Enghlish grammar and other exam notes

  ENGLISH COACHING CENTER Based on JAC BSEB CBSE ICSE SKMU and TMBU Ode to Simplicity The poem Ode to Simplicity was written by   Collins, who is one of the transitional poets like Blake, Cowper, etc. They were also called precursors of Romantic poets because they opposed the writing style and themes of Neo classical age and wanted to write for and about humble folks, about nature. In this poem also, Collins has addressed the simplicity of nature, and is admiring the simplicity, and genuine love of nature. He calls nature as his muse and has personified simplicity.The poet requests her to inspire him in his poetry. He says that simplicity is dressed not in the loose silken gowns for external decorations but is dressed as a hermit and yet is genuinely beautiful. And more so he wants his poetry to be simple and humble like her so that it could reach the humble folks. In the first two stanzas, the poet invokes the spirit of Simplicity. In the third and fourth s...

  ENGLISH COACHING CENTER Based on JAC BSEB CBSE ICSE SKMU and TMBU Our Lady ‘S Juggler Paper Viii   Our Lady's Juggler" is the story of Barnaby, who gave up his juggling trade to become a monk but was saddened by his inability to contribute to the artistic and literary life of the monastery. Barnaby decided to offer his juggling talent to Our Lady, the Virgin Mary, and her statue came to life for him. The story is a short parable recommending the virtues of humble simplicity. Life as a juggler was difficult for Barnaby, as he traveled from town to town in France. Barnaby is described as a humble man of God, who suffers cold weather and other problems with patience and gratitude for what he has. One day, Barnaby met a monk, who explained to him that the monastic life was devoted entirely to praise of God and Our Lady. Barnaby told the monk that he would gladly forsake his juggling trade for this life of devotion. The monk was touched by Barnaby's simple fai...

  ENGLISH COACHING CENTER Based on JAC BSEB CBSE ICSE SKMU and TMBU Tess Of d’Urbervilles Paper Viii Tess of the d’Urbervilles ,  novel  by  Thomas Hardy , first published serially in bowdlerized form in the  Graphic  (July—December 1891) and in its entirety in book form (three volumes) the same year. It was subtitled  A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented  because Hardy felt that its heroine was a virtuous victim of a rigid Victorian  moral  code. Now considered Hardy’s masterwork, it departed from conventional Victorian fiction in its focus on the rural lower class and in its open treatment of  sexuality  and  religion After her impoverished family learns of its noble lineage, naive  Tess Durbeyfield  is sent by her slothful father and ignorant mother to make an appeal to a nearby wealthy family who bear the ancestral name d’Urberville. Tess, attractive and innocent, is seduced by dissolute Alec d’Urber...

  ENGLISH COACHING CENTER Based on JAC BSEB CBSE ICSE SKMU and TMBU   The Bottle Imp Paper Viii   The theme of the bottle imp can be found in the German legend  Spiritus familiaris  by the  Brothers Grimm  as well. [1]  At the time of publication in 1891, the currency system of the  Kingdom of Hawaii  included cent coins that circulated at par with the  U.S. penny . The novel reflects Stevenson's impressions gained during his five-month visit of the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1889. [2]  Part of the storyline takes place in the little town  Hoʻokena  at the  Kona  coast of the  island of Hawaii , which the author visited. [3]  In a scene which takes place in  Honolulu  Stevenson mentions  Heinrich Berger , the bandmaster of the  Royal Hawaiian Band . [4]  The name of Keawe's wife refers to the Hawaiian word  kōkua , [5]  which means  help . In 1889 S...

  ENGLISH COACHING CENTER                             Based on JAC BSEB CBSE ICSE SKMU and TMBU Paper viii A tale of Two cities A Tale of Two Cities  is an 1859  historical novel  by  Charles Dickens , set in  London  and  Paris  before and during the  French Revolution . The novel tells the story of the French Doctor Manette, his 18-year-long imprisonment in the  Bastille  in Paris and his release to live in London with his daughter Lucie, whom he had never met. The story is set against the conditions that led up to the French Revolution and the  Reign of Terror . In the Introduction to the  Encyclopedia of Adventure Fiction , critic  Don D'Ammassa  argues that it is an  adventure novel  because the protagonists are in constant danger of being imprisoned ...

  ENGLISH COACHING CENTER                             Based on JAC BSEB CBSE ICSE SKMU and TMBU Paper viii The Scarlet Letter   The experience of Hester and Dimmesdale recalls the story of  Adam and Eve  because, in both cases, sin results in expulsion and suffering. But it also results in knowledge – specifically, in knowledge of what it means to be immoral. For Hester, the Scarlet Letter is a physical manifestation of her sin and reminder of her painful solitude. She contemplates casting it off to obtain her freedom from an oppressive society and a checkered past as well as the absence of God. Because the society excludes her, she considers the possibility that many of the traditions upheld by the Puritan culture are untrue and are not designed to bring her happiness. As for Dimmesdale, the "cheating minister", his sin...