The Effulgence Within

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Thursday, June 2, 2022

Time, Looking through the Looking Glass

It is the austere language of a diffident man, Hardy, marked with stoical fortitude, patient and uncomplaining, that his poem, “I Look into My Glass”, has an indelibly immediate appeal on the readers’ mind, in his teaching man to face up to Time unflinchingly. Time, with its power, brings... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, May 30, 2022

The Prominence of Christian Elements in Beckett’s ‘Waiting for Godot’.

Religion appears to be the motive force behind Beckett’s Waiting for Godot. Indeed, much of its dialogue, spectacle and images reflect traditional Christian values. The play repeatedly tells us that the two characters, Estragon and Vladimir are made in God’s image, and they have the effrontery to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, May 29, 2022

Samuel Beckett’s Godot … God of Old Testament

Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot is the story of two tramps, Vladimir and Estragon who meet at a country roadside spot, waiting for Godot, an enigmatic being, but he never arrives. His non-arrival provides the only fact about him in the whole pay. Many attempts have been made to identify Godot and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, May 24, 2022

Artistry of the Greeks in Producing Great Tregedies

According to Aristotle, Tragedy is composed of three parts: (a) Plot, Character and Thought, which concern the object represented, (b) Diction and Melody, which concern the means of representation, and (c) Spectacle, which is related to the manner of representation. To him, Plot is of supreme... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, May 21, 2022

WHAT GOOD DOES TRAGEDY DO TO OUR SOUL

The Greek word Catharsis means the release of emotional tension – Pity and Fear — after an overwhelming vicarious experience, as of watching a drama, resulting in the purification of these unhealthy, sickly conditions of the soul. In Aristotle’s Poetics, this is the chief function of Tragedy. The... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, May 13, 2022

A Fantastic Modish Portrayal of 18th Century London

(To add more clarity to the story) The Rape of the Lock portrays the fashionable world of early 18th century London. Pope’s world gains reality partly from the lavish detail in which he invests the customs, favourite meeting-places, manners and interest of the fashionable society of the age. His... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, May 11, 2022

Pope’s Unmatched Mastery in Treating Events Shallow to Epic Proportions

Pope wrote The Rape of the Lock on a request from his friend John Caryll to help heal a rift between two Catholic families of prominence of the early eighteenth century London. It all started with Lord Petre’s amorous prank of cutting off of a lock of hair of a London society beauty, Miss Arabella... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, May 1, 2022

A Lesson in facing disaster with stoic fortitude

W ordsworth’s poem “Michael” occurs in Lyrical Ballads (1800). The poem’s sub-title “A pastoral poem” indicates that the poet is consciously rejecting the neo-classical pastoral tradition. His shepherds are the real shepherds of the English Lake District and not fanciful in an idyllic countryside.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, April 30, 2022

Sweet Zephyr wafting in Spring

Tethered I was in a strange kingdom Of the obscure Somber A hearty welcome greeted me from the Recesses of a dank cave Cold and dark … ” Lemme outta here!” Oh no, said the voice “Remember The last November you came and I tried to show you your enclave?” “Yes, perforce I was wrapped in layers Of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, April 28, 2022

Be there no Lamentation when to the Light I Embark

Alfred Lord Tennyson could not be technically called a romantic poet, but his romanticism are only subtly detectable. However, highlighting these aspects of romanticism in Tennyson's work is difficult without first defining romanticism and identifying its underlying principles. The most popular poet... 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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