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Sometimes, you need special effects in a movie in order to make it more interesting. Similarly, writers add special effects to what they write. These special effects are called rhetoric or figures of speech. A figure of speech is a phrase that or a way of saying something that enhances the idea of what is being told. These enhancements can be done in a variety of ways - repetition, sarcastic way of saying, shocking way of saying, referring to inanimate objects as living beings, roundabout way of saying things and what not. Figure of Speech Examples Here are the common figures of speech that are included in University syllabus. Generally people think that mainly there are 8 kinds of figures of speech. However there are hundreds of figures of speech in the English literature. Here are The Top 20 Figures Of Speech ( Along With Bonus 10 Figures Of Speech)    Figure Of Speech     Short Description          Examples          Anti Climax Sudde

In the English edition of Waiting For Godot, the play is described as a tragicomedy. Before going ahead further, it needs to be made clear what a tragicomedy is and how it is different from dark comedy. Tragicomedy is a literary genre that blends aspects of both tragic and comic forms. Most often seen in dramatic literature, the term can variously describe either a tragic play which contains enough comic elements to the lighten the overall mood or a serious play with a happy ending. A dark comedy is a subgenre of comedy that makes light of terrible situations. Waiting for Godot never makes light of terrible aspects life. There are several mentions of death in the play but the characters never make fun of death or for that matter any terrible things in the play. However, there are many incidents in the play that are hilarious and we can laugh watching those hilarious scenes without having any guilt. The play opens with a negative thought- Nothing to be done. At first when we see Es

What Is The Meaning Of Godot?   Who Is Godot? What Does He Stand For?                  The first question that comes to mind after reading or watching Samuel Beckett's play Waiting For Godot is who is Godot? or What is Godot a symbol of? The dramatist too does not specifically mention who or what Godot is. The audience too are left guessing. When Beckett was asked who or what was meant by Godot, he replied," If I knew I would have said so in the play." However by such a statement we should not conclude that Beckett actually did not know about Godot. He in reality, wanted his readers to interpret Godot in various ways suitable to them. Hence a variety of interpretations have been proposed regarding Godot, since the publication of Beckett's waiting for Godot.               Many critics suggested that the word Godot is a diminutive form of the word God. But Beckett denied any association of Godot with God. He said to Ralph Richardson that, " ... if by Go

           A title is one of the important aspects of any literary work. A good title should hint at the general tone of the story or any other literary work and at the same time, it should carry a deeper meaning. For example in Pride and Prejudice , the two main characters are both guilty of pride and prejudice and must learn the errors of their ways before they can live happily ever after. At the same time the title Pride and Prejudice at once ignites the question in our mind- who is proud in the novel and who is prejudiced? We try to break into the minds of the characters to look for the answer. Thus the novel becomes psychologically interesting too thanks to the title.           James Joyce's title Araby is significant both literally and figuratively. Araby is romantic term given to the middle eastern area. Now to a teenager of any Western country, Araby or middle east is a far off land that cannot be reached. Anything that cannot be reached or seen becomes an ideal. Maybe

SYMBOLISM IN ARABY Araby Themes And Symbols Symbolism is a great literary device. The art of implying something profound while writing or potraying something superficial is a skill that should be looked up to with respect. What Baudelaire introduced, was perfected by the writers like James Joyce and Virginia Wolf. They focused on human mind instead of giving emphasis on the story-line or characters. But potraying human mind with the help of language or words is a difficult task. Our mind, like a fluid, is always influx. Thus words became more and more inadequate to shed light on a thing that is ceaselessly changing. A symbol has no fixed meaning- it evokes a meaning. Hence the symbolic technique is adopted by such modern reconders of mind like Joyce. Joyce’s Araby , taken from Dubliners is no exception. (This Note Pertains To - Araby Meaning, Read On) Araby is, as we can say, coming of age story. It is all about the boy hero’s displacement from the worl

1.Anglo Saxon/ Old English period- F eatures- Earliest phase of English literature. Started with Angles and Saxons much before they occupied Britain. They settled in Britain. Works- Beowulf ______________________________________________ 2.Middle English/ Anglo Norman period- Features- Normans of Normandy(France) defeated the Anglo Saxon King and occupied Britain in 1066. >Foreign types of literature. >Latin control. > French influence Works- Piers the Plowman(Langland), Canterbury Tales(Chaucer) etc ________________________________________________ 3.Chaucer to Spenser- Barren period. Only Scotland emerged as the source of good literature. Works- King's Quhair written by Scotland's James-I ________________________________________________ 4.Elizabethan Age/ Age of Shakespeare- Features- Influence of Italian Renaissance, influence of Petrarchan Sonnet. > Time of discovery Sub Periods- The Jacobian Age, The Caroline Age, The Commonw