literature. The Navarasas are‚ Shringara – love and beauty‚ Haasya – joy or mirth‚ Bibhatsya – disgust‚ Rowdra – anger‚ Shanta – peace‚ Veera – courage‚ Bhaya – fear‚ Karuna – grief and Adbhuta – wonder and curiosity. Shakespeare‚ being known for his remarkable portrayal of characters‚ has‚ in his plays‚ the perfect depiction of the Navarasas. His characters are alive‚ and their emotions are almost tangible. An example for Shringara‚ the rasa illustrating love or beauty‚ would be in Shakespeare’s Romeo
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“First Love‚ Last Rites” book review “First Love‚ Last Rites”‚ a collection of Ian McEwan’s early works‚ was first published in 1975. It consists of 8 whacky stories which differs from each other yet share an essential dark characteristic altogether. The themes used include murder‚ rape and child abuse - bold topics for any era‚ but in some of these stories you can see the spark of "greatness" that is hidden between the lines. Some of the subject matter will undoubtedly offend and even upset me
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The Bard at 450 The Bard is alive and with us at 450. The dawn of 2014 is special for that very reason‚ for the world shall sway to the strains of the Bard‚ and in celebrations all over where man exists and the word lives on‚ we shall relive his works a thousand times over. A mortal immortalized by his art of literature‚ ‘not of an age‚ but for all times.’ We shall begin the year of celebration of the Bard in this space by revisiting the Shakespearian Sonnets. Jeet Thayil‚ the writer of Narcopolis
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE William Shakespeare was born in April of 1564. There is no specific date of birth because at that time the only date of importance was the date of baptism‚ though infants often were baptized when they were three days old. Shakespeare’s baptismal date was April 26‚ 1564. Shakespeare was born in the village of Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire. At the time of his birth‚ the village had a population of 1500 people‚ and only 200 houses. Shakespeare’s father
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We know very little about Shakespeare’s life during two major spans of time‚ commonly referred to as the "lost years." The lost years fall into two periods: 1578-82 and 1585-92. The first period covers the time after Shakespeare left grammar school until his marriage to Anne Hathaway in November of 1582. The second period covers the seven years of Shakespeare’s life in which he must have been perfecting his dramatic skills and collecting sources for the plots of his plays. "What could such a genius
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What is Shakespeare saying about love? This play is very confusing there is a lot of things going on at once. Love is a very important part in the play‚ because it happens with a lot of people. In the play Shakespeare is saying that the man doesn’t always have to be a leader in a relationship. For example Helena came to Demetrius telling him about her love for him. Another example is when Hermia’s father gave her 3 options marry Demetrius‚ become a nun or die. For her sake of love she chose
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FILM REVIEW: REUNION All of us would like to have a good past memories. As we all know high school life is the crucial part of becoming into grown-ups teenager. Once you enter high school things change‚ "some of your best friends become bitches. Homework goes in the trash; cell phones are being used in class. Detention becomes suspension‚ soda becomes beer‚ and gum becomes pot. Bikes become cars. Lollipops become cigarettes. Lip-gloss becomes makeup. French kisses become sex." High school can
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director‚ who impresses the film has its own style. Brian De Palma made the first part of a styled Heist film‚ John Woo‚ it was exaggerated in part two with slow motion and physically impossible action and Lost creator JJ Abrams‚ a dirty‚ "handmade" but underrated action film. For the fourth part was the animation director Brad Bird ("The Iron Giant‚" "The Incredibles") and undertakes that forms the familiar elements of the series to a fast-paced high-tech thriller. The film is certainly not particularly
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patient world‚” (Anderson) said the novelist Henry James. William Shakespeare is a world renowned playwright who is known for his plays‚ sonnets‚ and poems; however‚ it has been said William Shakespeare was in fact an alias for the real author‚ Edward de Vere‚ a theory started by J. Thomas Looney’s book Shakespeare Identified in 1920. J. Thomas Looney was an English schoolteacher who felt as if the myth of William Shakespeare needed to be corrected in a sense. Looney ’s book begins by outlining
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The Great Debaters is an intriguing film set in the 1930s about a professor that goes by the name of Melvin Tolson who teaches students from Wiley College‚ in Texas‚ the fundamentals of debating. During this day in age‚ if an African American didn’t “stay in their place” they would be ridiculed for such insane behavior. One can only imagine how difficult it must have been for them to get through a debate without caring if they had crossed the line on a touchy subject. But through it all this debate
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