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The Open Boat Quotes
The Open Boat “None of them knew the colour of the sky. All of them knew the colour of the sea” “diabolical punishment” “Funny they don’t see us” “She cannot drown me. Not after all this work” “She was indifferent, flatly indifferent” “the tower was a giant facing its back to the plight of the …
There Will Come Soft Rains Quotes
There will come soft rains This was the one house left standing; radioactive glow The five spots of paint—the man, the woman, the children, the ball—remained. The rest was a thin charcoaled layer. With self protection that bordered on mechanical paranoia. The ritual of religion had been continued senselessly, uselessly its bared skeleton cringing The …
The Fall Of The House Of Usher Analysis Part 2
The Fall House of Usher (1839) English Literature Context Edgar Allan Poe had a stormy forty years which influenced his writing style. Often tragic circumstances that occured in his life haunted his writing. The death of his parents that he witnessed in his early years and emotionally turbulent relationships with his adoptive parents shaped his …
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The Lemon Orchard Notes
The Lemon Orchard (1962) English Literature Context Alex La Guma is a South African fiction writer who was active in anti-apartheid politics. He voices out the cruelty and horrors of Apartheid which banned him from writing stories in South Africa. He and his wife struggled with house arrest, confinement and several punishments for standing up …
A Raisin In The Sun Notes
A Raisin in the Sun- 1959 English Literature Context The modern play is an agent for social change which captures the need for African expression and the inevitability and impossibility to do so due to American expression. It not only questions the strain in the society but the disparity between the society The play revolves …
Journey Notes
Journey (1980) English Literature Context- Patricia Grace is a New Zealander writer who is a founding figure of Maori fiction She is a key literary figure in the contemporary world of literature. Her short stories resemble the theme of upholding strong values of the self sufficient Maori community. The purpose of this story is to …
A View From The Bridge Complete Guide
A View From The Bridge-1955 English Literature/Own Notes Context The concept of the play was inspired from a local story in the docks where the longshoremen worked where long ago, a longshoreman rattled on his relatives to the Immigration Bureaucracy to stop a wedding between one of his brothers and his niece. He was ostracised …
The Moving Finger Answer Pointers
The Moving Finger English Literature In what ways does the author makes the readers sympathise with the character, Grancy and Claydon? Rising action: Grancy’s first wife dies She was overbearing and Grancy was always in her shadows. He blossomed in with his wife holding his hand. He always needed someone in life The second wife …
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