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  BRIEF INTRODUCTION: ‘A Passage to India’ is considered to be one of the flagship works of ‘Edward Morgan Forster’. The rationale of writing this novel is to explore and expose that ravages of imperialism as well as the typical psychology of the colonizers. This novel serves to be a detailed account of the strained relations among the colonizers and colonized. SIGNFICANCE OF CHARACTERS: In every literary work character serves as the mouth piece of author. The author exposes the thematic as well as abstract patterns through his characters. The novel ‘A Passage to India’ is a combination of different characters having unique traits. CYRIL FIELDING: We all know that the role of Cyril Fielding is very much significant in the novel. He has a modern frame of mind with an amiable and sympathetic heart. Moreover being a principal of the government college in Chandra pore he enjoys an influential status. RONNY HEASLOP: He was a staunch epitome of the imperialistic rule of...

  Introduction : We all know language is a system to communicate and also a phenomenon of social scope. We will define sociolinguistics as: “It is the interpretation of language in broader social context” (Hudson, 1999). The basic purpose of this discipline is to show that how language is influenced by above factors. Ø      Social class Ø      Gender Ø      Race Ø      Creed Ø      Economy Ø      Culture Now let’s proceed towards our main issue. I.e. how Sociolinguistics influences our understanding of society and language. Language and Social classes : In order to endorse this concept, let’s discuss an example. The following example is different discourse patterns of two individuals (Yule, 2014) Ø   Speaker A         “I done it yesterday” Ø   Speaker B          “I did it yesterda...

“Ode to the West Wind” is widely acclaimed to be one of the greatest poems of English literature and also the most representative and quintessence of Shelley’s genius. It was written in autumn of 1819 in the forest of Arno near Florence (Italy) . It is a great poem because of its magnificent theme, poetic beauty, spontaneity, and lyrical quality. Moreover, it offers a blend of natural and spiritual forces. POETIC DEVICES: Poetic devices are the tools that poets can use to create rhythm, harmony, enhance a poem’s meaning, or intensify a feeling. Percy Bysshe has used various poetic devices to enhance the literary ethos of his didactic work. Here we will try to cover some of the most important “poetic devices” used by Percy Bysshe Shelley . SIMILE:   Throughout the ode, we will examine a fine use of simile for the purpose of comparison. In stanza (1), P B Shelley has used a striking simile while giving an explanation about seeds.     “Each like a corps, within...

Language is the subject to continuous transformation and change. Language is influenced by a lot of factors. Ø      Social classes Ø      Political circumstances Ø      Educational background Ø      Media Among all these factors media has a significant influence upon language.   Broadly we classify media into two categories: Ø          Print media Ø          Digital media IMPACT OF DIGITAL MEDIA : We classify digital media into two types            Social media           Main stream media( television and broadcasting) Social media: Social media has affected the English language in terms of vocabulary, syntax, spelling, semantics, pragmatics and grammar. We normally observe the manipulation of language on different social media platforms .i.e. Facebook. In the past usually think of our house wal...