Introduction to The Tempest “The Tempest” by William Shakespeare was first published in the collected edition of Shakespeare’s plays known as the “First Folio”. It is one of the most original and perfect of Shakespeare’s productions. It is a fine fusion of both the comic and tragic elements. It is a perfect example of universality of …
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The Road not Taken by Robert Frost Introduction: We make choices every day. Some of them are small and trivial like deciding what to have for breakfast, while others such as deciding on a career are huge and potentially life-changing. Some decisions are simple to make whereas others are inherently difficult and require due deliberation. …
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The Storyline / Plot Summary ‘B. Wordsworth’ is a short story written by V.S. Naipaul in 1959. The narrator tells the story of his relationship with a poet named B. Wordsworth when he (narrator) was a little boy. The story starts with the description of beggars visiting houses trying to earn some money or alms …
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The Storyline / Plot Summary The Short story ‘Fritz’ written by Satyajit Ray published in his book ‘Collected Short Stories’ is about a Swiss doll named Fritz. Jayanto, the protagonist, works in the editorial section of a newspaper and Shankar, the narrator is a school teacher. Both of them are great friends and have finally …
The Storyline / Plot Summary ‘The Sound Machine’ by Roald Dahl, published in his collection “The Complete Short Stories” in 1949, is about Klausner and his obsession with sounds. According to the protagonist, Klausner, there are sounds which are inaudible to the human ear and he wants to develop a machine which can record these …
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The Storyline / Plot Summary ‘The Chinese Statue’ by Jeffrey Archer, published in his book ‘A Quiver Full of Arrows’ in 1980, revolves around a Chinese statue brought to London by sir Alexander Heathcote who was posted in China as a British Ambassador. The story starts at Sotheby’s, a famous auction house. A porcelain Chinese …
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner: Part Two Explanation Stanza 1: The Sun now rose upon the right: Out of the sea came he, Still hid in mist, and on the left Went down into the sea. In the previous part of the poem we had seen that thing were looking good for the ship. …
Argument: How a Ship having passed the Line was driven by storms to the cold Country towards the South Pole; and how from thence she made her course to the tropical Latitude of the Great Pacific Ocean; and of the strange things that befell; and in what manner the Ancyent Marinere came back to his …
There are numerous stories of adventure written in the literary world, almost all of them featuring a courageous hero who fights and overcomes all odds in his way. But what is it really like to face the perils and misfortunes that befall these reckless men who undertake such bold adventures? This is what Coleridge’s ‘The …
An Introduction to the poem “On the grasshopper and the Cricket” by John Keats is a fine piece of sonnet written in December 1816. The poem was inspired by the beauty of nature, the most common theme among the Romantic poets. To be precise, the poet here celebrates the ‘poetry of earth’ – the music …
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