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Demerits of Shakespeare:
Demerits of Shakespeare: Don't write the bold underlined sentences. They are not compulsory. If you add some of them in your answer, you will get more marks. If literary admiration…
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Three unities :
Three unities : The Aristotelian concept of three unities, the backbone of Classical drama, include the unity of time, play and action. The unity of action reads that the plot…
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Dream analysis by Freud :
Dream analysis by Freud : Psychoanalysis is a discipline dealing with the scientific study and analysis of our unconscious mind. The famous psychologist Sigmund Freud brought psychoanalysis into the vogue…
Comparison between Shakespeare and Ben Jonson :
Comparison between Shakespeare and Ben Jonson : An Essay on Dramatic Poesy (1668) is a landmark in English criticism where Dryden compares between Shakespeare and Ben Jonson - two literary…
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Lacanian Psychoanalysis :
Lacanian Psychoanalysis : Lacanian psychoanalysis provides a significant contribution to the field of psychology as a human science because of its emphasis on the exceptional importance of human speech. The…
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Lacanian Psychoanalysis :
Lacanian Psychoanalysis : Lacanian psychoanalysis provides a significant contribution to the field of psychology as a human science because of its emphasis on the exceptional importance of human speech. The…
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Orientalism
Orientalism Edward Said's seminal work "Orientalism" proceeds to speak about the binary contrast between the "superior" Occidental world view and the "inferior" Oriental world view. The " Orient " signifies…
Lotus significance :
Lotus significance : In the poem "Lotus", Toru Dutt beautifully delineates the dilemma of Cupid, the god of love, in choosing between rose and lily as the best ever flower…
Fra Lippo Lippi as Renaissance :
Fra Lippo Lippi as Renaissance : Apart from being a monumental dramatic monologue, Robert Browning's "Fra Lippo Lippi" is a quintessential testament of Renaissance art anc mindset. Lippo, a monk-painter,…
Piya Hungry Tide
Piya Hungry Tide Amitabh Ghosh's The Hungry Tide(2004) is a living testimony of the naturalistic, dangerous and utterly destitute lifestyle of the inmates of the "tide country" Subdarbans - an…