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  Second Sex                                                 -Simon de Beauvoir Simon de Beauvoir’s Second Sex was published in the year 1949. She was a French critic and had a relation with Jean Paul Sartre. In Second Sex Beauvoir gives the definition for woman. She is defined as a womb, “Tota Mulier in Utero”. Man, the supreme being treats women as an inferior being. “Feminity is in danger”. We are urged to be women, stay women and become women. Beauvoir claims the fact of becoming women affects our life. So, every human being is not woman. “One is not born a woman” Social science no longer believes in immutably determined entities that define given characteristics like those of the woman, the Jew or the Black. Every human being is born free and it is the situation which makes them woman, Jew, Negro or white. Society shapes you and not science. There is no term called feminity. Women are human being. Feminist women and upper-class American women claims that there is no such

History of Canadian Literature Canada is situated at the Northern parts of America. It is the second largest country in the world. The natives of Canada were called the aborigines. It is a land with mountains, lakes, vast landscape, natural resources, plenty of snow. The land often faces winter season (cold plenty of snow). Survival, Identity crisis, alienation, depression of colonisation are some of the major themes found in Canadian literature. This literature originated in Canada. This country was once colonised by the British. Before invasion there was oral, folk, songs to pray God. People lived intimate with nature. Canadian literature focused on religious and nationalistic themes. This literature is written in English and French languages. The common theme explored in Canadian literature is the “Garrison Mentality”. This term was first used by a critic named Northrop Frye. Margaret Atwood enriched the Canadian Literature with her work “Survival”. In this wor

  Satan Tempting Eve in Book IX Satan enters the body of a serpent and comes close to Eve. The Serpent head is held high and his eyes are glimmering. It crawls smoothly and cautiously on the grass in a Zig-Zag way. The Serpent tries to draw Eve’s attention. But Eve does not pay any attention to the Serpent. The Serpent stands amazed to see the beauty of Eve.it moves its sleeky and gold-colored neck sideways, licking the ground. Eve notices the Serpents playful movements. Satan begins to tempt Eve. He addresses Eve as a sovereign mistress. Serpent claims Eve not to express emotions like hatred and annoyance. Eve has an awful and majestic look. She resembles God and has a divine air. All the creatures of God gaze at her admiringly. She is universally admired by the creatures around her. They are God’s gift to her. In Eden garden even the animals admire her. They look at her but cannot orally express their appreciation pf her beauty. But Eve is left all alone in the garden to have c

Paradise Lost Book IX Satan Entering Eden Garden In Book IX of Paradise Lost Milton deals with the wicked, hatred behaviour of Adam and Eve. This books brings the God's pronouncement of Judgement against human being. Paradise a place of happiness turns dark. Man's sin has brought destruction for paradise. Milton feels sad to describe the fall of man. Yet he considers this theme sublime. In Book IV Gabriel, the God's messenger drives Satan from Eden. Satan being fradulent and wicked decides to destroy Adam and Eve, the God's creation. Satan decides the re-enter the Eden garden. He enters the garden during the night time and find a safe place in the paradise. Satan examines each creatures in the Eden Garden. He plans to conceal himself in the body of a snake. Snakes has got evil nature and no one will suspect the serpent. Satan envies the earth created by God. He calls the earth free from imperfections of his earlier creations. Satan grew jealous by

             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. Martha’s husband is working in the same college as professor in the department of History. She desires her husband should become the head of the department. She is highly domineering and assertive. She is six years older to George. George and Martha are leading a frustrated life for around twenty-three

  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 industriali

  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 his favourite, as is Nwafo’s mother Ugoye. Ezeulu aspires Nwafo