English Literature Made Easy for Students

‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’ by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Chapter One Importance of the title of the first scene or the opening scene of the first chapter. Ans. The title ‘Sherlock Holmes’ given to the first chapter of the novel is quite appropriate. After  reading it, we come to know that Sherlock Holmes is going to play a pivotal (important) role in the novel. This chapter also introduces us with another character whose name is Dr. Watson,  who is an assistant to Sherlock Holmes. This character has been introduced here to highlight the outstanding qualities of the main character, Sherlock Holmes. The situation is that a person,  whose name they come to know in the later part of this chapter, visits their office in their  absence. His stick is found in the office. Now they are to reveal the mystery of that stick. They forward inferences according to their understanding. Dr. watson’s observations prove to  be erroneous and Sherlock Holmes studies the cas...

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                  The Merchant of Venice: Detailed Summary   Act I Dear students I am going to discuss the detailed summary of Shakespeare’s play, ‘The Merchant of Venice’. Let’s begin Act I Scene (i). The scene opens in a street of Venice where Salarino, is talking to Antonio, one of the main characters of the play. We also find another character Solanio standing there. Antonio is unable to understand as to why he is sad on that day. Solarino tells Antonio that the reasons behind his sadness might be the ships which were in the sea full of loads of spices and other material. Solanio also supports Solarino’s view. Then Solarino speaks about the dangers of sea in the context of ships’ owners, who invest a lot of money on their ships. He quotes examples to prove as to how the investors feel worried. But Antonio rejects all these speculations on the reasons behind his sadness. Rather he is confident that God is there to sa...