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Elements of Transcendentalism and Anti Transcendentalism in The Scarlet Letter

1.     Self-confident, Self-reliant, and Dignity of Manual Labor:         In The Scarlet Letter, it is initially determined by the local government that the typical penalty of death for adultery is mercifully reduced due to the fact that Hester’s husband may already be “at the bottom of the sea” (deceased) and she can be effectively considered a widow. As a result, Hester is condemned to stand on the scaffold for three hours at mid-day for public humiliation and wear the scarlet letter A on her chest for the remainder of her life. Although Hester is initially filled with grief and shame for being subject to ridicule and harsh judgment by the townspeople, she chooses to be self-confident and self-reliant. Instead of letting the scarlet A letter be a symbol of her shame, she selects the finest red cloth and embroiders the letter A with illuminated gold thread to celebrate her unique life, away from the relation with her fellow Puritan ...

ELT task

1.What is English for you? =    First of all I want to say about language. The definition of language is: "The system of communication in speech and writing that is used by people of a particular country. " " The system of sounds and writing that human beings use to express their thoughts, ideas and feelings ". According to me, English language is very important because with the help of English language we can connect ourselves woth some of countries. And also can import the business. Ws can change the economical conditions of our country. The most important thing is that we can increase more knowledge. We can get any information from Internet in English language. We can also converse to each other from another state's people in English language. So, I think English is very important language. 2.  What kind of challenges you are facing and have faced while learning this language? =  I have to face many problems because of English language. Now ...

Kya Kehna and The Scarlet Letter

What are the names of the protagonists in both the works? =     Hester Prynne, Roger Chillingworth, Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale ,Priya, Rahul,  Ajay all are the protagonists in both the works. Write their story in brief. Hester = Hester is the protagonist and the wearer of the Scarlet letter that gives the book its title. The letter, a patch of fabric in the shape of an “A”, signifies that Hester is an “adulterer”. As a young  woman. Hester married an elderly scholar, Chillingworth, who sent her ahead to America to live but never followed her. While waiting for him, she had an affair with a Puritan minister named Dimmesdale, after which she gave birth to Pearl Hester is passionate but also strong- she endures years of shame and scorn. She equals both her husband and her lover in her intelligence and thoughtfulness. Her alienation puts her in the position to make acute observations about her community, particularly about its treat...

Online discussion on Oneness of literature

Literature is a term used to describe written and sometimes spoken material. Derived from the Latin word literature meaning "writing formed with letters", literature most commonly refers to works of the creative imagination, including poetry, drama, fiction, nonfiction and in some instances, journalism and song.       Literature is like a flowing river. It has many way to flow but its root is one. Hence, as per many theorist like T. S. Eliot, Northrop Fry etc, that the structure of literature are somewhat connected with each other like similar in symbols, signs, structure, etc. Northrop Fry in his theory of Archetypal criticism based on the whole idea that whole of literature has oneness of its existence. All literature shares common DNA or Skeleton. While, T. S. Eliot said in his translation and individual talent that past is very important for new because any kind of literature bring the basic structure from the past work of art. Hence, he said that poet should know ...

Thinking activity of The Waste Land by T. S Eliot

"The Waste Land" has long been considered T. S. Eliot's masterpiece. In its five sections, he delves into themes of war, trauma, disillusionment, and death, illuminating the devastating aftereffects of World War I. The poem's final line, however, calls for peace with the repetition of "shantih" (the Sanskrit word for "peace"). Part I opens with the famous line, "April is the cruellest month." The speaker, Marie, is a young woman who bears witness to the physical and emotional devastation caused by the war. Parts II and III describe the inside of a wealthy woman's bedroom and the garbage-filled waters of the Thames, respectively. Part IV eulogizes a drowned man named Phlebas. In the fifth and final part of the poem, the speaker "translates" the thunderclaps cracking over an Indian jungle. The poem ends with the repetition of the Sanskrit word for peace: "Shantih shantih shantih." 1) what are your v...

The great Dictator film screening

The great Dictator is a 1940 American political satire comedy drama film written, directed, produced, scored by, and starring British comedian Charlie Chaplin, following the tradition of many of his other films. Having been the only Hollywood filmmaker to continue to make silent films well into the period of sounds films, this was Chaplin's first true sound film. Chaplin's film advanced a stirring condemnation of Adolf Hittler,  Benito Mussolini,  Fascism, antisemitism, and the Nazis. At the time of its first release, the united states was still formally at peace with Nazi Germany Chaplin plays both leading roles: a ruthless fascist dictator and a persecuted Jewish barber.    In this movie we can find the slogan of "Hay Hynkal". It is the same slogan of Hitler. The sculpture in the movie is also symbol. I can find the w scene in which Hynkal was playing with balloon. It shows his inner desire or dreaming of being great dictator of the world.   Th...

Modernist poet

Modernism, in the arts,  a radical break with the past and the concurrent search for new forms of expression. Modernism fostered a period of experimentalism in the arts from the late 19th to the mid 20th century particularly in the years following world war 1.            In an era characterised by industrialisation, rapid social change,  and advancea in science and the social science,  modernist felt a growing  alienation incompatible with victorian morality, optimism, and convention. New ideas in psychology, philosophy and political theory kindled a search for new modes of expression. Related artists:- Virginia Woolf T. S. ELIOT William Faulkner Joseph Conrad James Joyce Henry James Arnold Schoenbery Marcel Proust Anton Webern Miles Davis Significant works:- The Waste Land Finnegans Wake Four Quartets Absalom, Absalom! The love song of J. Alfred Prufrock The sound and the Fury To the light house Ulysses ...