THE POET WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS 1. Life and Works : Willam Butler Yeats was born in Dublin on June 13, 1835. His father was J.R. Yeats, an Irish portrait-painter. He was educated at the Godolphin School, Hammersmith, in London. But he went back to Dublin where he began to study art at Erasmus School … Read more
My Last Duchess Questions and Answers 1. An Assessment as a Characteristic Poem of Browning. Discuss how far ‘My Last Duchess’ is a representative poem of Browning. Or, Attempt an assessment of My Last Duchess as a characteristic poem of Browning. Browning’s poetry is remarkable, somewhat singular, in more than one way. This is … Read more
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman Questions and Answers 2. The Significance of the Title [Q. How does Mary Wollstonecraft apply the term “vindication” in the title of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman? Or, Q. Justify the significance of the title of the political treatise.] A Vindication of the Rights of … Read more
Death of A Salesman Questions and Answers Q. 1. Comment on the theme of Reality vs. Illusion in Death of A Salesman. Ans. Illusion versus reality is a major theme in the play of Arthur Miller because Loman family are all unable to separate reality from illusion to some degree. Willy, the main … Read more
The Mark on the Wall Questions and Answers 10 A CRITICAL EVALUATION [BROAD TYPE QUESTIONS: 10/15 MARKS] 1. Theme [Q. What is the personal experience in the text “The Mark on the Wall”? Or, Q. What change in the depiction of reality does the author foresee for future novelists? Or, Q. Describe some of the … Read more
The Mark on the Wall by Virginia Woolf Analysis A GENERAL AND ANALYTICAL EVALUATION An Introductory Note: The Mark on the Wall is the first published story by Virginia Woolf. It was published in 1917 as part of the first collection of short stories written by Virginia Woolf and her husband, Leonard Woolf, called … Read more
