Revolving Days Questions and Answers [BROAD TYPE QUESTIONS: 10 MARKS] 1.[Q. Discuss the major themes presented in the poem ‘Revolving Days’.] ‘Revolving Days’ is the first of a series of “late” books of poetry whose first, Typewriter Music, published in 2007 had been Malouf’s first book of poetry for 27 years. Malouf’s poetry … Read more
England England Summary by Julian Barnes An Introductory Note : England, England is a satirical postmodern novel by Julian Barnes, published and shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1998. While researchers have also pointed out the novel’s characteristic dystopian and farcical elements, Barnes himself described the novel as a ‘semi-farce’. One of Barnes’s finest and … Read more
Ode on Intimations of Immortality Questions and Answers 1 . Write a short critical estimate of Ode on Intimations of Immortality. Ans. Ode on Intimations of Immortality is the high water-mark of in turn with a crisis, an explanation, and a consolation, and in all the three Wordsworth speaks of what is most … Read more
Rhinoceros Questions and Answers 1. Q. What are the themes in the play Rhinoceros? Q. How do the characters in Rhinoceros conform with the mob? What are the causes? Q. How do the themes in Rhinoceros relate to Nazism? The play by Eugene Ionesco, known equally for its absurdism as it fascist undertones, depicts … Read more
Waiting for Godot Questions and Answers 1. Q. Discuss the concept of alienation as it appears in Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot. To what extent are the characters in the story alone? To what extent do they fear to be alone? What is Beckett saying about the human condition through these anxieties faced by … Read more
Ghosts Questions and Answers by Henrik Ibsen 1. Title [Q. Write a note on the appropriateness of the title ‘Ghosts’, a play by Henrik Ibsen. Or, How far the title ‘ghosts’ seems to be appropriately used in the play ‘Ghosts’?] The word ‘ghosts’ osts’ means the spirit of a person who is dead, but seems … Read more
