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Phaedra , is a play by Roman philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca , which recounts the tale of of Phaedra, the queen of Athens, wife of Theseus, and her overwhelming lust for her stepson, Hippolytus. In the view of Greek Mythology and the tragedy Hippolytus by Greek dramatist Euripides , Seneca's Phaedra is one of several aesthetic explorations of this adverse story. Seneca portrays the appellation appearance as alive and absolute in the following of her stepson, while in added iterations of the allegory she is added of an acquiescent victim of fate. This Phaedra takes on the artful attributes and the acrimony generally assigned to the Nurse character. In this play, we find Hippolytus a very poor young man who spends most of his time hunting and sacrifices to Artemis , goddess of Chastity and Hunting. He is a devout disciple of the goddess Artemis. He has an intense aversion towards women. He does not want to pollute his mind with the thoughts of Love. He is a misogynist. He ...

“A Valediction : Forbidding Mourning” is one of John Donne’s most famous and simplest poems and also his most direct statement of his ideal of spiritual love to his wife. He was supposed to go to France for a business purpose with his friend in 1611. That time his wife started to mourn. To give consolation to his wife the speaker wrote this poem. To console his wife the poet uses some similes, metaphysical conceits etc. Now I am trying to discuss according to the statement. The poem starts with the use of simile. The poet compares their love as virtuous man. Virtuous men are not afraid of death. In the same way true lovers are not afraid of separation. Their loyalty and devotion can be enhanced and tested with separation. The poet proposes his wife to let him go without making any noise. There must be no floods of tears or tempest of sighing. Because it can make their love unholy. It would be a disgrace to their holy love if they portray it like the common people. In the 3...

Why is Thomas Kyd called English Seneca? Or Senecan Elements in The Spanish tragedy Lucius Aenius Seneca was a Roman dramatist. He was born in 4BC-65AD. He was the greatest playwright in Roman literature. He wrote 90 dramas in Latin language. Thomas Kyd is the blind followers of the Roman literature especially the Roman Seneca. Thomas Kyd is very much influenced by Senecan drama. That’s why he is called the English Seneca.             At that time Nero was a notorious Emperor of Rome. Seneca was the home tutor of Nero. For this reason Seneca could observe the nature of his mother. She was a vicious woman. This incident influences Seneca to write drama. His drama is full of blood shed, murder and revenge. That’s why Senecan dramas are not suitable for stage. They are suitable for reading in a chamber or on a closet. For this reason they are called chamber drama or closet drama. Now we are going to discuss about the dram...

John Millington Synge, an Irish Literary Renaissance playwright, has always used nature as background, character and symbol in his plays. Nature is the protagonist or antagonist in many of his plays specially in Riders To The Sea where nature fills the minds of the characters and mounds their actions, even their moods and fate. The play is dominated by fate in the shape of sea. In the play we find that the sea is that which provides a living for the characters of the small cottages. At the same time it is also that which causes their sufferings. In Riders to the Sea , the sea represents fate . The sea is a great factor in the life of the people of Aran Islands. It is the source of their living. Moreover, the sea gives them passage to the markets in the mainland where they go to buy or sell things. There is no alternative for them but to ride the sea to maintain their family's existence. But at the same time the sea devours the men-folk as they go out for earning their living...

Mother tongue is a divine gift. People of any country express their feelings, thoughts through mother tongue. But it is a matter of sorrow that the then rulers of Pakistan imposed Urdu upon us instead of our mother tongue, Bangla. Then the people of our country raised their voice against this unlawful decision. Police opened fire on a procession in Dhaka and killed many Protestants. Since then 21 February is observed every year with due honour in our country as the ‘Shaheed Dibosh.’ In 1999, the UNESCO proclaimed 21 February as the ‘International Mother Language Day’ in recognition of the sacrifice of the Language Martyrs of 1952 for achieving the rightful place of Bangla. The day is now annually observed globally to promote cultural diversity and multilingualism.  

It was last Monday at 3.00 p.m. We were on our way home from school. We were trying to cross the Mirpur Road near the Science Laboratory. A boy was also crossing the road. Just at that moment, a truck was going along the road at a great speed. The ill-fated boy noticed the truck. But before he could go to the other side of the road, he was run over by the speedy truck. The truck did not stop rather it speeded away. I rushed to the spot. To my horror, I saw that he was no more a human body but a lump of flesh. He died on the spot. I was greatly shocked at this tragic scene. I cannot forget the scene even today. 

Image Courtesy: wikimedia.org A school library is a place where a lot of books on different subjects are kept for reading for the students and teachers. It is a part and parcel of an educational institution. We have also a library in our school. It is situated on the second floor of our school building. It is well furnished and has a rich collection. In the library, the books are nicely kept on the bookshelves. The students are issued library cards for borrowing books from the library. A librarian looks after the library. There is a well arrangement for reading books in the library. We can read there various kinds of books as long as we like. It satisfies our eternal thirst for knowledge. We are proud of our school library.