Darwin’s Theory of Evolution and The Victorian Crisis of Faith: A Critical Reading of Dover Beach

Throughout time many men in many cultures have suffered of a crisis of faith. Because of what they see around them they begin doubting that there may be a kind and ever present god watching over the world. The victorian period was no exception. The Victorian Era, because of Darwin’s papers on evolution, was a period when the religious crisis was in the core of every man’s heart. Matthew Arnold, a poet of the victorian era, is often considered the spokesperson for those who suffer through a crisis of faith. It may be that even now, in the 21st century, some may learn insights to life because of his poetry.

Writing Short Stories for Exams

Nothing buggers me more than writing a short story for exams. We have a set time to complete the writing and we don't know what the prompt is going to be. Sometimes the story turns out fine right from the beginning, while at other times, the story takes a new form somewhere at the middle. So to help tackle this, Kezang Choden, a student from RTC gives us her take on writing effective short stories for exams. The following is her tried and tested method which will certainly help many students.

Commonly Confused Expressions

Here is a quick overview of some phrases and expressions that are commonly confused by students of English language and literature in Bhutanese schools.

Dawa: The Story of a Stray Dog in Bhutan

Dawa: The Story of a Stray Dog in Bhutan is a novel authored by Kunzang Choden. This is a prescribed text for class IXs in Bhutanese schools, as part of their English literature curriculum. The following is a review initially written by Jigme Wangchuk, a teacher of Drugyal high school in Paro. Where possible, amendments and additional resources had been sourced to make the interpretations and explanations as simple as possible.

The Giver

The Giver is authored by Lois Lowry, and a requisite text for class Xs in Bhutan. This is the second novel that is introduced formally to high-school students in Bhutan. The following post gives a brief background of the novel.

Once upon a Greek stage

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Summary

Oedipus and Jocasta had been the king and the Queen of Thebes respectively. There were four children in the royal family; Antigone, Ismene her sister and two brothers Polynices and Eteocles; who were twins. When King Oedipus and Jocasta died, the twin sons were both eligible to succeed their father and both of them wanted to rule Thebes.

Later they came up with what seemed like a reasonable solution. Eteocles was to rule for one year and Polynices for the next. Whichever one was having his year off was to leave Thebes. But it didn’t work. It was full of loopholes. When Eteocles year of ruling was over, he decided he didn’t want to give up the throne. Polynices wasn’t about to let him away with that. So, he gathered an army and attacked Thebes. Somehow in the scuffle, he and Eteocles got into a hand to hand fight right at the edge of the city and killed each other.