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KFP Tuhin's Academy : English & Literature

Write down the symbolic meaning of ivory in’’ Heart of Darkness’’?


Ivory is the hard substance that is collected from the tusks of the elephant.
It is used to make expensive ornaments and many other luxurious items. In the novel ‘’ Heart of Darkness” ivory symbolizes greed for power and wealth.
The Belgian trading company reached Congo on a mission of civilization, but they engaged themselves in collecting ivory through the help of native people; this activity indicated that the white people were forgetting their aim in Congo. They were overshadowed by greed and desire, like them every human being indulged wrong way to get financial and personal benefits.
Mr. Kurtz, an agent of a Belgian trading company, was the highest collector of ivory. Forgetting his mission, he enjoyed the wildlife, and with the touch of wild people and the environment, he became a demon. Greed for wealth exists in every human soul. It is the congenial situation that helps to bring out that greed in human beings.

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KFP Tuhin's Academy : English & Literature

What type of writing is Sons and Lovers?
It is a psychological novel. It is also an autobiographical element of his own life; in this novel, he was influenced by the modern psychiatrist, Freud. The man-woman relationship gained importance in his novel.

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What is the Oedipus complex in ‘Sons and Lovers’?
The theory ‘Oedipus complex’ was established by D.H. Lawrence in his novel Sons and Lovers. According to the theory, when a mother feels excessive emotion for her sons, it is called the Oedipus complex. In ‘Sons and Lovers’, the mother and sons are in a deeper relationship than others in the family. In this theory, he was influenced by Freud.

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Where is the title taken ‘The Grass is Singing’?
The title is taken from T.S. Eliot's poem 'The Wasteland'. It is a psychological novel where the writer’s semi-autobiography is presented to portray the colonial power.

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KFP Tuhin's Academy : English & Literature

How did the writer present white imperialism in the novel ‘The Grass is Singing’?

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KFP Tuhin's Academy : English & Literature

Write down the significance of the title ‘A Passage to India’.
Passage means a linking road that connects two ways. But in this novel, ‘passage’ means the friendship between the Indians and the English people. At the beginning of the story, a friendship between the two nations is going to be established, but in the end, that friendship is not successful. So, the title indicates the friendship of English people with Indians.
The title was taken from Walt Whitman's poem ‘’Passage to India’’.

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KFP Tuhin's Academy : English & Literature

What type of novel is ‘A Passage to India’?


It is a novel about the impact of colonization on native Indian people. The novel presents the relationship between Anglo-India. (Anglo-Indians are a minority community in India of mixed British and Indian ancestry) The novel is divided into 3 parts—
1) Mosque
2) Caves
3) Temple
These 3 parts symbolize different seasons in India.
1) Spring, 2) summer, 3) monsoon, respectively.
The mosque symbolizes human beings' emotional nature, the cave symbolizes human beings' mystery or intellect, and the temple symbolizes devotion and love.

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KFP Tuhin's Academy : English & Literature

Heart of Darkness
--Joseph Conrad

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The Grass is Singing
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