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Source: https://modernism.research.yale.edu/wiki/index.php/%22Mr._Bennett_and_Mrs._Brown%22 "Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown"by Aleksandar Stevic�Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown� is a 1923 essay by Virginia Woolf. However, it should be noted that much of the argument of the essay Woolf also developed in a number of other texts, including �Modern Novels� (1919), �Character in Fiction� (1924) and �

Sol through white curtains shot a timorous ray, And opened those eyes that must eclipse the day: No lap-dogs give themselves the rousing shake, And sleepless lovers, just at twelve, awake: Sol through white .......... just at twelve, awake: REFERENCE (i) Poem:  The Rape of the Lock (ii) Poet:  Alexander Pope CONTEXT (i) Occurrence:  Canto I (ii) Content:  Belinda arises to prepare for the day's social activities. After an elaborate ritual of dressing and primping, she travels on the Thames River of Hampton Court Palace, where a group of wealthy young societies are gathering for a party. Among them is the Baron, who has already made up his mind to steal a lock of Belinda's hair. At party, the Baron takes up a pair of scissors and cuts off the coveted lock of Belinda's hair. Belinda is furious. She initiates a scuffle between the ladies and the gentlemen to recover the severed curl. The lock is lost in the confusion of this mock battle. EXPLANATION      ...

At a feast, a drunken man maundering his cups Cries out that I am not my father's son! I contained myself that night, though I felt anger And a sinking heart. The next day I visited  My father and mother, and questioned them. They stormed, Calling it all the slanderous rant of a fool; And this relieved me. At a feast, .......... this relieved me. REFERENCE (i) Drama:  Oedipus Rex (ii) Dramatist:  Sophocles CONTEXT (i) Occurrence:  Scene II (Lines 251-257) (ii) Content:   Thebes is struck by a plague and the oracle of Apollo says the sickness is the result of injustice: the old king's murderer still walks free. The blind seer Tiresias tells Oedipus that he is the murderer and is living incestuously. Jocasta says an oracle said her husband, the old king, would be killed by his child, but that never happened since they abandoned the baby and her husband was killed by robbers. Oedipus begins to suspect that he was the abandoned baby. A messenger and a serv...

O holy majesty of heavenly powers! My I never see that day! Never! Rather let me vanish from the race of men Than know the abomination destined me! O holy majesty ......... abomination destined me! REFERENCE (i) Drama:  Oedipus Rex (ii) Dramatist:  Sophocles  CONTEXT (i) Occurrence : Scene II (Lines 304-307) (ii) Content:   Thebes is struck by a plague and the oracle of Apollo says the sickness is the result of injustice: the old king's murderer still walks free. The blind seer Tiresias tells Oedipus that he is the murderer and is living incestuously. Jocasta says an oracle said her husband, the old king, would be killed by his child, but that never happened since they abandoned the baby and her husband was killed by robbers. Oedipus begins to suspect that he was the abandoned baby. A messenger and a servant confirm the tale. Jocasta hangs herself and Oedipus stabs out his own eyes.  EXPLANATION      In these lines Oedipus is praying to holy God t...

How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be When there's no help in truth! I knew this well. But did not act on it! Else I should not have come. REFERENCE (i) Drama:  Oedipus Rex (ii) Dramatist:   Sophocles CONTEXT (i) Occurrence:  Scene I (Lines 101-103) (ii) Content:  Thebes is struck by a plague and the oracle of Apollo says the sickness is the result of injustice: the old king's murderer still walks free. The blind seer Tiresias tells Oedipus that he is the murderer and is living incestuously. Jocasta says an oracle said her husband, the old king, would be killed by his child, but that never happened since they abandoned the baby and her husband was killed by robbers. Oedipus begins to suspect that he was the abandoned baby. A messenger and a servant confirm the tale. Jocasta hangs herself and Oedipus stabs out his own eyes.  EXPLANATION      These are the very first words spoken by blind Tiresias before Oedipus in which he confesses that ...

MAJOR THEMES IN SYLVIA PLATH'S POETRY Introduction      Themes are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work that may be stated directly or indirectly. Themes are truths that exhibit universality and stand true for people of all cultures. Through themes, a writer tries to give his readers an insight into how the world works or how he or she views human life. Usually the theme of a work of literature can be stated in one word, such as "love" or "solitude". There seem to be a number of common themes running through all of Plath's poems, which encapsulate her personal attitudes and feelings of life at the time she wrote them. Of these themes, the most prevalent are: death, victimization, patriarchy, nature, the self, the body, motherhood, sexuality and love.  1. Death      Death is an ever-present reality in Plath's poetry, and manifests in several ways. One common theme is the void left by her father's death. In "Full F...

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