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1) The entire text revolves around the concept of food consumption and taste. It shows how our food habits are shaped according to the class, culture, identity and society.  2) The class and identity of people in our society are judged by two things 'what they buy' and 'how they eat'. 3) Food is seen more than just a scientific element relating to calories and nutrition. It is used to classify people within themselves. 4) The food consumed by 'The Poor' is seen as unhealthy and less rich in nutrition. Whereas, the food of the elite and rich people is considered as a healthy and standard one.  5) Pierre Bourdieu theory of taste - our food taste and choices are influenced by social class not our personal choices.   6) The food pattern of the working class is associated with heavy foods and immediate satisfaction. Examples: Meat, bread and chips. For the Bourgeoisie society, the food is linked with captivating aesthetic effects, moderation and restraint...

1. Remembrance of things past by Marcel Proust is a french novelist and literary critic who lived from July 10, 1871 till Nov 18, 1922.   2. The essay opens up with the Celtic idea that souls of the dead are trapped in objects, plants and animals. They are released outside when humans come in contact with the right objects.  3. Our memory of the past resides deep behind our conscious thoughts. It only comes outside during accidental events not by deliberate efforts.  4. Sensations play a key role in awakening these memories. When people make a suitable contact with these materials objects, sensations arises.  5. The narrator, tries to remember his own memory in a place called Combray but fails in it.  6. One evening, he returns home and is offered Madeleine cakes and a cup of tea by his mother. After consuming it, he feels a new sensation that is intense and ecstatic.  7. He feels so much pleasure but cannot find its origin. He feels high, timel...

1) Metaphor : Used to give a direct comparison between two unrelated things to portray a resemblance.  Ex: He is a walking encyclopedia. 2) Simile : Used to give an explicit comparison between two things using words such as like or as.  Ex: My love is like a red rose. 3) Personification : A human trait or characteristics given to non- human entities, animals or abstract ideas.  Ex: The storm screamed loudly. 4) Alliteration : Repetition of Consonant sounds in the beginning of words for a poetic effect.  Ex: Sally sells seashells by the seashore. 5) Hyperbole : Involves exaggerated lines and statements for special effects and emphasis.  Ex: This book weighs a ton. 6) Symbolism : Use of symbols which includes objects, characters or events to represent am abstract concepts or ideas. Ex: A storm can symbolize a confusion or disorder. 7) Oxymoron : Refers to the place when two opposite terms appear together for a unique effect.  Ex: Living dead. 8) Onomatopoeia...

1) The word Sonnet derived its origin from the Italian word ' Sonneto ' means 'a little song' . 2) Giacomo da Lentini invented sonnet in 13th century. 3) Francesco Petrarch popularized this form in 14th century  4) Sonnet is comprised of fourteen lines . 5) Themes  - Unrequited love, beauty, time, immortality etc. 6) Structured in Iambic pentameter (a line with ten syllables in the pattern of unstressed followed by stressed syllables). 7) Volta - a shift in tone, mood or argument. 8) There are three types of sonnets - Petrarchan sonnets, Shakespearean (or) English sonnets and Spensarian sonnets. "Knowledge is love and light and vision. Wisdom is knowing what to do next". So..meet you next with new facts ✌️

  ASPECTS      MYSTERY PLAYS        MIRACLE PLAYS Stories These are bible stories.   These are the stories of the saints.   Period 13-15th century flourished in England.   From 12-15th century flourished in England. Figures Represents biblical figures such as Jesus, Mary, Adam, Eve and Satan.   Represents saintly figures such as St. Thomas Becket, Virgin Mary, St Paul.   Performed by These plays are performed by Churches and clergies.   These plays are performed by Monasteries. Themes Life of Christ, Prophecy, Mercy, Judgement and Salvation.       Faith, Martyrdom, Miracles, Gift for the virtuous.     Examples Ex: The York my...

  1) The concept of Objectivity is widely used by the researchers. 2) The data is derived in numerical form. 3) The questions are closed ended in nature. 4) Large sample sizes are taken in the mode of generalizability. 5) The relationship between Dependent and independent variables were analysed. 6) The collected data is represented using graphs and charts. 7) The analysis made are not in-depth unlike qualitative research. 8) The fields included were Economics, Business management, Marketing etc. "Knowledge is love and light and vision. Wisdom is knowing what to do next". So..meet you next with new facts ✌️

  For a Qualitative research: 1) Collection of non - numerical data and analyzing their meanings, concepts and experiences. 2) Eg: Interviews, Focus group observation, case studies and thematic analysis etc. 3) Subjectivity is used by the researchers focusing on personal opinions and biases. 4) Emphasis given on quality and depth analysis. 5) Explores on the question of 'why' and 'how' rather than 'what' and 'how many'. 6) Limited sample size is used. 7) The questions used are open ended in nature. 8) Used in the fields of Education, Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology etc. "Knowledge is love and light and vision. Wisdom is knowing what to do next". So..meet you next with new facts ✌️

1) The Hundred years war happened from 1337-1453. 2) This war was a conflict between two countries - England and France. 3) It was the longest war marking 116 years of continuous conflict. 4) Cause - Dynastic rights, feudal and land power, economic power etc. 5) Key figures in English army were - Edward III, Edward the Black Prince, Henry V, Henry VI, John of Gaunt. 6) Key figures in French army includes - Philip VI, John II, Charles V, Charles VI, Charles VII, Joan of Arc. 7) Many events like Battle of Sluys, Battle of Crécy, Battle of Agincourt were won by English army. 8) Joan of arc sacrificed herself for the French and attained the title of saint in May 16, 1920. 9) Despite the frequent winning by the English army, the French gained the victory in the end. "Knowledge is love and light and vision. Wisdom is knowing what to do next". So..meet you next with new facts ✌️

  1) The Black death arrived in England in 1348. 2) Killed 30-50% of the total England's population. 3) Traditional medical practices were questioned by the people. 4) This black death was also the major cause for the Peasant's revolt (1381). 5) It weakened people physically and psychologically and made them to live in fear and superstition. 6) People in england doubted in God, faith, priest and were wrongly guided by some heretics. 7) The concept of feudal system started declining because of the plague. 8) 'The Plague' by Albert Camus, 'The Decameron' by Giovanni Boccacio specifically talks about people's condition during the plague attack. "Knowledge is love and light and vision. Wisdom is knowing what to do next".  So..meet you next with new facts ✌️

  1) The Greek tragedy was introduced in the city of Athens in 5th century BCE. 2) Thespis is called the Father of Greek tragedy.    Structure of Greek tragedy: 3) Prologue: The opening scene that gives background information of the play. 4) Parados: Song and dance by the chorus after prologue. 5) Episodes: They contain the main acts of the play. 6) Stasimon: The Choral odes that came after every episode. 7) Exodus: The Conclusion or the final scene of the tragedy. 8) Some of the famous Greek tragedies - Oedipus rex, Oresteia, Medea, and Antigone etc. "Knowledge is love and light and vision. Wisdom is knowing what to do next".  So..meet you next with new facts ✌️

1) The War of roses happened between 1455 to 1487. 2) The two Plantagenet houses involved were House of Lancaster and House of York. 3) The Lancaster house had  red rose and the york house had white rose as their symbol. 4) Cause: The fight for throne and power between the Lancasters and Yorks. 5) Rulers under Lancastrian house - Henry IV, Henry V and Henry VI. 6) Rulers under Yorkist house - Edward IV, Edward V and Richard III. 7) Henry Tudor defeated Richard III in Battle of Bosworth in 1485. 8) The result of this event lead to the establishment of Tudor dynasty in England. "Knowledge is love and light and vision. Wisdom is knowing what to do next". So..meet you next with new facts ✌️

  1) 'The Peasant's revolt' started in June 1381. 2) This revolt was led by Wat Tyler and John Ball. 3) The cause of this uprising of peasants are - Tensions caused by the plague called Black death and The impostion of Poll tax by Richard ll in 1380. 4) Kent and Essex were the two places where the uprising ignited for the revolt. 5) In June 13, 1381 - The Savoy Palace was burned by the rebels of the revolt. 6) In June 15, 1381 - Wat Tyler was beheaded without any trial. 7) 2000 to 3000 people died in this revolt. 8) Despite the failure of the Peasant's revolt, it led to some changes like decline in feudalism, equal justice, fixed rents and ownership rights. "Knowledge is love and light and vision. Wisdom is knowing what to do next".  So..meet you with new facts ✌

1) 'The Theatre' was built in Shoreditch, London during,1576 by James Burbage. 2) 'The Curtain' theatre was opened in 1577 in Finsbury field, Shoreditch, London. 3) 'The Rose' theatre was put up in 1587 by Philip Henslowe. 4) 'The Swan' theatre was built in Southwark, London in 1595. 5) 'The Blackfriars' Theatre was built near River Thames in 1596. 6) 'The Globe' theatre was opened in 1599 in Southwark, London. 7)  Globe theatre was rebuilt in 1614 after a fire accident in 1613. 8) 'The Fortune' theatre was built in Finsbury, London in 1922 by Philip Henslowe and Edward Alleyn. "Knowledge is love and light and vision. Wisdom is knowing what to do next".  So..meet you with new facts ✌

1) The Revenge tragedy is a genre that was developed by Seneca the young, a Roman playwright in 1st century CE. 2) Justice pursuation, revenge, bloodshed, corruption in the court, within the characters and madness are the themes of revenge tragedy. 3) The use of ghostly figures and supernatural elements are used to stimulate revenge in the play. 4) The number of deaths starts slowly and reaches a maximum amount and even the protagonist gets killed. 5) Revenge tragedy was hugely admired during the Elizabethan and Jacobean period. 6) The art of disguise is used to mislead characters into confusion and deception. 7) The murder that has happened in the Revenge Tragedy affects the avenger deeply and in the end the Avenger reaches a mad mentality. 8) Some of the famous revenge tragedies are Hamlet (1601) by Shakespeare, The Duchess of Malfi (1612) by John Webster and The Spanish tragedy (1582) by Thomas Kyd. "Knowledge is love and light and vision. Wisdom is knowing what to do next...

1) Greek theatre first emerged in the city of ‘Athens’ in 6th century BCE. 2) There were three types of dramas prominent in Greek theatres - Tragedy, Comedy and Satyr plays. Structure of Greek theatre:  3) Koilon - It is where the audience were made to sit to watch the performance of the plays. 4) Parodos - The entrance that is connected from both the sides to the orchestra. 5) Orchestra - It is the space where performance was done by the chorus and interaction happened between the actors and the chorus. 6) Skene - A room back of the stage where the actors change their costumes and masks for the performance. 7) Diazoma - The pathway that divided the seating areas as upper and lower sections. 8) Proscenion - This is an acting area present in the front of the skene. "Knowledge is love and light and vision. Wisdom is knowing what to do next". So..meet you next with new facts ✌️

  1) The Canterbury tales was written by Geoffrey Chaucer between 1388 to 1400 CE. 2) The Canterbury tales consist of 17,000 lines in total. 3) There are 32 pilgrims in this tale and their destination is to visit Sir Thomas Becket's shrine in Canterbury, England. 4) Even though there were 32 members in their group only 24 stories have been narrated by the Pilgrims. 5) There are three social groups represented in the 24 tales, they are Nobility, Church and Commoners based on the social structure of 14th century England. 6) The general prologue to Canterbury tales consists of 858 lines. 7) This remains as an unfinished work by Geoffrey Chaucer.   8) The characters of nobility such as the Knight, Parson, Clerk and Plowman are praised whereas the other characters such as the clergymen and the Commoners are criticized and mocked by the author in these tales. "Knowledge is love and light and vision. Wisdom is knowing what to do next". So..meet you next with new facts ✌️

1) Edmund Spenser called "Chaucer, well of English undefiled" in his allegorical poem The Faerie Queen. 2) "Chaucer was not in any sense a poet of the people"- W.H. Hudson 3) John Dryden called Chaucer as "The Father of English poetry" in Preface to Fables Ancient and Modern (1700) 4)  Edward Albert called Chaucer "The earliest of the great moderns" in History of English Literature. 5) He is called Morning Star of Song and Morning star of Renaissance. 6) John Dryden calls him as "Here is God's plenty" in The Canterbury Tales. 7)John Livingstone Lowes "Chaucer found his native tongue a dialect and left it a language". 8) His works are divided into three periods - "The French period (upto 1370), the Italian period (1370-1385) and English (1385-1400). "Knowledge is love and light and vision. Wisdom is knowing what to do next".  So..meet you next with new facts ✌

  "The idea behind Structuralism is that, There are things we may not know but we can learn how they are related to each other. This has been used by science since it existed and can be extended to a few other studies like linguistics and mythology but certainly not to everything. The great speculative structures are made to be broken. There is not one of them that can hope to last more than a few decades or at most a century or two"- Claude Levi Strauss.  Introduction : For today we are going to see a concept called Structuralism instead of facts. And this information was given by my friend K C Prakalya in the class as a lecture to us. I took the summary of her lecture, and these are the points we have regarding the concept of Structuralism on the subject of Critical theory.  Structuralism: Have you ever tried solving a jigsaw puzzle without knowing the final picture? How do you know where each piece fits? Or just think about your favorite dish, It can be ...

1) Celts are group who inhabited the Europe that includes France, Ireland, Spain and Britain. 2) Britons or Brythons are specific group who inhabited Great Britain that includes Wales and England. 3) Celtic people practiced Celtic paganism as their religion. 4) In 43 AD , Emperor Claudius lead an army and invaded Britain and established a Roman province. 5) Romans introduced their own religious god and goddess such as Jupiter, Mars, Juno and Minerva into the paganism of Great Britain. 6) Barbarian Conspiracy happened in 367 AD where the Picts, Saxons and Scots attacked together in the  Roman Britain against the Romans. 7) The fall of Roman Empire happened in the 410 AD due to internal corruption and failure in political system. 8) In 5th century AD, the Germanic tribes called Angles, Saxons and Jutes invaded Britain. "Knowledge is love and light and vision. Wisdom is knowing what to do next". So..meet you next with new facts ✌️

1) The three periods of Ancient Greece are Archaic, classical and hellenistic period. 2) The three famous tragedians of Ancient Greek are Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides .  3) The Persians, Seven Against Thebes, The Suppliants, and the trilogy Oresteia (Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, and The Eumenides) are the famous works of Aeschylus. 4) Ajax, Antigone, Women of Trachis, Oedipus Rex, Electra, Philoctetes, and Oedipus at Colonus are the famous works for Sophocles. 5) Medea, Hippolytus, The Bacchae, Alcestis and The Trojan Women are the famous works of Euripides. 6) The Old comedy was introduced by Aristophanes in 5th century BC. 7) The New comedy was introduced by Menander in 4th century BC. 8) Plato belonged to the school called 'The Academy' or 'The Platonian Academy' which was founded by himself in 387 BC. 9) Aristotle belonged to a school called 'The Lyceum' which was founded in 335 BC.   10) Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Pythagoras, P...