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"The Soldier" by Rupert Brooke

"The Soldier" If I should die, think only this of me: That there’s some corner of a foreign field That is for ever England. There shall be In that rich earth a richer dust concealed; A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware, Gave, once, her flowers to love, her ways to roam; A body of England’s, breathing English air, Washed by the rivers, blest by suns of home. And think, this heart, all evil shed away, A pulse in the eternal mind, no less Gives somewhere back the thoughts by England given; Her sights and sounds; dreams happy as her day; And laughter, learnt of friends; and gentleness, In hearts at peace, under an English heaven. "The Soldier" is a well known poem written in 1914 by English poet Rupert Brooke which an insighful exame of the dangers of romanticizing World War I. This poem has two titles: i) "The Soldier" ii) "Nineteen Fourteen: The Soldier" Ropert Brooke is known for his series of War ...

"Othello" by William Shakespeare

"Othello" "Othello" is a tragedy, believed to be written in 1603 and based on the story of Un Capitano Moro by Cinthio, first published in 1565. The play is divided into V acts and took place on a street in Venice and further plot spins around two characters named as Othello and Iago. In the play we could find that Iago wanted to get promotion, but it didn't happen to him as he was being overlooked for promotion; he started to plot against his General;Othello, the Moor of Venice. Iago conspired against Othello by using Desdemona-Othello's wife as a tool to take revenge. In the play racism and inferiority complex governs the plot. Main Characters: Othello Desdemona Barbantio Iago Emilia Casio Bianca Roderigo Lodovico and Gratiano Plot of the Play As I above mentioned, the play takes place in a street in Venice. The scene oepns with Roderigo who loved Desdemona and wanted to marry with h...

"The Bluest Eye" by Tony Morrison

"The Bluest Eye" "The Bluest Eye" is first novel written by an American-African novelist Toni Morrison and published inn1970. The novel is tragic study of black girl named Pecola and her desire to acheive blue eyes in order to get beautiful but consequencly her desire lead her towards madness. Along with this story line, the novel deals with rascism in American society and how it brings out inferiority complex among black people living in American society. The point of view of the novel switches between various perspectives of Claudia MacTeer, the daughter of Pecola's foster mother. It is the story of Pecola, who is rejected by white American society as being ugly, as a result she desires for blue eyes to be equated with whiteness. Main Characters Pecola Breedlove Claudia Mac Teer Frieda Mac Teer Cholly Breedlove Pauline Breedlove Sam Breedlove The novel opens after the Great Depression, in the fall of 1941,in Lorain, Ohio. Nine year old Cla...