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Here is what Grade- Saving websites actually do!

Our generation has witnessed the end of a century and commencement of another. The NexGen society is moving forward in every possible fashion and we are highly grateful to the technology that has provided us with access to the ‘World Wide Web’. Life has simply become a piece of cake and it is convenient for the young and old alike.  As a student of English Literature, I have been able to complete my assignments on time.   Extending my gratitude to the creators of the following: 1. Poetry Foundation -  https://www.poetryfoundation.org/ 2. Grade Saver -  http://www.gradesaver.com/ 3. Spark notes -  http://www.sparknotes.com/ 4. Shmoop -  https://www.shmoop.com/ 5. The VICTORIAN Web -  http://www.victorianweb.org/ 6. How Many Syllables -  https://www.howmanysyllables.com/ and many more...  Homer, Ovid, Shakespeare, other writers and their works are available. Summaries, analysis  of the text , themes , characters, symbols, references , critical essays by well kn

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They were written in ink You don’t like the colour of, They were poetry You don’t want to read between lines, They were the quenched thirst You cannot throw up, And when they were gone They left behind an empty space A void, you can’t erase, You may forget them But you can’t erase them, And when, You would turn the pages of your life They would be a tiny memory, you can’t erase, So you eventually learn, You cannot erase the things you can’t change!                                                                   ———- Poem by Siddiqa, TYBA Literature & Artwork by Ava Kaka, TYBA Literature.

We Analysed All My Sons by Arthur Miller

One of Arthur Miller’s most profound works, Al l My Sons, has its roots buried within the tragedy stricken war times back in 1947, a few years after the second world war ended. The Keller's are a family who live a life of tension and unrealistic aspirations after losing a son at war. As the Keller's try to live a normal life they are left struggling when they face dealing with the consequences of their actions, these lead to the central tragedies of the play. In the story, Joe Miller decided to send out faulty air plane parts for the good of his business and family causing the death of  twenty-one pilots  during World War II. The play revolves around the events that take place in the absence of Larry, while he does his time in the jail for a crime committed by his business partner and dear friend, Joe Keller, but a situation moulded so intricately turned the tables and Larry ended up bearing the brunt of the repercussions. As a play, All my sons is driven by