concrete Cat” is an example of a concrete poem, a poem just giving focus to the physical picture and not the imagination, emotion and language. This type of poem is written for eyes and not for mind and heart. It does not appeal …

Hits: 145 Keeping Things Whole Summary Mark Strand The poem Keeping Things Whole is taken from Selected Poems (1980). The poet pleads for wholeness against the usual fragmentation that goes on in life. The poet believes in whole part and not in partial. He knows the value of each and …

Hits: 333 Unchopping a Tree Summary -W. S. Merwin In the essay “Unchopping a Tree”, the writer presents impossible example to convey deep meaning. Joining the chopped parts of trees refers to the new plantation of more trees in the open fields, which are full of stumps. Every part of …