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SECTION 1: Language Development - UNIT 5: LIFE AND LOVE - The Looking Glass: Anton Chekhov

Summary: The story  The Looking Glass  by  Anton Chekhov  is about a young woman who dreams day and night about getting married and settling down happily with the perfect man. One night, while sitting in front of her looking glass, she has a vision of what her future might be like. She sees the reality of living and raising a family in rural Russia in the late 1800s. The couple battle disease, financial difficulties and the challenges of raising errant (uncontrolled) children. She then sees her husband’s death and asks herself:  Why is it, what is it for?  Her dreams have turned into a nightmare. In this story, Anton Chekhov explores the theme of love through the essence of a dream. Through an omniscient (all-knowing) perspective, the reader is able to grasp the importance of the dream through the mind of the main character,  Nellie , who has always fantasised about marriage ever since she was a little girl and believes that only by depending on a man will she find true happiness and s

The Gift in Wartime - Tran Mong Tu (Translated by Vann Phan) - Summary & Analysis

  The Gift in Wartime            Tran Mong Tu (Translated by Vann Phan) Tran Mong Tu  was born and grown up in Hai Dong, North Vietnam in 1943. She frequently contributes poems and short stories to Vietnamese literary publications in the US and other countries.  “War is a terrible thing,”  says Tran, who has first-hand experience of the Vietnam War (1954-1975). According to Tran, “The Vietnam War is a shameful experience, for both Vietnamese and Americans.” Many people in both countries felt the terrible tragedy of the war. Losses in the war were heavy; more than two million Vietnamese and 57,000 Americans died. In the poem  'The Gift in Wartime' , Tran addresses an absent person (a loveable person). For example, as she says, “I offer you roses,” the person to whom she is speaking is not present and can neither hear nor understand what she is saying (because he is no more). The theme of the poem is the consequences of the war amongst the humans. War never brings peace, happines

WHO ARE YOU, LITTLE i ? - E E Cummings - Summary and Analysis

  WHO ARE YOU, LITTLE i? E E Cummings  BACKGROUND : E(dward) E(stlin) Cummings  (1894-1962), often styled as e e cummings, was an American poet, painter, essayist, novelist, and playwright. He wrote approximately 2,900 poems, two autobiographical novels, four plays, and several essays, as well as numerous drawings and paintings. He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. As one of the most innovative poets of his time, Cummings experimented with poetic form and language to create a distinct personal style.    Cummings’ poem “ who are you, little i ”   describes a child looking out a window at the end of the day. It is about nature and the effect it has on the speaker. The speaker of the poem is the person “voicing” the words, recalling a childhood moment closely connected with nature. Perhaps the speaker is Cummings.    SUMMARY : This poem is related to nature and its effect on the speaker. This poem is quite short which contains only eight lines. The main theme of this poem is freshnes

BBS 1st Year - TU - Business English - I (MGT: 201) - Model Question Paper 2021

 

BBS 1st Year Model Question 2021

 

All the World's a Stage - William Shakespeare (Complete Summary)

  All the World's a Stage William Shakespeare  Glossary   Infant: child during the first few years of life William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Mewing: a week crying sound Puking: vomiting Whining: an unpleasant sound Satchel: school bag Creeping: to move slowly Unwillingly: not wanting to so something Sighing: to take and then let out a long deep breath Woeful: very bad or serious/sorrowful Mistress: a woman Pard: a leopard   Cannon: artillery/gun Capon: a male chicken that has been castrated (neutered) Severe (su’veer): serious/intense Slippered: shod with slippers Pantaloon: trousers worn in former times Hose: tights, thin trousers that men word in Shakespeare’s time Shank: the part of the human leg Treble: child’s high voice/high-pitched Oblivion: forgetfulness/a state of nothingness Sans: without/lacking There are two major literary devices used in this poem namely,  metaphor  and  simile . Simile examples: “creeping like a snail”, “soldier … bearded like the pard”, etc. Metaphor e

A Red, Red Rose - Robert Burns (Complete Summary and Analysis)

  A Red, Red Rose Robert Burns (1759-1796) A Red, Red Rose  is a poem composed by Scotland's national poet,  Robert Burns . It was first published in  1794  in a collection of traditional Scottish songs set to music. Burns poem was inspired both by a simple Scots song he had heard in the country and by published ballads from the period. The poem  'A Red, Red Rose'  is a lyrical ballad  (a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas. Traditional ballads are typically of unknown authorship, having been passed on orally from one generation to the next.)  that describes the speaker’s deep love for his beloved and promises that this love will last longer than human life and even the planet itself, remaining afresh and constant forever. The beloved of the speaker is as beautiful as the red rose and as sweet as the music. With the help of the literary devices (simile, metaphor, repetition etc.), the poet has sketched a very vivid and realistic picture of his profound (deep) lo