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William Congreve was a famous English poet and a playwright. He was born on 24th of January, 1670 in Bradsey Grange, on an estate near Ledston, West riding of Yorkshire. Colonel William Congreve and Mary Browning were his parents who moved to London in the year 1672. He started education at Kilkeny College. Later he … Read more
The way of the world is a story written by William Congreve in which a young man named Mirabell loves Millamant who is the niece of Lady Wishfort. Lady Wishfort holds the control over Millamant’s jewels and fortune and will hand it over to her only if she marries a man of her choice. So, … Read more
Death Be Not Proud is holy poem written by John Donne in which he addresses death. Normally death is considered to be ‘mighty and dreadful’ but actually it is neither ‘mighty’ nor ‘dreadful’. Therefore, it should not be proud of itself. According to Donne to those whom death is supposed to kill are not killed … Read more
John Donne was an English poet, scholar who was born on 22nd of January 1572. He was born in a Catholic family and later became a cleric in the Church of England. He was educated privately in the beginning, but in the year 1583 when Donne was 11 he began studying at Hart Hall … Read more
Doctor Faustus is a play written by Christopher Marlowe and published in the year 1604. Faustus was a German scholar and was dissatisfied with the knowledge he had. He was attracted towards magic. So his his friends Valdes and Cornelius started to teach him magic which was used to summon a devil named Mephistopheles. … Read more
Christopher Marlowe was also known as the “Father of English Drama”.He was born on 26th February 1564. He was a famous playwright, poet and a translator of the Elizabethan period. He was also known as the predecessor of William Shakespeare as Marlowe influenced him a lot. He was the son of a shoe maker … Read more