Suman Chakraborty
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Prof. Suman Chakraborty studied Modern English literature at the University of Glasgow. He is a visiting Professor at Sister Nivedita Univeristy, Kolkata. He is also the Director of Compass Institute of Competitive Examinations and was a visiting lecturer at De Montfort University, UK and University of Derby, UK. His edited monographs include INDIAN ENGLISH NOVEL: A Critical Casebook and INDIAN ENGLISH POETRY: A Critical Casebook. His articles have been published in various journals and he has presented research papers at various institutes including University of Greenwich, London and University of Bangor, Wales, UK.
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Answered a Question in Literature
The word choice is important in writing poetry because: 1. Poetry is a concentration of ideas. Proper word choice is necessary for presenting the exact idea. 2. In some cases word choice is... -
Answered a Question in Hard Times
The Victoria symbols of the novel can be traced from the attitudes of the people presented in the novel and the two predominant motifs of the novel: industrialisation and utilitarianism. Mr.... -
Answered a Question in Beowulf
It should be noted in this regard different kennings have been used to describe a single object in different parts of Beowulf. For example ‘sea’ has been described as “sail road” and “swan road” in... -
Answered a Question in Macbeth
It should also be noted in this regard that Macdonwald is not presented in the play physically, but the audience come to know about him in Act I, Sc. ii when the “bleeding Captain” (referred to by... -
Answered a Question in Oedipus Rex
Oedipus’s action can be defined as an unconscious tragic error. Though Oedipus does perform the error unconsciously, he has to suffer according to the laws of fate. Oedipus’s actions and decisions... -
Answered a Question in Ars Poetica
Archibald MacLeish’s poem ‘Ars Poetica’, first published in 1926, is written in free verse and therefore does not have a rhyme scheme. A number of major modern poets including T. S. Eliot have used... -
Answered a Question in The Gift of the Magi
It should also be noted that the one characteristic that unites both of them is the understanding of the true value of love. Jim and Della symbolise O. Henry’s vision of true love which crosses the... -
Answered a Question in Macbeth
The above commentators have tried to point out how differently Lady Macbeth has been projected throughout the play. However, it is crucial to note how her character changes throughout the play.... -
Answered a Question in Macbeth
It should also be noted in this regard that Rosse’s arrival is an extremely significant point in this Shakespearean tragedy. First of all, it is Rosse who first delivers the news of Macduff’s loss... -
Answered a Question in Ode on a Grecian Urn
An apparent supervision of ‘Ode on a Grecian Urn’ reveals that the voice of the poem is that of the poet. However many critics do contradict with this observation. Many scholars do take into... -
Answered a Question in Ode on a Grecian Urn
It should also be mentioned that the relationship is based on the “melody” that the poet explicitly refers to in the second and third stanzas. The expression “Heard melodies are sweet, / But those... -
Answered a Question in Macbeth
It should also be mentioned that Shakespeare by his stage directions in ‘Macbeth’ gives appropriate scopes to the director to modify and add personal touches. This particularly applies to Act II,... -
Answered a Question in Ode on a Grecian Urn
‘Ode on a Grecian Urn’ portrays a contradiction between the transience of life and the permanence of art. The projection of this contradiction explicitly starts in the second stanza where Keats... -
Answered a Question in Twelfth Night
The above commentator rightly argues that Viola takes control of her destiny. But it should also be noted that she takes control of her emotions too. The way Viola resists her love for Orsino... -
Answered a Question in William Shakespeare
In tragedy Shakespeare’s important characters are: Hamlet: Prince Hamlet, Ophelia King Lear: King Lear, Cordelia Macbeth: Macbeth, Lady Macbeth Othello: Othello, Desdemona, Iago Romeo and... -
Answered a Question in Hamlet
Hamlet is one of Shakespeare’s four most important tragedies – the other being Macbeth, King Lear and Othello. The way Shakespeare handles the character of the protagonist of the play is unique in... -
Answered a Question in Macbeth
The above commentators contradict with each other on whether the three witches are responsible for the murder of Duncan. Macbeth’s comment in Act I, Sc. iii must be taken into account in this case:... -
Answered a Question in Macbeth
Act III, Sc. iv (commonly known as the Banquet Scene) is important in two directions. Firstly it gives a clear picture of Macbeth’s psyche. Secondly it helps to create the supernatural atmosphere... -
Answered a Question in Macbeth
It should be noted in this regard that Shakespeare intentionally inserts a scene (Act III, Sc. ii) after Macbeth finishes his conversation with the murderers. In this scene the audience expects... -
Answered a Question in Twelfth Night
The Oxford Companion to English Literature notes Sir P. Harvey’s influential definition of ‘realism’: “a loosely used term meaning truth to the observed facts of life”. It is normally accepted that... -
Answered a Question in Sonnet 18
The above commentators rightly argue that Sonnet 18 is about the eternity of Shakespearean “lines.” This interpretation, however, can be extended a little further. The sonnet is not only about... -
Answered a Question in Sonnet 18
Anthony Hecht in his introduction to Blakemore Evans’s edited collection of Shakespeare’s sonnets argues that ‘Sonnet 18 “[…] is decisively Petrarchan, notwithstanding its Shakespearean rhyme...