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The Merchant of Venice William Shakespeare Explanation – Act I Act 1, Scene 1 Antonio, a wealthy merchant of Venice, made his riches through marine trade. On one occasion, he stands with his two friends, Salarino and Solanio. Antonio feels gloomy and somewhat dejected. He … Read more
Precis (Summary) Writing – 10 Creative Writing – 45 The following write-up has 202 words. Summarize it in a manner, so that the word count is between 70 to 75 words, and all the important facts are included. Passage First established as a state capital … Read more
Birth by A. J. Cronin Note to the reader … As you read the story, you might come across portions of sentences written in metaphoric way. These might pose problem in your understanding them. These portions have been underlined and are immediately followed by their meanings … Read more
A Shady Plot by Elsie Brown Para 1, 2 &3 .. Jenkins, the publisher, implored me to write another ghost story, because these were the sort of stories that titillated his readers. Such contents boosted his circulation. He felt his readers just loved my ghost … Read more
A Dog Named Duke by William D. Ellis (Learn the underlined words) Para 1 .. It is a story of 1953. Chuck Hooper was a strong, well-built young manbubbling with energy. Athletic and friendly, he had been a footballer during his university days. Now, he worked … Read more
The Brook by Tennyson — Analysis Stanza by stanza analysis Stanza 1 .. I come from haunts of coot and hern, I make a sudden sally And sparkle out among the fern, To bicker down a valley. Here Tennyson, a keen observer of Nature, personifies … Read more
Comprehension Exercise – 7 Creative Writing – 44 Read the following article very carefully, and answer the five questions given at its end. Article taken from The Wire dated 12. 5. 2019 Over 300 domesticated yaks were found dead in the higher reaches of North … Read more
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Reading the biography of Maya Angelou (1928-2014) is a riveting experience. It is an account of a girl against whom all possible odds in life are stacked – poverty, skin color, lack of education, broken home, racial hatred, … Read more
The Rainbow Bird by Vance Palmer Complete Explanation for the Short Story included in the CHSE +2 Alternative English book ‘Approaches to English – II’. Click here to download the PDFs of Approaches to English I & II free of cost. Section I : Questions … Read more
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock By T. S. Eliot Who is T. S. Eliot? .. Thomas Stearns Eliot was a pioneering essayist, publisher, playwright, and an eminent literary and social critic. He is acclaimed as one of the twentieth century’s major poets. Eliot … Read more