The School for Scandal
The School for Scandal Introduction “The School for Scandal,” penned by the English playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan and first performed in 1777, is a Comedy of Manners that artfully blends elements of satire and...
The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales
The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales (aka General Prologue) Introduction The General Prologue serves as an introduction to the overarching frame story. One spring day, the narrator of The Canterbury Tales rents a room...
Rasa Theory
Rasa Theory The theory of Rasa, aka Rasa Theory, attributed to Bharata Muni and developed by Abhinavagupta, categorises human emotions into various rasas, such as delight, laughter, sorrow, and heroism, which form the basis...
Origin and Growth of English Drama
English Drama: Origin and Growth The Beginnings The genesis of English Drama, like Greek and Roman drama, is intertwined with religion. In the early stages of all civilizations, the lives of important people found...
Saint Joan
Saint Joan A play in six scenes (with a Preface and an Epilogue) by George Bernard Shaw Saint Joan by George Bernard Shaw is a cool play about Joan of Arc, a French girl...
Translation from Middle to Modern English
Introduction Before learning how to translate a text from Middle to Modern English, let’s have an introduction of Middle English. Middle English was spoken and written in England roughly between the 12th and 15th...
Untouchable: Summary
Untouchable Mulk Raj Anand’s Untouchable gives you a real feel for a day in the life of Bakha, a sweeper from the untouchable caste in India during colonial times, showing the struggles he faces...
Elizabethan Age
Elizabethan Age (1558-1603) Introduction According to M.H. Abrams, Elizabethan Age in the history of Britain refers to “the period of the reign of Elizabeth I” from 1558 to 1603. However, the term “Elizabethan,” is often...
Chaucer’s The Knight’s Tale
The Knight’s Tale Chaucers’s The Knight’s Tale is a story about two brave knights, Palamon and Arcite, competing for love, honour, and fate. Key Facts Title: The Knight’s Tale Authorship: written by Chaucer; first...
Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath My life, I feel, will not be lived until there are books and stories which relive it perpetually in time. The above line is from Sylvia Plath’s journals called “The Unabridged Journals...