Looking at Tennyson’s ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’ and ‘If’ by Kipling‚ power is presented in various and conflicting ways within each poem. One thing is clear in both poems however; the speaker or narrator in each poem has the power over the subject of the poem. In Tennyson‚ the speaker merely commentates on the event itself with hindsight and takes it upon himself to decide what honour is and distributes it to the soldiers. Kipling’s speaker‚ in similar fashion‚ dictates what honour is and
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Survival in Rikki Tikki Tavi In Rudyard Kipling’s fiction story‚ "Rikki-tikki-tavi"‚ the theme of survival is demonstrated through Rikki’s actions during his many conflicts within the story. The first one is when Rikki Tikki gets washed away in a flood (22). Another event is how Darzee builds his nest high up out of the reach of the wicked Cobras (25). Also there is a conflict for survival when Rikki Tikki battles the twisted Cobras Nag and Nagaina (25-34). Rikki Tikki shows that his actions
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1. In June 2015‚ which legend announced that he was going to team up with Simon & Schuster (S&S) UK and Touchstone for his first-ever graphic memoir titled “Amazing Fantastic Incredible: A Marvelous Memoir”? 2. Though this modern South Indian city was established by the British Raj in 1827‚ it was an ancient historic town and was a bustling seaport during the time between 1st century and 140 CE. Ancient Indian traders who went to countries of South East Asia sailed from this seaport. It has a group
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« The White Man’s Burden » In "The White Man’s Burden" and in "The Recessional"‚ Kipling outlines his idealistic concept of empire which is based on service and sacrifice. England sends some of their best man to defend and help India. The white man has the mission to civilize the Indians. It is their responsibility to culture them‚ to put them on the right path. They are there to make India a better place to live and bring the population up to date on the style of living. This journey will
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Leopold Plumb our surgeon‚ Oran Underwood the Master Gunner‚ Abner Blair the Quartermaster‚ and Edwin Kipling is our Sailing Master.” concluded Hassett. “Ahoy John!” exclaimed the crew all together. “Well‚” I said‚ “When do I
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READER RESPONSE TO AUSTEN’S NOVELS Jane Austen is generally acknowledged to be one of the great English novelists‚ so it is no surprise that her novels have remained continuously in print from her day to the present. Contemporary reviewers found much to praise in them. Reviewing Emma for the Quarterly Review (1816)‚ Sir Walter Scott characterized its strengths and weaknesses: The author’s knowledge of the world‚ and the peculiar tact with which she presents characters that the reader
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I was born in the fires of an ancient forge in the hilss of the Hindu Kush. Amid the clatter of hammers and the chatter of Greek‚ I paused on a battered anvil for the final pangs of my creation. Beneath me lay a hardened die bearing the image of my king; atop me pressed another‚ etched with horsemen and some mirror-image words. Then the hammer struck‚ hard and heavy‚ ringing out the news of my nativity. With each belo the dies dug deeper into my flesh‚ stamping their images as father and mother of
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or measuring the shoe size of the footprints in the carbon. It’s a tragic romance—unleashed passions‚ titanic clashes‚ lost love and wild horses. Foremost are the horses. Cars can’t be comprehended without them. A hundred and some years ago Rudyard Kipling wrote “The Ballad of the King’s Jest‚” in which an Afghan tribesman avers: Four things greater than all things are‚—Women and Horses and Power and War. Insert another “power” after the horse and the verse was as true in the suburbs of my 1950s
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In Kipling’s poem‚ Imperialism is portrayed as the moral burden of the white man. He is responsible for bringing civilization and culture to places sullen and wild. Kipling instructs the white man to be adroit‚ patient‚ humble‚ and brave‚ to not be a king to the natives‚ but a hard working servant. The white man’s work will go unappreciated‚ as it always has‚ he may be mocked by his peers‚ and hated by those he brings enlightenment to‚ but he does it for their good. He must not ask for an easy escape
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The Happy Prince and Other Tales (sometimes called The Happy Prince and Other Stories) is a collection of stories for children by Oscar Wildefirst published in May 1888. It contains five stories‚ "The Happy Prince"‚ "The Nightingale and the Rose"‚ "The Selfish Giant"‚ "The Devoted Friend"‚ and "The Remarkable Rocket". It is most famous for its title story‚ "The Happy Prince". Contents [hide] • 1 "The Happy Prince" o 1.1 Adaptations • 2 "The Nightingale and the Rose" o 2.1 Adaptations o
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