ELECTIVE COURSE IN ENGLISH Assignment (Based on Blocks 1-7) Course Code: EEG-01/BEGE-101 Assignment Code: EEG-01/BEGE-101/TMA/2011-2012 Maximum Marks: 100 1 . Show your understanding of literary and non-literary prose by citing examples and discussing them. 450 words (You may give the source) (20) 2. Fill in the blank in the following passage with suitable prepositions: The man was playing cards ................................. some other people. He tried ...............
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Edgar Allan Poe According to ( Roy ) ‚ Edgar Allan Poe ( 1/19/1809 ‚ Boston‚ MA - 7.x . 1849 ‚ Baltimore‚ MD ) - poet‚ novelist‚ critic‚ editor ‚ "the man captive mysteries of life " and " covered the holy passion to understand his soul " ( M.Gorky )‚ one of the first U.S. professional writers ‚ who lived exclusively literary work : the artist although knowing tides popularity ‚ but not immediately understood and valued at home. INTRODUCTION CREATIVITY Edgar Allan Poe "The Raven"
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Every literature text is divided in different genres. Theses genres are prose‚ drama and poetry. All genres use different key features and conventions to present characters in the text. This essay will look at how different features present identity in prose‚ drama and poetry. The drama analysed is Henrik Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House”. Nora’s identity is shown through the language and the way Torvald talks to her. He calls her pet names such as “my sweet little skylark” (A Doll’s House‚ p.7). This shows
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Satirical Elements of Hitchhiker’s Guide to The Galaxy Ever find yourself wanting something‚ saving up money to get it and then still feel like your life is insignificant? Have you ever stopped and thought about how governments never take the people into consideration‚ only what’s best for the society as a whole? Or possibly find yourself thinking about why you voted for a president that tells you one thing to get votes and does the complete opposite when elected? In the exciting science fiction
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Deanna Farris Katie Steed English 1302 – P03 25 February 2011 “A Modest Proposal” as a Satirical Example for Students Community College or an Ivy League school‚ every freshman gets to experience the joy we all know as English One. Many schools argue about what text should be analyzed in order to most effectively point out the “do’s and do not’s” of writing a paper to better prepare students for many essays to come. Jonathan Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” would be a great addition to a first-year
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From the excerpts studied in The Rape of the Lock‚ Alexander Pope skilfully uses the mock epic genre to satirize the trifling nature of his society through exaggeration‚ parody and juxtaposition in rhyming couplets. The epic form makes everything larger than life which Pope uses to reveal the absurdity of the society he lives in. A simple card game is turned into a complex “combat on [a] velvet plain‚” which exaggerates the little action that actually takes place in the Canto. In the card game
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In the Prose Passage‚ Ralph Waldo Emerson’s attitude towards nature is very obvious. He illustrates to the reader that he not only enjoys nature‚ but he is charmed and connected to it. In this passage‚ he also explores the differences between how adults see nature and how children see nature. Finally‚ he reiterates his delight and connection to nature in saying‚ “Yet it is certain that the power to produce this delight does not reside in nature‚ but in man‚ or in a harmony of both.” Ralph Waldo
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A Prose Analysis on Milton’s "Sonnet XIX" John Milton‚ a poet who was completely blind in 1651 wrote "Sonnet XIX" in 1652; this sonnet is his response to his loss of sight. The theme of the sonnet is the loss and regain of primacy of experience. Milton offers his philosophical view on animism and God. Furthermore‚ "Sonnet XIX" explores Milton’s faith and relationship with God. "Sonnet XIX" suggests that man was created to work and not rest. The supportive details‚ structure‚ form‚ and
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Prose Appreciation – “The Fly” by Katherine Mansfield “The Fly” by Katherine Mansfield is a short story which focuses on the trials and tribulations faced by those who lost relatives in World War One. Many who lost family and friends in the war struggled for years with grief‚ while others accepted the shortcomings and managed to overcome it. Everyone faced their own challenges‚ and everyone overcame them different ways‚ or in some cases not at all. Katherine Mansfield is one of many people who
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As Leon Battista Alberti once said‚ “Painting is possessed of divine powered‚ for not only does it make the absent present‚ but also makes the dead almost alive”. This seems to summarize the central theme of William Butler Yeats’ poem‚ “Sailing to Byzantium” that through human imagination‚ nature and its raw materials are transformed into something that will withstand the test of time. Through the use of Yeats’ clusters of images‚ paradoxes‚ and syntax‚ this theme of endurance over time is emphasized
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