Sethe’s daughter Denver is the most dynamic character in the novel. She is shy, intelligent, introspective, Sensitive, and inclined to spend hours alone in her “emerald closet,” a sylvan space formed by boxwood bushes. Her mother considers Denver a “charmed” child who has miraculously survived, and throughout the book Denver is in close contact with the supernatural.  Sethe is whipped severely, despite the fact that she is pregnant. Swollen and scarred, Sethe nevertheless runs away, but along the way she collapses from exhaustion in a forest. A white girl, Amy Denver, finds her and nurses ..read more

Beloved is presented as an allegorical figure. Whether she is Sethe’s daughter, Sethe’s mother, or a representative of all of slavery’s victims, Beloved represents the past returned to haunt the present. The characters’ confrontations with Beloved and, consequently, their pasts, are complex. The interaction between Beloved and Sethe is given particular attention in the book. Once Sethe reciprocates Beloved’s violent passion for her, the two become locked in a destructive, exclusive, parasitic relationship. When she is with Beloved, Sethe is paralyzed in the past. Beloved allows and inspires Se ..read more

Sethe Suggs is the protagonist of the novel Beloved. Through her Morrison depicts the plight of the black woman in nineteenth century America. In this novel, Toni Morrison shows how the American slavery system drastically affects the life of black community. Sethe struggles daily with the haunting legacy of slavery, in the form of her threatening memories and also in the form of her daughter’s aggressive ghost. For Sethe, the present is mostly a struggle to beat back the past, because the memories of her daughter’s death and the experiences at Sweet Home are too painful for her to recall consc ..read more

In Beloved, Toni Morrison weaves the main theme around the history of slavery in the U.S. Although slave history is covered m textbooks, it is most often presented from the point of view of white males. Since slaves seldom knew how to read or write, there are no written accounts of their history; instead, the ex-slaves and their descendants passed down the tales of slavery through storytelling, which have been largely ignored in history books. In this novel, Morrison gives slave history from the perspective of ex-slaves, especially from the point of view of Sethe.  The key theme of the no ..read more

Nissim Ezekiel's poetry "Night of the Scorpion" explores the depths of human experience, including themes like community, superstition, familial love, and the meaning of pain.  Set in a rural Indian town, the poem depicts an episode in which the speaker's mother is attacked by cockatoos and the locals band together to relieve her agony through rituals. The poem's opening scene is a striking portrayal of catching the family in their clay house in the thorny, wet Indian rural setting.  A scorpion stung the mother in an instant, causing her considerable pain and suffering. She recalls h ..read more

Nissim Ezekiel's poetry "Night of the Scorpion" explores a variety of subjects, including community, superstition, familial love, and human experience.  This poem, set in the centre of a rural Indian hamlet, depicts an event that occurs during one night: the speaker's mother is beheaded by invasive insects, and the community band together to ease her misery through ceremonial and spiritual activities. The poem's study of these subjects provides an absorbing glimpse into the complexities of human life, as well as the timeless relevance of love and unity.  "Night of the Scorpion" has a ..read more

"Night of the Scorpion " by Nissim Ezekiel is a poem that goes into the themes of community, superstition, and the power of love and sacrifice. The poem is set in a small Indian town where the speaker's mother is assaulted by cockatoos and the locals work together to console her through rituals.  The poem begins with a detailed description of what the night sky will offer. A scorpion, propelled by rain, enters the house and injures the mother. What will happen next? This imagery, paired with the use of sensory elements, effectively brings the reader into the present moment and builds tens ..read more

Byron is the chief exponent and most renowned figure of the whole romantic movement. But he is hardly a romantic at all. His apology is not in favour of romanticism as it was with his . contemporaries including Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Keats, Southey, Scott. He was not a romantic in the way the word means for the traditional romantics. Byron was fascinated by the Augustan code of life which was a consistent reincarnation of the classical view of life.  If we consider his treatment of nature, we find that Byron looks at nature with his classical eyes. Coleridge imposed a moral tone ..read more

Like Shakespeare, other English dramatists continued to thrive when James I ascended the throne. In addition to Shakespeare, James I, and his wife Anne of Denmark patroned various playwrights of the age including John Webster, Thomas Middleton, John Ford, and Ben Jonson. After Shakespeare's death, playwright John Fletcher took over the role of head playwright for the King's Men. Fletcher often collaborated with fellow playwright Francis Beaumont.  Of course, Ben Johnson was probably the most notable poet of this age following Shakespeare. Before becoming a playwright himself, Johnson had ..read more

The earlier half of Elizabeth's reign, also, though not lacking in literary effort produced no work of permanent importance. After the religious convulsions of half a century time was required for the development of the internal quiet and confidence from which a great literature could spring. At length, however, the hour grew ripe and there came the greatest outburst of creative energy in the whole history of English literature. Under Elizabeth's wise guidance the prosperity and enthusiasm of the nation had raised to the highest pitch and Lendon in particular was overflowing with vigorous life ..read more