LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

   A STUDY ON   JULIUS CAESAR   BY SHAKESPEARE.  A SCAN ON THE DRAMA 1.TOTAL NO OF ACTS : FIVE. 2.TOTAL NO OF SCENES : EIGHTEEN 3.THE LONGEST ACT IN THE PLAY: ACT III 4. THE SHORTEST ACT IN THE PLAY: ACT V 5. MURDERS IN THE PLAY :  Julius Caesar Cinna 6. SUICIDES IN THE PLAY Portia cassius Titinius Brutus 7. MAJOR MALE CHARACTERS: Julius Caesar Marcus Brutus Cassius  Mark Antony Casca  Flavius and Marullus Octavius  Lepidus 8. FEMALE CHARACTERS : Calpurnia , W/O Caesar . Portia, W/O Brutus\ 9.TOTAL NO OF SOLILOQUIES : SIXTEEN 10. THE FAMOUS SCENES : the conspiracy  the murder  the storm scene 11.THE STORY TAKEN : PLUTARCH’S ‘‘ LIVES OF THE NOBLE GRECIANS AND ROMANCE’’ IN 1579 12. FIRST PUBLISH : IN 1923, THE CAMBRIDGE INTRODUCTION TO SHAKESPEARE’S TRAGEDIES. 13. FIRST STAGED : THE GLOBAL THEATER, IN 1599( MAY BE)            CHARACTER SKETCHES Julius Caesar : Everybody think...

    COMPREHENSION TEST   EXERCISE –1 Read the following passage and answer the questions given below: The West Bengal Government has not accomplished much in the fields of pollution control and municipal activities owing to shortage of funds, the State Minister for Environment said. Inaugurating a seminar on ‘Environment pollution, Afforestation and Urban Development jointly organized by the State Social Forestry Development and s local club in Barisha, the Minister said that though industries were mainly responsible for water and pollution and entrepreneurs were generally apathetic to pollution control measures , common people should also be conscious about the health hazards caused by pollution. He stated that the Government has taken up various schemes for pollution control and urban development . He applauded the Union Government Scheme to clean the Ganga. Dr. Tarak Mohan Das, eminent environmentalist said that inordinate use of pesticides and fertilizers wa...