PDF Button Abstract The paper intends to examine a play and a poem with a critical lens based on any social or cultural perspective. The play chosen is “Glass Menagerie” by Tennessee Williams, and the selected poem is “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost. Both the play and the poem are critically compared and contrasted with respect to the critical eye of the culture or the society. Other elements

PDF Button Introduction Mary Oliver’s “The Black Walnut Tree” and Richard Wilbur’s “The Writer” both use an ordinary domestic setting to explore memory, inheritance, and the difficult work of carrying a life forward. Oliver presents a mother and daughter considering whether to sell a mature walnut tree to pay a mortgage. Wilbur presents a father listening outside his daughter’s room as she struggles to write. In each poem, a practical

PDF Button Introduction In 1834, the US experienced a financial crisis, which ruined very many. Among the injured was once the richest resident of the Fentress district, George Clemens. Deciding that in the place where he had such a misfortune, luck is no longer to be seen, George moved to the village of Florida, where he opened the shop. There, on November 30, 1835, he had a son named Samuel.

PDF Button Introduction Cheryl Ball and Collin Charlton’s claim that “all writing is multimodal” challenges the belief that writing consists only of words arranged in sentences. Every text communicates through a combination of modes, including language, visual design, spatial arrangement, typography, sound, gesture, movement, and the material or digital technology through which it reaches an audience. The original response correctly recognizes that multimodality is not limited to digital media and

PDF Button Discussion Joshua Foer’s TED Talk, “Feats of Memory Anyone Can Do,” begins by asking the audience to close their eyes and imagine a deliberately strange scene. The request is not only theatrical. It demonstrates the principle that will guide the rest of his talk: people remember unusual visual images more readily than information they hear without active engagement. Foer, a journalist, became interested in memory after attending the

PDF Button Introduction Fences was written by August Wilson, who was an American writer; the play became famous for exploring the African American experiences in race relations. The negro head of the family who was struggle ling for money in the play is the center of attention for many people belonging to African American race. The play was adapted into a film in 2016 and was chosen as one of