I. Give geographical reasons. 1. Rainwater harvesting is very important in Rajasthan. Rainwater harvesting is very important in Rajasthan because Rajasthan Desert gets very little rainfall which is around is 100 to 250 mm. in a year. Hence there is water scarcity throughout the year and also high variability from year to year. Western Rajasthan faces acute water scarcity due to poor ground water quality and lack of water resources such as rivers and canals. To tackle with this problem and
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Discuss tension how tension is created in Romeo and Juliet. ’Romeo and Juliet’ is a tragic love story between two ’star cross’d’ lovers. One of the most tense and fascinating scenes of the play is where the lovers first meet in Act 1 Scene 5. Shakespeare effectively uses references to the theme of fate in order to keep the tension and anxiety built up in the audience. The lovers’ death commences when Capulet‚ Juliet’s father‚ throws a party to which he invites all his friends. The Montages are not
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based on some sort of obligation – such as loyalty or family ties. Interestingly‚ these loyalties and ties are the same causes of the extensive treachery displayed in King Lear. Although Lear goes mad‚ he still feels pity for the fool. “Poor fool and knave‚ I have one part in my heart That’s sorry yet for thee” (Shakespeare‚ III.ii.72). While Lear feels for the fool and the homeless people‚ he still never feels for his blood-family which shows one that he is not compassionate for his loved ones. When
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Macbeth is firstly a soldier. At the beginning of the play he is shown fighting the Norwegians. The sergeant reports to King Duncan ‘Brave Macbeth‚ well he deserves that name’ he then says that Macbeth has ‘unseamed’ Macdonwald ‘from knave to chops’ and placed his head on the battlement. From this we can tell that Macbeth is a violent and aggressive warrior‚ however‚ Duncan says ‘O valiant cousin‚ worthy gentlemen’. Macbeth is well thought of. By the end of the play Macbeth has changed
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SPEC SLIMS Poem Analysis If by Rudyard Kipling The poem ‘If’ is directed to Kipling’s son‚ and is a message to him on his route to manhood. This is seen in the very last line of the poem‚ when Kipling writes: “And- which is more- you’ll be a Man‚ my son!” The poem is about setting goals‚ taking risks‚ being a leader and self-belief‚ but all in moderation. An example in the text is: “If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you. But make allowance for their doubting too”. Kipling tells his son
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“To the Memory of Mr. Oldham” is a touching elegy written by John Dryden. John Oldham died at the age of thirty and John Dryden‚ being fifty-two at the time of Oldham’s death‚ writes an elegy in tribute to the young poet’s achievements. However‚ what made John Dryden care enough to write twenty-five lines of heroic couplets‚ which is an unusual form for an elegy‚ in order to lament John Oldham’s untimely death? In researching this‚ one learns that Oldham achieved fame as a verse satirist‚ his satire
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marriage of Gertrude and Claudius‚ much to Hamlet’s disgust. The blunt statement by a clown‚ “but rest her soul she’s dead” (Act 5 scene 1)‚ astounds Hamlet as he highlights the corrupt nature of such a claim by the exclamation‚ “How absolute the knave is!” Hamlet’s disgust is paralleled to Act 1‚ in which he was overcome by melancholia and disgust. He describes the pleasures of the world as ‘weary‚ stale‚ flat and unprofitable’‚ while also implementing the invective of ‘incestuous sheets’ (Act 1
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‘Gloucester is no less a tragic figure than his king’. By considering the role and dramatic presentation of Gloucester in ‘King Lear’‚ evaluate this view. (30 Marks) King Lear and Gloucester are similar to an extent of being tragic heroes‚ because they both experience the traditional features of a classic tragedy. Both characters go through the features of hubris‚ hamartia and culminates with anagnorisis. Shakespeare employs the double plot in ‘King Lear’‚ the only Shakespearean tragedy to employ
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Essay examining the role of deception in the play‚ as seen through the action of the main characters: Othello‚ Iago‚ and Desdemona. Othello is‚ at heart‚ a play about deception‚ and the emotional turmoil and mental anguish it can cause. Although Iago aptly demonstrates all that is evil through his malevolent manipulation of others‚ he is not the only practitioner of deception in the play. Othello himself can also be regarded as a study in deception‚ albeit of a much more subtle variety than that
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Assess the effectiveness of the presentation of Iago in the first two acts of the play. Iago is presented as the villain in the tragedy‚ much like Richard in Richard III as Shakespeare carries out his explorations of manipulation‚ dramatic function and the conventional view of order‚ through the use of language and structure in Othello. Shakespeare uses Iago’s manipulation of other characters to explore the theme of villainy and duplicity. The main victim of his direct manipulation is Roderigo
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