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Critical Study about the Colonialism in “Heart of Darkness”
Joseph Conrad was a famous novelist in the English literature. His famous novel “Heart of Darkness” (1902) is the exploration of complex human nature as well as the relevant matter of colonialism.
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Samuel Johnson is a successful critic or not?
Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784), a poet, moralist, literary critic, editor and lexicographer, is a pillar of the neo-classical school. He is famous for his critiques on Shakespeare’s plays.
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Demerits of Shakespeare according to Dr. Samuel Johnson
If Shakespeare has his excellence, he has his faults too, and his faults can by no means be lightly dismissed.
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Merits of Shakespeare according to “Preface to Shakespeare”
Samuel Johnson's views are colored by the critical creed of his time, the rules of neo-classicism. In his "Preface", He firstly considers the excellence of Shakespeare, then turns to his defects.
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Analysis of the plot of “Othello”
Shakespeare wrote his dramas in Elizabethan age and this age was famous for domestic tragedy. Othello appears like a domestic tragedy because its theme is the murder of a wife by her husband.