Main Themes in Things Fall Apart | Chinua Achebe

Major themes in Things Fall Apart

The novel Things Fall Apart is based on a story of a tragic hero of a rich cultured society of Igbo tribes. Chinua Achebe encircled many aspect of that culture before arrival of white missionaries. Achebe highlighted the consequences of white missionaries on that society who were firmly adhered to their social norms. Towards the … Read more

Female Characters in Canterbury Tales: The Prioress and The Wife of Bath

Female Characters in Canterbury Tales (The Prioress and the Wife of Bath)

Among Chaucer’s pilgrims, there were two female characters, one from ecclesiastical class and second from common domestic society of females. Chaucer satirizes both characters for their non-feministic attitude towards life and one is religiously corrupt and second is morally corrupt. Let us analyze both characters individually. The Nun (Prioress) in Canterbury Tales Like the other … Read more

Difference Between Phone and Allophone | Phonology

Difference Between Phone And Allophone

Difference between Phone and Allophone There are several terms which are regularly used in phonology. Phone and allophone are the two confusing terms for students. Today, we will discuss difference between phone and allophone. For better understanding, we will discuss each term in detail. What is Phone in Phonology? Phone means a sound; any sound … Read more

Plato’s Charge Against Poetry | Greek Literature

Plato’s Charge Against Poetry

Introduction to Life and Works of Plato’s Plato was born in 427 B.C., in Athens. He was from a distinguished family background with many political connections. He grew up in a city in the era of Peloponnesian War which began just after his birth and lasted for more than two decades resulting defeat and humiliation … Read more

Major Themes of the Novel Old Man and the Sea

Major Themes in Old Man and the Sea

Themes of the Novel The major themes is Old Man and the Sea are solidarity, courage, dignity, pride, values, etc. Let us look into those themes in detail.   Solidarity Hemingway invests a decent arrangement of energy drawing associations between Santiago and his indigenous habitat. Fishes, feathered creatures, stars etc overall, are his siblings or … Read more

Different Types of Literature

Types of Literature

What is Literature? Literature can be any written work, but it especially is an artistic or intellectual work of writing. The usage of language in literature differs sometimes from the way it is ordinarily used. The difference is the use of artistic tools to create aesthetic beauty in a text. Literature is the depiction of … Read more

Characteristics of Shakespearian Tragedy | William Shakespeare

Characteristics of Shakespearean Tragedies

Shakespeare’s Tragedy  The dramatic form of classical tragedy derives from the tragic plays of ancient Athens, which depicted the downfall of a hero or famous character of Greek legend. The hero would struggle against overwhelming fate, and his defeat would be so noble that he wins the moral victory over the forces that destroy him. … Read more

Summary and Analysis of “Ode to Autumn” by John Keats

Ode to Autumn

Text of the Poem | Ode to Autumn   Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run; To bend with apples the moss’d cottage-trees, And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core; To swell the gourd, … Read more

Introduction to Vowel Sounds in English | English Vowels

Vowel Sounds in English

Introduction to English Vowel Sounds English RP (BBC) accent has 44 sounds including consonants and vowels. Out of 44 sounds, 20 sounds are vowel sounds and 24 sounds are consonants. Out of 20 vowel sounds, 12 sounds are pure vowels or monophthong and 8 sounds are diphthong. Monophthong sounds  There are 12 pure vowel sounds … Read more

Character Analysis of Belinda | The Rape of the Lock

Character Analysis of Belinda

Belinda: A Central Character of the Mock-epic Belinda is a central character of the play. Opening lines of the poem make it very clear to the readers that Belinda is the central character and heroine of this mock-epic. Belinda is a complex character in Rape of the Lock. Her character is presented under different roles … Read more