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An Avenger - A Summary ‘An Avenger’ is a short story written by Anton Chekov. He was a Russian playwright and short story writer, who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short fiction in history. The story revolves around a man named Sigaev. This short story is basically a small instance in the life of a Russian man which is been highlighted in the form of a story. In the story we find Sigaev standing in a shop named ‘Schmuck and Co.’s’, which sells revolvers, guns, and other weapons. Sigaev is seen to be filled with wrath and grief. The cause of his emotions is highlighted in the story in its very first line which says ‘Flagrante delicto Fyodor Fyodorovitch’ which means to catch someone Red-handed and in the context of this story it is his unfaithful wife who is been caught. Hence, he was in the weapon shop to buy one and murder his wife and her lover. He wanted to be an avenger of all those citizens and men who had faced this kind of a betrayal from their spou...

AN AVENGER SUMMARY In An Avenger by Anton Chekhov we have the theme of infidelity, trust, revenge, shame and pride Taken from his The Complete Short Stories collection the story is narrated in the third person by an unnamed narrator and from the beginning of the story it becomes clear to the reader that Chekhov may be exploring the theme of infidelity. Sigaev’s wife has been unfaithful to him. Hence his visit to the gun shops. Sigaev wants to exact revenge on both his wife and his wife’s lover. However it is also noticeable that at times he also considers killing himself after he has killed his wife and her lover. This may be important as Sigaev appears to be looking for sympathy from others when it comes to killing himself. He wants to let others know that he is the offended party. That he himself has done nothing wrong and that the onus of responsibility lies with his wife and her lover. They are the guilty parties and their tryst or romantic engagements have driven him t...

Add-English Assignment for CIA-1 Marriage as a private affiar                                                                     -Chinua chebe                                                                         We have made this assignment in a group as we have divided each section to our individual member of our group. Each section is done with thorough reading and preparation. 1.) Introduction Marriage is a Private Affair is a Story about a Father named Okeke who is trying to find his son a wife who will suit him. Little did he know that he wanted to Marry someone else who his father did not approve of. This leads t...

Faux I reach out at blurry images Eyes moving on their own The blurs are beautiful I slur I confess My devices fail me, I feel All powerful I walk in with familiars Inhibited, worried, comfortable Jaw hurting, muscles don’t lie The eye cannot glitter yet The eye opens weary I command my lethargy The eye glitters no more I remember cracking Slipping through myself Falling, failing, flailing I am plated Guilt toys with me Cringes cement I toy with friends Pedestal myself Empathy is poured out Blind of their humanity Muscles don’t lie Jaw is relaxed Contempt is poured in I pick them apart I pick myself apart Jaw hurting, muscles don’t lie I cleanse discontent To lose little to have none Inhibited, worried, comfortable Is better - 4PME : Sreehari Jayaram, Harshit Kathayat, Jasmit Kaur Shagun Thakur, Anoushka Mandal

The Train from Rhodesia The train from Rhodesia stops briefly at a station, its wheels are checked and bread is delivered to the station master’s wife and handouts are given out to the local poor and various artisans circle the bogey to sell their crafts. The story then focuses on a young woman who is looking out of a window of the train admiring a beautifully carved lion. The lion is described to its last detail and it shows the care and love the artisan put into the making of the lion. The woman who is the wife in the story is joined with her young husband in admiring the lion and they enquire the price and decides on the fact that the price is too high for them because of all the other crafts she purchased on their trip. She goes back inside the compartment and soon is in deep thought of the lion with the real fur mane and the black tongue. However, soon she gets immersed in deeper thoughts. It becomes apparent that this train ride is the end of their honeymoon t...

The Choice of Marriage: A Dream How many times have you heard your family, friends, or random neighbours talking about a rather unfortunate boy or girl, in a small village or a big, bustling city, getting threatened, beaten up, or right out thrown out of their home just for expressing desire to marry someone they love? Even though it might be true that parents will always want the best for their child, but sometimes the will of parents becomes too much an overbearing burden for their children. It so happens, that caste and religion are two very important factors for the Indian society when it comes to marriage. Everyone wants their children to marry into families that belong to their ‘gotra’ , just because it would kill their supposed honour in the society if their child marries a man or woman from a lower caste. Every religion speaks of spreading love, but our society, like blatant hypocrites, openly defy the teachings of religion, of education, of globalization, and...

About the author: Octavio Paz was born in 1914 in Mexico City. He was a Mexican poet and diplomat. On his father's side, his grandfather was one of the first authors to write a novel with an expressly Indian theme. Thanks to his grandfather's extensive library, Paz came into early contact with literature. Like his grandfather, his father was also an active political journalist. In 1937, Paz travelled to Valencia, Spain, to participate in the Second International Congress of Anti-Fascist Writers. Upon his return to Mexico in 1938, he became one of the founders of the journal, Taller (Workshop), a magazine which signaled the emergence of a new generation of writers in Mexico. In 1943, he travelled to the USA on a Guggenheim Fellowship where he became immersed in Anglo-American Modernist poetry; two years later, he entered the Mexican diplomatic service and was sent to France, where he wrote his fundamental study of Mexican identity, The Labyrinth of Solitude , and actively...