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‘Candida’ is a comedy by George Bernard Shaw. It is one of his ‘Pleasant Plays’ and questions Victorian conceptions of love and the domestic role of women.
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Among the options provided in this specific question context (where Wordsworth is absent), Shakespeare is often selected in local exams for his deep insight into human nature, though Wordsworth is the historical ‘Poet of Nature’.
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‘Tale’ is a generic term for a story or narrative, not a specific technical form of poetry like the sonnet, ballad, or epic, which have distinct structural rules and conventions.
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‘Romeo and Juliet’ is one of Shakespeare's most famous tragedies. It tells the story of two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families.
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John Milton wrote ‘Paradise Lost’, an epic poem in blank verse. Published in 1667, it concerns the biblical story of the Fall of Man and justifies the ways of God to men.
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This famous epigram is written by Alexander Pope in his poem ‘An Essay on Criticism’ (1711). It highlights the natural tendency of humans to make mistakes and the god-like quality of forgiveness.
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‘Romeo and Juliet’ is a play by William Shakespeare. ‘Sons and Lovers’ is by D.H. Lawrence, ‘Pride and Prejudice’ by Jane Austen, and ‘Man and Superman’ by G.B. Shaw.
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‘Saint Joan’ is a play by George Bernard Shaw, premiering in 1923. It chronicles the life of Joan of Arc and is considered one of Shaw's greatest works, leading to his Nobel Prize.
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‘On His Blindness’ (Sonnet XIX) is one of the best-known sonnets by John Milton. It reflects on his physical blindness and his struggle to reconcile his disability with his desire to serve God.
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Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) was a renowned American novelist and humorist, famous for works like ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ and ‘The Adventures of Tom Sawyer’.