English Confluence By CL Gautam

ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA   by William  Shakespeare                Q1 Character sketch of ANTONY Ans. PROTAGONIST - Antony is the protagonist and hero of the play "Antony and Cleopatra" written by an eminent sonneteer and playwright William Shakespeare. He is the right hand of Julius Caesar and best friend of Octavius Caesar. He is good orator.After Julius Caesar's death he becomes the king of East part of Rome.His friend Octavius Caesar takes the West part of Rome and Lepidus takes The Africans Provinces, that was left over.    ADVENTUROUS - Antony is very bold and fearless.He is very powerful and having strong muscles.He has defeated his enemies several times in the battlefield.He is ready to sacrifice everything for his reputation and his subjects/people.He decides to leave Cleopatra for the sake of Rome. ROMANTIC . Antony is very tall, handsome and nobleman of Rome. He falls in love with Queen Cleopatra ...

The Fire on the Mountain Anita Desai Introduction- Fire on the Mountain is a  novel of 1977  by Anita Desai, an Indian writer. Desai has been recognized three times on the Booker Prize short list and is a British Guardian Prize winner. Fire on the Mountain received a Sahitya Akademi Award. Nanda Kaul-  The novel  focuses on an elderly widow’s isolation and loneliness, as it tells the story of Nanda Kaul who lives in Kasauli and leads a solitary existence. The old woman, Nanda, lives alone in a colonial house on a hill. She lets no one intrude ( enter) in her isolated life. She had spent many years caring for her husband, their children, and many grandchildren.She is an intelligent woman, widow of a university vice-chancellor  In the narrative present, she is at the end of her life and wants nothing more than to be left alone in her remote house, Carignano, where she sought to hide from her past and find inner peace through isolation and detachment from human rel...