JULIUS CAESAR

SUMMARY

Its quite a disturbing night.Neither heaven nor earth have been at peace.Calpurnia caesar's wife cried out in sleep .She saw a nightmare that caesar will be murder and she shout help ho. she recounts horrid sight seen by the watchman.A lioness gives birth in the streets.Graves open.The dead bodies come out .Fiery warriors fight upon the clouds.The blood was dropping on the capitol.Horses neigh and dying men groan.Decius brutus ,one of the conspirators come to take caesar to capitol because they has made a plan to kill caesar.But caesar told brutus that he can't come because his wife saw a nightmare .She saw my statue having spouts and lusty romans are dipping handerchief in my blood.but brutus misinterpret the nightmare by saying that the romans are dipping the handkerchief so that to keep it as a mementos and are giving respect to you.And he said that the roman decide you to give crown if you will not go their mind can change.The caesar's mind change and decide to go the senate house.At senate metellus cimber falls on the knees to revoke his brother exile.But his answer was no and compare him to the pole star which is constant.First casca stab him followed by other conspirator.Antony presents himself before the conspirators.He offers himself to be killed there and then with his friend caesar.Brutus allow antony to publish his speak at the funeral.He was given some conditions to speak there.At his speech he indirectly blame brutus and call them butchers and call caesar body bleeding piece of earth.As he turn the mind of mob against the brutus and conspirator.He also attack at the greed of roman by telling them that caesar has left seventy five drachmas for every roman.The mob is convinced that caesar was not ambitious.At last roman decide to take revenge of caesar's death.

ENGLISH LITERATURE (10) HELPBOOK

OZYMANDIAS

SUMMARY

The poet met a traveller. He had returned from an ancient land.He narrated the poet what he saw there.He said that he saw two vast trunkless legs of stone standing in desert.Near them a shattered face of the statue laying half sunk in the sand.The lip of the face was wrinkled.The signs of contempt or cold command were also visible.They showed that the man whose was made was authoritative and was proud of his power.On the pedestal a brief account of the person was given.The man was ozymandias.He was a mighty ruler and called himself the king of king.He was proud of his mighty deeds and wonderful achievement.Not to talk of the powerful and mighty human being,even the mighty would be in deep despair,if he looked upon his great achievements.His statue the symbol of his power,authority and  glory lies broken on sand in desert Nothing left now except the boundlless and bare sand all around the shattered statue.

REFERENCE TO CONTEXT(RTC)

I met a traveller from an antique land

who said Two vast trunkless legs of stone 

stand in the desert . near them ,on the sand

half sunk, a shattered visage lies

Q. Whom does 'I'stand for?

Ans.I in above line stands for poet.

Q.What does "antique land" refer to?

Ans.'Antique land' refer to a land with an ancient civilization.

Q.What does the speaker mean by 'trunkless legs'?

Ans.'Trunkless leg' refer to the lower part of the body was on the statue and upper part was not there.