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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 ✌️

  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 ✌