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Monday, October 24, 2022

What the Forest of Arden teach the Exiles of the Court

The Forest of Arden is set over against the envious court ruled by a tyrant. But it is no Elysium. It contains some unsociable characters. Corin's master is churlish, William iis a dolt and Audrey graceless. Its weather is not always sunny: it has a bitter winter. Even to the escapers from the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, October 21, 2022

The beautiful heroine, Rosalind, of As You Like It

Rosalind is a girl of beauty, a beauty which is combined with grace and dignity. It is the deep affection between Celia and Rosalind that keeps Rosalind at court. “Like Juno’s swans Still we went coupled and inseparable”. In the Forest of Arden she is able to give expression to her innate vivacity... Sign in to see full entry.

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The Lyrical Flights of William Collins

The English poet laureate of the mid-eighteenth century, William Collins, was regarded by Swinburne as a solitary song-bird amidst the poets of his age. But, in the opinion of H.W. Garrod, Collins is not a singer, nor is there passion in his odes. Elevation his odes have, but the wings, fire, the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, October 17, 2022

Wililliam Collins’ ODE TO SIMPLICITY

One of the finest poems of William Collins (1721 - 1759) is the Ode to Simplicity (1747), written when he was 26 years old is an urging call for us all to lead a simple and humble life without any artificially. Collins, who is one of the transitional poets like William Blake, William Cowper... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, October 9, 2022

Shakespeare: The Unmatched Great Master

With three powers are invested we all – Wit, Subtlety and Profundity To which we conform is for us to bare, isolate and hone; ’tis our duty A most sincere journey in discovery, says the great master Shakespeare All the rest that we are not, whatever else we are, for that we are not here The process... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, October 7, 2022

Aristotle’s Conception of God in the image of a Woman

I have held an abiding love for the metaphorical Aristotelian imagery of God, compared to that of a beautiful woman. 'God', says Aristotle, 'moves the world as a beloved would move her lover'. It is a she that moves... (Is it only men that move around?), I really don't know. But that women are... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, September 19, 2022

The Finest Fruit on the Tree of Knowledge

All religions, excepting that of the Hindus, are founded on a single historical event or by a prophet. Thus Moses was for the Jews, Christ for the Christians, Mohammed for Islam and Zoroaster for Parsees. The first three are the only religions that were born outside of India, since Zoroastrianism... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, September 13, 2022

Thomas Gray as a Poet

It is no easy task to estimate the place Thomas Gray ( 1716 - 1771) occupies in the English poetry. We never turn to him to reflect our passions or aspirations, yet the attraction cannot be doubted. It is not the Pindaric odes, but the Elegy and the Eton College ode have an appeal that is perennial.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, September 11, 2022

A Heroine whose Chastity was at War with her Sexual Appetite

Shakespeare loved to show his heroes with flaws and doubts and unheroic impulses, and heroines whose chastity was at war with their carnality. The play is the story of a man (Antony) who would lose all for a woman (Cleopatra) who would take all. There obviously could be no place for moderation... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, September 1, 2022

Edmund Spenser’s lovely Wedding Gift to his Wife

Born in London in 1552, Edmund Spenser had a short span of life of forty-six years. The most classical of his works was the epic poem Faerie Queene, due to which he was greatly admired by Alfred Lord Tennyson, John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, William Wordsworth, Lord Byron, among others. The poem,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Embarking on a journey in spiritual quest is fraught with the dangers of doubt, tension and anxiety, disbeliefs, misgivings, and a whole lot of uncertainties. Still, it is that one most integral aspect of life that humankind can rarely ignore or do without. Scientific minds are at loggerheads with what constitute religious truths; likewise, there are close-minded believers that give no credence to scientific facts. What I intend and invite you to discuss here is an intelligent amalgamation of the two seemingly diabolically opposite understandings: whether there exists an interrelationship that can help man to evolve and bloom like the perennial lily?

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