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             W ho’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf                                                           -Edward Albee Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf is a play written by the American dramatist Edward Albee. Albee is known for his blunt criticism. This play was published in the year 1962. The play is about “marital conflict but its major theme is the need to rid life of fantasies and to face realities”. This play symbolizes the world where love, life, passions and the creative act are machine made. Martha and George are miserable couple. As the play commences the couple returns home from a party held at Martha’s father’s house. Her father is the president of a college. M...

  Eco-criticism The concept Eco-criticism arose in 1970’s. In UK it is Green Studies and in USA it is Eco-criticism. Eco-criticism or Green studies takes its literary bearing from British Romanticism of the 1970’s American transcendentalist. The founding figure on the British side is critic Jonathan Bate. Bate is considered as the father of Eco-criticism in England and Cheryll Glotfelty is the father of Eco-criticism in USA. Eco-criticism is the study of culture and cultural products, that is in someway connected with the human relationship to the natural world. It is a response to the need of humanistic understanding of our connection with natural world in an age of environmental destruction. The increase in technology has brought a disconnection of humanity from the natural world. Most eco-critical works are concerned with the consequences of human actions. American and British romantic writers took interest in nature as a subject. The Victorian writer wrote about industr...

  The Arrow of God                      -  Chinua Achebe The phrase Arrow of God is taken from Igbo proverb which represents the will of God. Arrow refers to Ezeulu, the chief priest in this novel and the bow refers to God Ulu, who is the deity for six villages. The chief priest Ezeulu names the day for the feast of the Pumpkin leaves or for the New Yam feast. If the priest fails to name the day there would be no festival, no planting and reaping. Ezeulu with his large family, lives in a huge compound. His two living wives Matefi and Ugoye cook for him by turns. He rules over in his compound. He regards his eldest son Edogo, a carver, as weak and spineless. His other son Obika, the most handsome young man in Umuaro is given to excessive drinking and often lands in trouble. Ezeulu has sent his third son Oduche to the missionary school in Okperi. He learns the way and wisdom of the white man. His youngest son Nwafo is...

Listening to Myself -Al. Purdy Alfred Wellington Purdy was  a 20 th century Canadian free verse poet. He has been called the nation’s “ Unofficial poet laureate”. This poem is about the speaker listening to himself. The poet is listening to himself to the voice of his own country Canada. The poet hopes that his past will rekindle the mind of the people by increasing their will to survive in Canada. He recollects his past “ See myself staggering through deep snow”. He depicts himself claiming that he is a old and weak man. The speaker seems to be looking at himself from different angles. He sees “white hair-wrinkled face and hands”. The old man seems to be ugly and useless. The old man loves his land. His love for the land is ridiculous to hear because the land is too harsh and unforgiving. He looks like a foolish man for loving such a hostile land. The old man realizes the truth behind his love for the land, that it is not the physical strength helped him to ...

  Ations   By Shel Silverstein If we meet and I say, 'Hi,' That's a salutation. If you ask me how I feel, That's a consideration. If we stop and talk a while, That's a conversation. If we understand each other, That's a communication. If we argue, scream and fight, That's an altercation. If later we apoligize, That's reconciliation. If we help each other home, That's a cooperation. And all these actions added up Make Civilization. (And if I say this is a wonderful poem, Is that exaggeration?) Explanation : Shel Silverstein is an American Poet, writer and Children’s author. The poem “Ation” appeared in his Anthology titled “Light in the Attic ” which was published in the year 1981 .   This poem is thought provoking and evocative. In each line of this poem the poet ends the song with a suffix   “ation” which adds beauty to the title of the poem. I f we meet and I say, “Hi,” That’s a salutation. If you ask me how...

1.Educate a man and you educate an individual. Educate a woman and you educate a family.                                                                - A . Cripp 2. I raise up my voice – not so I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard…we cannot succeed when half of us are held back.                                             – Malala Yousafzai 3. I think women are foolish to pretend they are equal to men, they are far superior and always have been.                    ...

                                                                                        Strife -        John Galsworthy Strife is a three-act play written by John Galsworthy. It is his third play and the play highlights the social issues. It was produced in the year 1909 at the Duke of York Theatre. The title “strife” has a biblical meaning which means bitter conflict. The theme in this play is capital and labour. The action takes place on 7 th february at the Trenartha Tin Plate Work. The factory workers involve in a prolonged strike. There arises a conflict between the company chairman John Anthony and the workers leader Roberts. Both are very stern and adamant to compromise. Anthony was the chairman for 32 years and he is determine...

Copywriter A copywriter is an expertise and a genius person who work with words. They write for  advertising purposes mainly to promote and sell goods and services. A full time copy writer works on different types of copy such as articles, web pages, blog posts, newsletter and reports. A copywriter needed no other formal qualifications. A copy writer should pursue certain qualities like · Excellent writing skills. · Ability to write to deadlines. · Great research skills. · Understanding the audience. · SEO success. · Creativity. · An eye for headlines A Good copywriter understands the modern world. They have great idea about the consumers , understands  the importance of an attention-grabbing headline, can articulate the sales and marketing objectives.  A copy writer should possess a good language skill. They should pay keen attention to employ the correct usages of word choice, structure, grammar, punctuation, spelling. Proof reading s...

Sentence A sentence is a group of words that makes complete sense. Sentences are classified in to four types. ·       Assertive Sentence ·       Interrogative Sentence ·       Imperative Sentence ·       Exclamatory Sentence Assertive Sentence A sentence that makes a statement or assertion is called an assertive or declarative sentence. Examples for assertive sentences are ·       Seetha is a tall girl. ·       Her sister is a dancer. Assertive sentences are further classified into two types. They are ·       Affirmative ·       Negative a)     An affirmative sentence expresses the validity of truth of an assertion.   Examples : They go to school.      ...

Effective writing Writing is a tool used by a writer to express his feelings and ideas. For writers like Wordsworth it is a spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling. It is an art.  A writer should create his work more effective. Effective writing means a work should be readable, clear, accurate and concise. The ideas flowing through the head and heart of the writer should be presented in such a way that the readers should understand the notion of the writer. The writer should strive to throw his points in a direct way. A writer with dazzling ideas and mastery over language can be a genius person. The two enemies of good writing are ·       Repetition of ideas ·       Over elaboration of an idea A good writing should have a perfect start, middle and end. The ideas should be arranged in a good order. The ideas should be presented using strong sentences. A writer should be aware about punctuation, ca...

Connotation and Denotation Connotation is a commonly understood cultural or emotional association. It is an idea or feeling suggested by a particular word. For example , blue is a colour, but it is also a word used to describe a feeling of sadness, as in: “She's feeling blue.”  Denotation means the direct meaning.  It is a standardized meaning within the English language. A few examples for denotations are young, confident, use, happy, adolescent, questioning, selective, thin. Three types of connotations. Positive Connotation – words that invoke favourable positive response are positive connotation. Negative Connotation- It presents the person or thing in a negative perspective. Neutral Connotation – It present the neutral point of view and it does not present any attached positive or negative connotation. Positive Connotation Neutral Connotation Negative Connotation Youthful Young ...

The Doll's House                 -   Katherine Mansfield The Doll's House is a beautiful short story written by Katherine Mansfield. Mansfield portrays the trivial activities of men. In this story she depicts the cruelty of grown up people in the society. She explores the cruelty of the society. She brings out the difference of opinion among children about rich, poor, higher and lower status of people. In this short story there are five child characters.  They are the Burnell daughters and the Kelvey daughters, Aunt Beryl, Mrs. Kelvey, the school teacher and so on. In this story the small innocent children are poisoned by their rich parents about poor children. As a result of this the rich kids grow up with evil thoughts about the poor. Mrs. Hay the aunt of Burnells children gifts a dolls house. The children are filled with gay by seeing the dolls house. The house looked more ...

Candida                         George Bernard Shaw Candida is a domestic comedy written by George Bernard Shaw in 1898. It is a three-act play. The story centers around Candida, an attractive vibrant lady, and James Mavor Morell, a clergyman. The play is a love tale with comic elements embedded in it. This play explores the Victorian idea about marriage and love. The title of this play “Candida” is named after the wife of James Mayor Morell, a clergy man.  She is a intellectual woman. She is the sole responsible person for the success of her husband. As the play commences Candida returns home from a vacation. She brings along with her an young poet, Eugene Marchbank. She introduces the poet to her husband. The poet declares his love for Candida to the Clergyman. He insists Morell that he is not the right person to be her husband. He claims that h...