Studies in English Language and Literature

The Blackfriars Theatre was set up to retrieve the idea of the private theatre in London. It was the brainchild of James Burbage. It was hoped that it would not be worsened by the climate and that it would attract a small audience paying good prices. Unlike the public theatre, it was to be acted in open air. This kind of private theatre was not to rely upon a larger audience paying their puny fares. Burbage acquired the dining hall at Blackfriars Monastery and changed it into a playhouse. Needless to mention, the area where the theatre was set up was a fashionable residential one. Moreover, the people who lived there raised objection in fear that the area would be turned into a bear garden of noise and hullabaloo and that it would spoil the peace of the neighbourhood. The residents appealed to the Privy Council to decree that the building could not be used for performing the plays. The venture was halted for the time being, but the performance began later.  Each pu...

Sender's complete address Date of writing My dear friend,      I have not heard from you for a long time. Hope, you are well. By the grace of God, we all are hale and hearty too. Recently, I came to know that you are feeling depressed. Hence, I would like to motivate you in this regard.       You are well aware of life's ups and downs, my friend. Nobody in this world can have complete weal or total woe. Hence, we all must receive the equal share. Do never feel frustrated. Let's look at the bright side of things. As and when we feel optimistic, life itself will become positive as well. Remember, what our teacher told us, "Derive positivism even from the negative things." Therefore, whenever you come to realise that you are going to feel demotivated, just pen down your thoughts and feelings in your diary. It will give you relief from your mental burden. Moreover, be brave enough to welcome every opportunity in life ...

Theme of Alienation/ Rootlessness/ Major themes/ Character of Mr. Biswas For sure, A House for Mr. Biswas is a psychological study of an alienated man, Mr. Biswas, in his search for identity, in his efforts to find out a house for himself with the surroundings. One may opine that the basic problem of this alienated man lies in a kind of intense desire to have his mental world uninterrupted and also in his desire that others will be conscious of it. It is said by Naipaul that Mr. Biswas had no money or position. That he was of ill temper is evident from his throwing of food out of the windows on to a passerby’s head, referring to Mrs. Tulsi as old “she fox”, kicking his pregnant wife on the belly etc. The most significant account of his progression lies in his attempt at the pledge made earlier to his mother living shabbily in a room of her sister Tara’s hut. With his journalistic skill he got his final achievement – the Sikkim Street ho...