The Last Leaf Summary ‘The last leaf’ consists of four human characters; JOHNSY, SUE, DOCTOR and BEHRMAN, and a non-living character Mr. Pneumonia. Johnsy and Sue are roommates. Johnsy falls ill and she binds herself with such a fancy that she well die with the fallen of last ivy leaf. But Sue, the very optimist, …
Month: August 2011
The Gift of The Magi Summary Inroduction: William Sydney porter was an American short story writer. He acquired the pseudonym from a warder called Orrin Henry. Henry published ten collections and over 600 short stories during his life time. He worked as a reporter and a columnist in a local news paper agency. ‘The gift of …
Asking if someone approves: Do you think they’re all right? Are you in favors of…? Are you for…? Could I ask if you approve of the project? Do you approve? Saying you approve: …’s very good. I’m very please/happy about… That’s a great ideal! (personal) I entirely approve of the plan. I can thoroughly recommend… …
Introduction and overview Humans are curious by nature. They have sought to explore the reality of their creation. All religious doctrines, philosophical and scientific theories are the result of curiosity about the man. Journey to investigate the reality is quite old, but has remained as the history of Greek civilization; it seems that the starting …
“The Poetics” is primarily about the Tragedy that is considered the highest form of poetry. Abercrombie says: “But the theory of Tragedy developed with such vision and understanding and becomes the kind of theory of literature.” Aristotle shows that imitation is the common basis of all the fine arts, which differ in their imitation of …