O’Neill’s Desire under the Elms has the qualities of an ancient classical tragedy. Although the characters of the play belong to an ordinary stratum of life, their circumstances are fully tragic as all of them are propelled by their passion to their inevitable doom. Although O’Neill’s character refers a sad fate, their sufferings are caused … Read more
The Anglo-Saxon invaders, who came to Britain in the latter part of the 5th century A.D and eventually established their kingdom there, were the founders of English culture and English literature. The surviving Anglo-Saxon literature consists of two features of writing; heroic poetry which bears the pictures of the pre-Christian heroic society of the continental … Read more
V. S. Naipaul established his novel A Bend in the River in an unnamed African country that has just achieved its independence from the then European thrall. Naipaul shows that independence has removed the hope of eliminating ignorance. The people are no more genuine, they have become greedy and selfish, and their cultural identities are at stake … Read more
A reader cannot get lost in the wilderness of characters and incidents that made up the epic novel Tom Jones of Henry Fielding, universally praised as one of the masters of novels in English literature. He has presented life in its minutest details as he has observed without any presumptions. Tom Jones is the most outstanding achievement of … Read more
To fully understand the character of Isabella, we need to know that Measure for Measure is one of Shakespeare’s problem plays. In one sense, it deserves a consideration to be a drama of ideas. Isabella, the heroine of this play, is a problematic character because she displays conflicting moral and legal notions through her attitude to sin, … Read more
