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 Hello Folks , I am writing this blog on the grounds of a task assigned to by my teacher as a thinking activity, to know more about the task  CLICK HERE The Scarlet Letter a tragic story of Hester . The Scarlet Letter: A Romance   is a work of   historical fiction   by American author   Nathaniel Hawthorne , published in 1850.   Set in   Puritan   Massachusetts Bay Colony   during the years 1642 to 1649, the novel tells the story of   Hester Prynne , who conceives a daughter through an affair and then struggles to create a new life of   repentance   and   dignity . Containing a number of religious and historic allusions, the book explores themes of   legalism ,   sin , and   guilt . The Scarlet Letter was one of the first mass-produced books in America. It was popular when first published and is considered a classic work today. It inspired numerous film, television, and stage adaptat...

 I am composing this blog on the grounds of a task assigned to me by my teacher Pro. Dilip Barad Sir . To more about the task  CLICK HERE . ABOUT THE POEM WASTE LAND BY T.S. ELIOT  The Waste Land, at first when you read the poem you will not get  the idea of , what the poet is trying to say in the poem , you will find it full of vagueness . it makes the readers confuse but once you read the poem and try to connect all the images and metaphors used by the poet you will get the whole meaning .The poem is divided into 5 parts :   1 ] The Burial of Death  2] A Game of Chess  3] The Fire  Sermon  4 ] Death by Water  5 ] What The Thunder Said                    The theme of the poem is Sexual Perversion and Spiritual Degradation . According to Eliot Spiritual Degradation leads to sexual perversion.  1) What are your views on the following image after reading 'The Waste Land'? Do you think ...

       What is MODERNISM ? Modernism is a period in literary history which started around the early 1900s and continued until the early 1940s. Modernist writers in general rebelled against clear-cut storytelling and formulaic verse from the 19th century. Instead, many of them told fragmented stories which reflected the fragmented state of society during and after World War 1.                    Modernism is the reaction against Victorian Age,Modernists rejected the HYPOCRISY and ARTIFICIALITY of Victorians and gave importance to RATIONALITY. They rejected the traditional and simple language of narration and experimented with Stream of Consciousness, Absurdity , Science fiction, war narratives etc, Modernists broke all the old orthodox norms of Victorians. Modernism considered as an age of Progress and Regress, it was against mob rule , Youngsters looked at Victorian Age DULL and HYPOCRITICAL , the Victorian ideal...

Hello Folks ,        I am composing this blog on the ground of a task assigned to me by my teacher to know more about the task  CLICK HERE  . Poet Poem What Makes This Poem A Modern Poem ? ( Symbols , Imagery and Metaphors) 1 . T. E. Hulme The Embankment ( 7 Lines ) The fantasia of a fallen gentleman on a cold, bitter night.) Once, in finesse of fiddles found I ecstasy, In the flash of gold heels on the hard pavement. Now see I That warmth’s the very stuff of poesy. Oh, God, make small The old star-eaten blanket of the sky, That I may fold it round me and in comfort lie. Fallen gentleman symbol of something very terrible ,finesse of fiddles .  2. Joseph Campell Darkness ( 4 Lines ) Darkness. I stop to watch a star shine in the boghole – A star no longer, but a silver ribbon of light. I look at it, and pass on. Boghole symbol of escaping...

 Hello Folks,        Usually when we watch Charlie Chaplin's movies we enjoy it a lot because of it's humor but have you ever tried to understand his movies and especially the frames used in the movie, no, me neither but today I have tried to study the Frames in Charlie Chaplin's two movies, Modern Times and The Great Dictator.         In this Frame we can see that Charlie ( worker or employee) is in washroom, he went to washroom for a few minutes but his boss is keeping an eye on his employees even in the washroom, this is Dictatorship. This is a tyranny.  In this Frame we can see that there's a mob of unemployed protestor and they have sign boards in their hands which says zz , but when the police arrives they all vanished and the second thing is that because of the industrial revolution machines took place of humans and humans become unemployed. In this two Frames we can see the peaceful county life and the urban life...

VIRTUAL TEACHER'S DAY 2020 Hello Folks ,        As we all know that the whole world is suffering from the Corona pandemic, schools and collages are still shut and student's are learning through online classes on different online apps such as Google Meet , Zoom, webex and many more . So , we the student's of English Department Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University come up with an idea of the "VIRTUAL TEACHER'S DAY CELEBRATION" , in which we all prepared  promotional video as well as recorded  full lecture video and premiered on you tube as well as on Facebook, with the help of our HOD Pro. Dilip Barad Sir.                                                             Promotional Video  Sima Rathod's Video Lecture   CLICK HERE to appear in the online quiz CLICK...