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The King and the Queen by Rabindranath Tagore | Summary | Phoenix of literature

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     ā€œThe King and the Queenā€             -Rabindranath Tagore Kings are never without flatterers to seduce them, ambition to deprive them and desires to corrupt them.                        - Plato   ā€œThe King and the Queenā€ was written by Rabindranath Tagore. He was a Bengali playwright, philosopher, writer, poet, painter, educationist, social reformer etc... He got Nobel Prize in literature in 1913 for his collection of poems ā€˜Gitanjaliā€™. He is known as the ā€œBard of Bengaliā€ because of his huge contribution in Bengal literature. His themes are mostly based on God, divinity, womenā€™s suffering, beauty of nature and the connection between human and nature. He praises the almighty god and Mother Nature in most of his works. This play has two acts. It was published in the year of 1889. Act I begins with the conversation between the King Vikram and the Queen Sumitra in the palac...

Mcq on Jeremy Collier | 1650 - 1726 | Restoration Age | English literature | Phoenix of literature

  RESTORATION AGE (1600 ā€“ 1700) MCQ on JEREMY COLLIER (1650 ā€“ 1726) 1.       Who is Jeremy Collier?   a)     Poet b)     Dramatist c)      Theatre Critic d)     Novelist   2.      Jeremy Collier is well known for his ------------work.   a)     Ecclesiastical History of Great Britain b)     Defence of the Short View c)      Communion Office d)     Reasons for Restoring Some Prayers   3.      ā€œEcclesiastical History of Great Britainā€ by Collier was published in the year of -------------.   a)     1708 b)     1808 c)      1608 d)     1508   4.      Jeremy Collierā€™s ā€œShort view of the Immortality and Profaneness of the English Stageā€ (1698) attacked ---------------.   a) ...