by Anwaar Ahmed | Feb 6, 2020 | Geoffrey Chaucer, Poetry, The Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey Chaucer portrays”The Wife of Bath” as the most entertaining character in “The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales”. It is because her nature is bold. She does not hesitate enjoying company of gay companions. She promotes freedom of...
by Anwaar Ahmed | Feb 6, 2020 | Geoffrey Chaucer, Poetry, The Canterbury Tales
Chaucer is referred not only as father of English poetry but also as father of English language and literature. Even today English literature is incomplete without reading him. Every student when get admission in English literature he has to read poetry from the very...
by Anwaar Ahmed | Feb 4, 2020 | Geoffrey Chaucer, Poetry
Realism has it own importance in literature. “Canterbury Tales” is considered as portrait gallery because of realism and realistic images that Chaucer has sketched from 14th century. It is better to understand realistic literature before discussing...
by Anwaar Ahmed | Jan 27, 2020 | Short Stories, The Killers
Theme is often called central idea of a poem, novel or short story. In this article we are gonna discuss theme with respect to short story especially with reference to “The Killers” by Ernest Hemingway. A short story may have one or more than one themes....
by Anwaar Ahmed | Jan 24, 2020 | Poetry, Richard Wilbur
It is said that “Still Citizen Sparrow” is an allegory of modern life. Before knowing more about it one must know what is allegory and how is modern life different from the old one. There are certain characteristics of modern poetry that differentiate it...
by Anwaar Ahmed | Jan 22, 2020 | Poetry, Richard Wilbur
“Still Citizen Sparrow” is a picture that interprets to reveal a hidden and symbolic meaning as revealed by its critical appreciation/analysis. Richard Wilbur has sketched contemporary modern life in this poem due to which it becomes an allegory of modern...
by Anwaar Ahmed | Jan 22, 2020 | Short Stories, The Killers
Ernest Hemingway does analysis of human psyche through which he manages interest of his readers as he managed it in “The Killers”. He creates suspense and takes it to climax. Till end of the story, readers have no clue what is going to happen. Somewhere...
by Anwaar Ahmed | Jan 21, 2020 | Poetry, Richard Wilbur
Richard Wilbur has done analysis of the senselessness towards the waste newspapers in his poem “After the Last Bulletins” as revealed by its critical appreciation. It is a well known fact that poetry becomes ambiguous no matter how much clarity a poet...
by Anwaar Ahmed | Jan 13, 2020 | Short Stories, The Killers
Introductory Summary of The Killers By Ernest Hemingway: The Killers is one of the best short stories ever written in English Literature. Summary of “The Killers” by Ernest Hemingway is demonstrated here in easy language for better understanding. This...
by Anwaar Ahmed | Oct 8, 2019 | Geoffrey Chaucer, Poetry
Several reasons are there due to which French said “in his [ Geoffrey Chaucer ] poetry we find the essential spirit of both the age that was passing [ medieval ] and of the age that was to come [ modern ].” Many centuries ago, he considered Chaucer a poet...
by Anwaar Ahmed | Sep 25, 2019 | Geoffrey Chaucer, Poetry
It is well known fact that literature has universal appeal but representation of culture and people of class is something that can never be underestimated when a poet writes poetry. Geoffrey Chaucer was first who wrote something in English literature. Like other...
by Anwaar Ahmed | Sep 12, 2019 | Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad, Novel
Words are just symbols that indicate something. It depends on the reader how he perceives their meanings. Notion that a writer simply describes images through words to express something and they do not possess any hidden meanings is entirely wrong and one who believes...
by Anwaar Ahmed | Sep 9, 2019 | Jane Austen, Novel, Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen is famous for talking about love relationships. Her novels start with love and ends with marriage. She gives every novel a happy ending. “Love and Marriage” is a common theme of her novels including “Pride and Prejudice”. She...
by Anwaar Ahmed | Sep 8, 2019 | Geoffrey Chaucer, Poetry, The Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey Chaucer was a keen observer of human nature. He knew human psyche before it became branch of science. “The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales” is remarkable example of it. He sketches numerous characters in this book. Every character shows...
by Anwaar Ahmed | Sep 8, 2019 | Drama, Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot
“Waiting for Godot” is a play in which Samuel Beckett adopted the doctrine of existentialism. Critics call it one of the prominent existentialist plays that demonstrate theme of existentialism as main story of the play. However, certain elements are there...
by Anwaar Ahmed | Sep 7, 2019 | Waiting for Godot
In literature, name “Existentialism” is given to a movement that is based on 19th century philosophical doctrine. Numerous movements in literature started without any school of thought. Same is the case with “Existentialism”. It also does not...
by Anwaar Ahmed | Sep 4, 2019 | Jane Austen, Novel, Pride and Prejudice
Fitzwilliam Darcy also known as Mr. Darcy is hero of “Pride and Prejudice”. In start of the novel we see him a tall, handsome twenty-seven years old disdainful wealthy bachelor. He is owner of Pamberley estate worth ten thousand pounds a year. He learns...
by Anwaar Ahmed | Sep 3, 2019 | Drama, Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot
Martin Esslin wrote a book titled “Theatre of the Absurd” that was published in year 1961. It dealt with the dramatists who belonged to a movement called “Absurd Theater” though it was not regular. Samuel Beckett was one of those dramatists who...
by Anwaar Ahmed | Jul 6, 2019 | Doctor Faustus, Drama
If the play “Dr. Faustus” is a tragedy then undoubtedly its character Dr. Faustus is a successful tragic hero. After going through the whole play, its plot, techniques used by the writer and character analysis of Dr. Faustus, any critic can safely say that Dr. Faustus...
by Anwaar Ahmed | Apr 14, 2019 | Edward Said, Prose
In simple words, culture is the name of social norms, behaviors, and customs of society; imperialism is a strategy to enhance power by gaining more and more territory; colonialism, on the other hand, is a practice to establish colonies after occupying the land of a...
