AD's English Literature

The Harmonious Nexus: Unveiling the Poetic-Musical Relationship in Plato's "Republic" The Educational Significance of Poetry and Music in Plato's Ideal Republic Plato 428/427 or 424/423 – 348/347 BC Plato , who makes his famed The Republic the entreaty of all possible discussions on all the aspects of citizenship and an inquiry into the nature of justice and the organization of a perfect society, brings both poetry and music within his preview. Book III of the Republic , in particular, is concerned with the education of the ideal civilization for his ideal republic. The two kinds of education are mental and physical, and mental education includes the cultivation of both music and poetry. Criticizing the doctrines of atheism and materialism, Plato reaffirmed his idealistic position and asserted his belief in the moral government of the universe and the immortality of the soul. Yet, Plato ’s attitude is not of ecstatic enthusiasm but rather of a subdued and resigne...

Unleashing the Winds of Change: P.B. Shelley’s Ode to the West Wind and the Poet's Revolutionary Vision An Ode to the West Wind: Reverence for a Mighty Force and the Poet's Call for Global Dissemination Portrait of Shelley, by Alfred Clint (1829) P.B. Shelley’s  " Ode to the West Wind " is a remarkable poem that exhibits the adoration of a powerful force and conveys the poet's reformist ideas through vivid imagery and passionate language. Written in 1819, Shelley's ode explores the themes of nature, change, and the role of the poet as a catalyst for societal transformation. P.B. Shelley‘s " Ode to the West Wind " addresses the west wind as a powerful force and asks it to scatter the poet's reformist words throughout the world. It is written in a spirit of exaltation; it is a dignified strain in praise of West Wind . The metrical effects are very beautiful here and in doing so Shelley unifies the content of the poem by focusing the first three st...

Thomas Hardy's poem "In Time of 'The Breaking of Nations'" is a poignant reflection on the enduring power of love and life amidst the turmoil and transience of human conflicts. The poem which is an  elegy on the First World War, written in 1915,  consists of three brief stanzas, each conveying a distinct image that contributes to the overall theme.  The title word " In Time of 'The Breaking of Nations'" significantly echoes God’s words that He will break the nations and bring destruction (The Bible, Jeremiah LI 20) . Ironically enough the optimist Thomas Hardy is here boldly contesting God’s words. He voices the glorious triumph of love and life over the onslaught of war and destruction. War brings about variegated changes in the social, political and economic life of a nation. But even in the midst of these changes the basic preoccupations of life go on unchanged and undisturbed. The snap shots of the daily life are here given in the three st...

ENGLISH Paper – II Note : This paper contains fifty (50) objective type questions, each question carrying two(2)marks. Attempt all the questions. (ALL THE ANSWERS ARE COLOURED. I HAVE TRIED TO GIVE LOGIC BEHIND ANSWERING THESE QUESTIONS. WITHOUT SYLLOGISTIC FORMAT YOU NEED AN ELFIN TOWER TALL HEAD.)   1. Jeremy Collier’s A Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage attacked among others. (A) John Bunyan (B) Thomas Rhymer (C) William Congreve (D) Henry Fielding <Note: When the work of Congreve and his colleagues was attacked by the clergyman Jeremy Collier as licentious, Congreve replied with Amendments of Mr. Collier 's False and Imperfect Citations (1698). > 2. The Crystal Palace, a key exhibit of the Great Exhibition, was designed by (A) Charles Darwin (B) Edward Moxon (C) Joseph Paxton (D) Richard Owen < Note: Crystal Palace , famous exhibition hall was designed by Sir Joseph Paxton for the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London , England . Be...