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The Old Man and the Sea is the story of an old, fisherman and the greatest catch of his life. For eighty-four days, Santiago , a Cuban fisherman, has set out to sea and returned empty-handed. So unlucky is he that the parents of his young disciple Manolin, have forced the boy to leave the old man in order to fish in some other boat. Nevertheless, the boy continues to care for the old man upon his return each night. He helps the old man to manage his hut, secures food for him, and discusses the latest developments in American baseball, especially the trials of the old man’s hero, Joe DiMaggio. Santiago is confident that his streak will soon come to an end, and he resolves to sail out farther than usual the following day. On the eighty-fifth day of his unlucky streak, Santiago does as promised, sailing his boat far beyond the island’s coastal waters and goes into the Gulf Stream. He prepares his lines and drops them. At noon, a big fish, which he knows is a marlin, takes t...

A Play having endless themes and interpretations.   Two men named Vladimir and Estragon, meet near a tree. They are conversing on various topics and reveal that they are waiting there for a man named Godot. While they wait, two other men enter. Pozzo is on his way to the market to sell his slave, Lucky. He pauses for a while to have a chat with Vladimir and Estrag on. Lucky entertains them by dancing and thinking, and Pozzo and Lucky leave. After Pozzo and Lucky leave, a boy enters and tells Vladimir that he is a messenger from Godot. He tells Vladimir that Godot will not be coming tonight, but that he will surely come tomorrow. Vladimir asks him some questions about Godot and the boy departs. After his departure, Vladimir and Estragon decide to leave, but they do not move as the curtain falls. The next night, Vladimir and Estragon again meet near the tree to wait for Godot. Lucky and Pozzo enter again, but this time Pozzo is blind and Lucky is dumb. Pozzo does not remembe...

“The Birthday Party’ is a play by Harold Pinter which consists of the category of Absurd Theater and Comedy of Menace.  genre  :  Theater of the Absurd, Comedy of Menace time written  ·  1957/58 tone   · tragic, menacing, fear of unknown. setting (time)  · Anonymous time, may be Modern Times after WW II. setting (place)  · Uses a single setting, the living-dining room of a seaside boarding house somewhere on the coast of England. protagonist  ·  Stanley Webber major conflict  · Fear of two strangers – Nat Goldberg and Dermont McCann – in the heart of Stanley. But why they have come? Where they take Stanley at the end? What is their relationship? … Remains unanswered? Comedy of Menace:   It  is a term used to describe the plays of David Campton and Harold Pinter by drama critic Irving Wardle, borrowed from the subtitle of Campton's play The Lunatic View: A C...

Guys please don't negotiate much with the Farmers. We spend hell money on useless things and while buying vegetables we negotiate so much. They work whole year irrespective of summer, winter and rainy season to feed us and our family but we forget that they too have their family to feed and fulfill their worldly desire. In this video we can see that how that baby girl compromises her desires of buying new bag when she saw her father to struggling more and more to fulfill her desires. # FarmersSuicide   # FarmersKilling  

Hamlet is a Prince of Denmark.His father has been murdered by his uncle Claudius and he married his mother Queen Gertrude.On a dark night, a ghost walks in the castle. The ghost looks exactly like Hamlet's dead father. The ghost tells Hamlet that his uncle has murdered him and orders Hamlet to take his revenge. Hamlet takes a decision to kill his uncle but he is thoughtful and enters in deep sadness or  apparent madness. Claudius and Queen are worried about Hamlet but their lord suggests that he may be in love with Ophelia. A group of travelling actors came to the castle. Hamlet makes a plan to create the same scene in which he believes his father was murdered. When the same scene appears in the play, King Claudius stood and left. Hamlet was now sure that his father was killed by his uncle. He went to kill him but his uncle was praying so he changed his decision. Because killing during the prayer time will send the soul of Claudius straight into heaven which Hamlet did not wan...

Paradise Lost deals with the subject of Adam and Eve’s disobedience and their fall from grace. Milton invokes a heavenly muse and asks for help in relating his story and God’s plan for humankind. The action begins with Satan and his fellow rebel angels who are found chained to a lake of fire in Hell. They quickly free themselves and fly to land, where they construct Pandemonium, which will be their meeting place. Inside Pandemonium, the rebel angels, who are now devils, debate whether they should begin another war with God. Beezelbub suggests that they attempt to corrupt God’s beloved new creation, humankind. Satan agrees, and decides to go himself. As he prepares to leave Hell, he is met at the gates by his children, Sin and Death, who follow him and build a bridge between Hell and Earth. In Heaven, God orders the angels together for a council of their own. He tells them of Satan’s intentions, and the Son comes forward to make the sacrifice for humankind. Meanwhile, Satan ...

After the death of Mr. Henry Dashwood, all his money went to his first wife's son John Dashwood, his second wife and her three daughters are left with no home and very little income. Mrs. Dashwood and her daughters Elinor, Marianne, and Margaret are invited to stay with their relatives, the Middletons, at Barton Park. Elinor is sad to leave their home because she has become closely attached to Edward Ferrars, who was the brother-in-law of her half-brother John. However, once at Barton Park, Elinor and Marianne discover many new contacts and get familiarize with the people, including the retired officer and bachelor Colonel Brandon, and the brave and reckless John Willoughby, who rescues Marianne after she twists her ankle running down the hills of Barton in the rain. Willoughby openly and not ashamedly got involved romantically with Marianne, and together the two boldly display their attachment to one another, until Willoughby suddenly announces that he must depart for Lond...

Gentleman Allworthy, who lives with his unmarried sister Bridget Allworthy, arrives home and finds a baby boy on his bed. Allworthy decides to know the mother and father of this child, and finds local woman Jenny Jones and her tutor, Mr. Partridge, as his parents. Allworthy sends Jenny away from the county, and Partridge leaves the county. Allworthy decides to bring up the boy and named him Tom Jones. Soon after, Bridget marries Captain Blifil, and gives birth to a son, named Blifil. Captain Blifil does not like Tom Jones, since he wishes his son to inherit all of Allworthy possessions. Captain Blifil falls dead. The novels moves 12 years forward. Blifil and Tom Jones have been brought up together, but receive different treatment from the others. Allworthy is the only person who shows love for Tom. The philosopher Square and the reverend Thwackum, the boys' tutors, hate Tom and adore Blifil. Tom steals apples and supports the family of Black George, one of Allworthy...

To the Lighthouse is divided into three sections:  1) The Window  2) Time Passes  3) The Lighthouse “The Window” opens just before the start of World War I. Mr. Ramsay and Mrs. Ramsay bring their eight children to their summer home in the Hebrides, a group of islands west of Scotland. Across the bay from their house stands a large lighthouse. Six-year-old James Ramsay wants to go to the lighthouse, and Mrs. Ramsay tells him that they will go the next day if the weather allows. James reacts joyfully, but Mr. Ramsay tells him coldly that the weather does not look perfect. James resents his father and believes that he enjoys being cruel to James and his family members. The Ramsays host a number of guests, including severe and stern in manner, Charles Tansley, who admires Mr. Ramsay’s work as a metaphysical philosopher. Also at the house is Lily Briscoe, a young painter who begins a portrait of Mrs. Ramsay. Mrs. Ramsay wants Lily to marry Willi...

An unknown narrator starts the story by telling us that he is not mad. He says that he is going to tell a story and his confession of having killed an old man. His motivation for the action was the old man’s vulture blue eye. Every night, he went to the old man’s house and observed the man sleeping. In the morning, he would behave to the old man as if everything were normal. After a wee k, he decides that the time has come to kill the old man. When the narrator arrives on the eighth night, the old man wakes up and cries out. The narrator remains silent, watching the old man as he sits awake and was terrified. Soon, the narrator hears the frightened heartbeat of the man. Worried that a neighbor might hear the loud thumping of the old man's heart, he attacks and kills the old man. He then cut into pieces the body and hides the pieces below the floorboards in the bedroom. He is careful not to leave even a drop of blood on the floor. As he finishes his job, a clock strikes the ...

I read this text at my Graduation Level Okonkwo is a wealthy warrior of the Umuofia clan. He is haunted by the actions of Unoka, his cowardly father, who had died leaving many village debts unsettled. In response, Okonkwo became a clansman, warrior, farmer, and family provider. He has a twelve-year-old son named Nwoye whom he finds lazy; Okonkwo worries that Nwoye will end up a failure like Unoka. In a settlement with a neighboring tribe, Umuofia wins a virgin and a fifteen-year-old boy. Okonkwo takes charge of the boy, Ikemefuna, and finds an ideal son in him. Nwoye forms a strong attachment to the newcomer. Despite his fondness for Ikemefuna and despite the fact that the boy begins to call him “father,” Okonkwo does not let himself show any love for him. During the Week of Peace, Okonkwo accuses his youngest wife, Ojiugo. He severely beats her, breaking the peace of the sacred week. He makes some sacrifices to show his repentance, but he has shocked his community. Ikemefuna...

Home Burial is a poem by Robert Frost. It has quite a few themes. There are themes of death, gender equality and communication between couples. The theme of death surrounds the whole story as the death of the child, and the death of the marriage create an atmosphere around the story. Text of the Poem He saw her from the bottom of the stairs Before she saw him. She was starting down, Looking back over her shoulder at some fear. She took a doubtful step and then undid it To raise herself and look again. He spoke Advancing toward her: ‘What is it you see From up there always—for I want to know.’ She turned and sank upon her skirts at that, And her face changed from terrified to dull. He said to gain time: ‘What is it you see,’ Mounting until she cowered under him. ‘I will find out now—you must tell me, dear.’ She, in her place, refused him any help With the least stiffening of her neck and silence. She let him look, sure that he wouldn’t see, B...