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March 18, 2018November 22, 2023

Short Answers of Othello by Shakespeare

Introduction : Short Answer of Drama Othello by William Shakespeare. It includes questions and answers that asked in University Examinations.

Give a brief estimate of Iago’s wife?

Iago’s wife was Emilia. And she was attendant and companion of Desdemona in Cyprus. She was a young, virtuous and faithful wife and loyal to Desdemona also. She followed her husband in wifely duty. And at the end of the play she condemned her husband’s lies to protect Desdemona’s character.

How does Othello kill Desdemona in the drama Othello by William Shakespeare?

In the last act Othello tells Desdemona that she is disloyal and he is going to stab her. Desdemona requests for mercy and claims her innocence but, he refuses and stab her.

What is Othello’s opinion about unexposed Iago?

Othello’s opinion about unexposed Iago is that he is kind and honest man. But. it is ironical because in reality he is opposite.

Why is Brabantio dismayed about Desdemona?

Brabantio was father of Desdemona. He dismayed about Desdemona when he realized that she has married to a moor Othello. The main reason was that Othello was a black and Moorish.

March 17, 2018November 22, 2023

Short Answers of Fiction-I Part One

We have collected the old examination questions of
Joseph Andrew by Fielding
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Tess of D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot
and answered these questions as under.
We have posted these questions time to time on Nazar Bazmi’s Notes(nazarbazmi.com), here we have collected all links together as under

March 17, 2018November 22, 2023

Short Answers of Drama Part One

We have collected the old examination questions of
Oedipus Rex by Sophocles
Jew of Malta by Christopher Marlowe
Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
Othello by Shakespeare
Tempest by Shakespeare
and answered these questions as under.
We have posted these questions time to time on Nazar Bazmi’s Notes(nazarbazmi.com), here we have collected all links together as under

March 14, 2018November 22, 2023

Short Answers of “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen.

Who is Mr. Hurst? In which novel he appears?

Mr. Hurst is the brother-in-law of Charles and Caroline Bingley. He is the husband of Louisa Hurst and appeared in the novel Pride and Prejudice.

What type of girl is Miss De Bourgh?

Miss De Bourgh or Anne De Bourgh is the daughter of Lady Catherine. She is a sick and weak girl. Generally, she is a good-natured girl. She disapproves the union of Darcy and Elizabeth. Because, her mother wants Darcy to marry Anne De Brough.

Who is Charles Bingley?

Charles Bingley is the brother of Louisa Hurst and Caroline Bingley. He is Darcy’s best friend and husband of Jane Bennet. He was twenty-two years old when they came and reside in neighborhood of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet.

What was the original title for the novel ‘Pride and Prejudice’?

The original title of the novel was “First Impressions”. However, the manuscript was rejected by a publisher then refined and published as “Pride and Prejudice” in 1813.

Who is Charlotte Lucas?

Charlotte Lucas is the best friend of Elizabeth Bennet. She is an intelligent, sensible young woman of twenty-seven. She marries to Mr. Collins.

March 3, 2018November 22, 2023

Short Answers of Classical Poetry Part-I

We have collected the old examination questions of
Paradise Lost by John Milton
Faerie Queen by Edmund Spenser
Prologue to the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
Sonnet by Shakespeare
Love and Divine Poems by John Donne
Rape of the Lock by Alexander Pope
and answered these questions as under.
We have posted these questions time to time on Nazar Bazmi’s Notes(nazarbazmi.com), here we have collected all links together as under

March 3, 2018November 22, 2023

Short Answers of “Faerie Queene” by Edmund Spenser

Introduction: The Faerie Queene questions and answers by Edmund Spencer, poets’ poet also includes definitions of epic poem, allegory, Spenserian stanza and Alexandrine. You have any question about Poetry, The Faerie Queene questions and answers feels free to ask.

Why was Knight Red Cross accompanying Una?

Lady Una appealed Queen Gloriana to help her because her father and mother enclose in a castle by a dragon. Queen Gloriana of Faerie Land has employed the Red Cross Knight to go with Lady Una to kill the dragon that is destroying the land and seizing Una’s parents imprisoned.

Who was Archimago?

Archimago is a magician, deceitful and an antagonist next to Duessa. He is a magician skillful of varying his own look but at the end his magic is proven weak and unsuccessful.

What appeal does Una make to the Queen?

In the annual twelve-day feast by Queen Gloriana, it is custom that anyone who is in trouble can appear before the court and ask for help. Lady Una complains that her parents are seized in a fortress by a dragon. The Red Cross Knight proposes to help her.

What role does Archimago play in “The Faerie Queene”?

Archimago plays the role of a deceiver and a magician. He disguises himself as Red Cross Knight in an effort to get Una. He misguided the Una and Red Cross Knight through lies and false appearances.

Why does Knight Red Cross help Lady Una?

On the appeal of Fair Lady Una, Queen Gloriana of the Faerie land sent Knight Red Cross to go with Lady Una to kill the dragon that seized the Unna’s parents in a fortress.

February 11, 2018November 22, 2023

Character Sketch of Faredoon

Introduction: Character sketch of Faredoon in the novel Crow Eaters by Bapsi Sidwa. In this article the character of Faredoon is explained as presented in the Novel Crow Eaters.

About the Writer

Bapsi Sidwa is a writer of the novel “Crow Eaters”. She belongs to the Parsi (Zoroastrian) religion and born in Pakistan. She has written this novel “Crow Eaters” on Parsi religion and culture.

Exposition of the Character

Fredoon is the main character and protagonist of the novel “Crow Eaters”. His complete name is Fredoon Junglewala. He was called Junglewala due to his previous village from where he came. He was migrated from the anonymous jungle of India to Lahore. His nickname is Freddy; it is from the name Fredoon.

Financial condition of Faredoon

He is a hard worker and clever man. When, he came from the anonymous jungle of India to Lahore, he was a penny less. And he started his business in Lahore. Due to his hard work, polite language and cleverness, he got money from the insurance company by deceiving them. And after getting the money he never looked back. At the end of the novel he was a very prosperous man in the Parsi community.

Major problems in the life of Faredoon

Jerbano is the major problem in his life. Jerbano who is his mother-in-law is disturbing him in each and every matter. Her disturbance becomes low only when she was afraid on the event. In which, Fredoon want to get the lock of her hairs, but she wakes up and give splash on the Fredoon’s face. She also disturbed the Tanya and the wife of Poe Allen, which is also problem for Fredoon.

February 1, 2018November 22, 2023

Aristotle’s theory of “Imitation”

Introduction: Aristotle’s concept of Imitation is explained from Poetics point of view.

Plato’s idea of imitation

Plato gives the example of carpenter who is making a bed. The idea of bed in the mind of a carpenter is real and bed is copy of that idea. So the idea of nature by God is real and nature is copy and poet copy the nature, so poetry twice removed from reality. It is a “shadow of shadows“, “copy of copy“.

Aristotle’s concept of imitation

Aristotle’s concept of Imitation or Theory of Imitation is not mere copy but presentation of the ideal reality. Poet does not represent the outward appearance but represents deeper reality. A tragic poet represents the hero better than average which is representation of the idea of human nature, it is not mere representation of outward appearance. He says that poetry deals with ideal reality and the significance of poetic truth that is Universal, essential and permanent.
Aristotle says that poet is creator not mere copier.

Medium of poetry

In the kinds of fine arts like poetry, music and painting the medium of poetry and music is harmony and rhythm but the medium of painting is color and form. So, poetry linked with music not with painting. Language is also common element of poetry and music.

January 26, 2018November 22, 2023

Questions with Short Answers of Literary Theories and Criticism

What is meant by signifier?

A signifier is a sign (symbol, image or gesture), sound or word which signified something. The word “tree” is a signifier and signifies the real object tree or the concept of tree.

Define repression?

Repression in Psychology is restricting the disturbing thoughts, impulses and desires from conscious mind and drives them to unconscious mind.

Name the three parts of human psyche?

According to Sigmund Freud the three parts of human psyche are id, ego and superego.These parts of human psyche developed the complex behavior of a person.

How meanings are described in Deconstruction theory?

In Deconstruction theory the meanings were taught always uncertain and in this theory they got plurality of meaning through decentering the text.

What is the difference between determinate and indeterminate meaning?

Determinate meanings are unquestionably settled, fixed and have defined limits but indeterminate meanings are not fixed, vague and have no defined limits.

January 22, 2018November 22, 2023

Short Answers of Juno and the Paycock by Sean O’Casey

Write a note on the technical devices used by O Casey in ‘Juno and The Paycock’?

The technical devices used by Sean O Casey in “Juno and The Paycock” are irony and wit, pathos and horror, symbols and mythology.

How can we justify ‘Juno and the paycock’ as a tragi-comedy? Discuss briefly.

“Juno and the Paycock” is mixer of tragic and comic elements. Tragic elements are murder of Robbie, funeral of Robbie, Johnny character, Mary’s pregnancy, will did not fulfill, Johnny murder and Juno and Mary leave the home. Comic elements are Character of Boyle, character of Joxer, Johnny’s tension about the light that lit or not and the most comic event is when Joxer is hanging with window during this Boyle and Juno dancing.

Define melodrama?

Melodrama is a minor genre of drama. According to Dictionary of Literary Terms “A drama which relies on sensational happenings, violent action and improbable events. Originally melodrama meant a play with music, including early opera”.

What is O’Casey’s message about war and violence?

Sean O’Casey is against war and violence. In the play “Juno and the Paycock” he criticizes the war and violence presenting the effects of war on individual and families like Mrs. Tancred and Juno’s family. The individual like Johnny shows the irrationality of the war.