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Name  :  Jhankhanaba Gohil  Course:  T.Y  B.A (sem-5 , english literature)  UNIT 1 — OTHELLO William Shakespeare Home Assignment Question: How does Iago use Othello's trust against him?  About the Author     William Shakespeare is one of the most famous writers in English literature. He was born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. He was a poet, playwright and actor. He wrote many plays, poems and sonnets. Shakespeare wrote different types of plays such as tragedies, comedies and historical plays. Some of his famous plays are Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Romeo and Juliet and Othello. His plays are still popular because they deal with human feelings and problems. Love, jealousy, anger, ambition, revenge and betrayal are some common subjects in his works. Othello is one of his important tragedies. It shows how jealousy and false information can destroy a person's life.   Introduction      Othello is a tragedy writte...

 Name   : Jhankhanaba Gohil  Course  : T.Y B.A (English literature)                     Sem-5                   Class Assignment  .1 What is Rasa? Explain the concept of Rasa in Indian Poetics. Introduction Rasa is one of the most important concepts in Indian literary criticism. The word “Rasa” literally means taste, flavour or essence. In literature, it refers to the aesthetic feeling or emotional experience that a reader or spectator gets from a work of art. The theory of Rasa is mainly associated with Bharata Muni, who explained it in his famous work Natyashastra. According to Indian poetics, the main purpose of literature and drama is not only to tell a story but also to create an emotional experience in the mind of the audience. Main Points The theory of Rasa is explained through the famous statement of Bharata Muni: “Vibhavanubhavyavyabhicharisamyo...

Name  : Jhankhanaba Gohil  Course: T.Y B A ( English literature,sem-5) Class Assignment 1 Question  Discuss the contrast between Sense and Sensibility in Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility. How are Elinor and Marianne different from each other? Answer Introduction Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility was published in 1811. The novel mainly tells the story of the Dashwood family and especially two sisters, Elinor Dashwood and Marianne Dashwood. Elinor and Marianne are sisters, but their personalities are very different. Elinor represents “sense”, which means reason, practical thinking and self-control. Marianne represents “sensibility”, which means emotion, romantic feelings and openness. The main idea of the novel is not that sense is completely good and sensibility is completely bad. Austen shows that both reason and emotion are necessary in human life. Through the experiences of Elinor and Marianne, she shows how people can become mature by learning from love, disappoin...