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A Wedding in Brownsville By Isaac Bashevis Singer

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A Wedding in Brownsville By Isaac Bashevis Singer Isaac Bashevis Singer (1903-1991) was a Polish-American writer and Nobel Prize-winning author known for his Yiddish-language stories that explore Jewish life, folklore, and themes of spirituality, identity, and morality. His works often delve into the complexities of human nature, blending realism with mysticism. In his story, “A Wedding in Brownsville,” Singer tells the tale of a man named Dr. Margolin, who returns to Brooklyn’s Brownsville neighborhood for a wedding after many years. As he reconnects with familiar faces, he is haunted by memories of his past, including lost love and the horrors of the Holocaust. The story explores themes of memory, guilt, and the enduring impact of trauma on personal identity and relationships. Q: Who were the Senciminers? Ans. Sencimineers were Jewish villagers from the town of Sencimin, where Dr. Margolin once lived. They are now dispersed due to the devastation of WW II, and some of them attend th...
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Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus summary of the text

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  Summary Kratos  and  Bia , the servants of  Zeus , arrive at the top of the Scythian mountains, the very edge of Greek civilization, with  Hephaistos  and a captive  Prometheus . “Hephaistos,” Kratos says, “you must carry out the Father’s will / and bind the criminal to this steep looming rock / with  chains  of adamant, unbreakable.” It was the “flower” of Hephaistos, the “bright and dancing  fire ,” that Prometheus has stolen and given to humankind; thus, it is Hephaistos whom Zeus has ordered to bind Prometheus. Because  Prometheus  has stolen  fire , he must “pay / the price to all the gods, that he may learn / to love the tyranny of  Zeus  / and quit his friendship with the human race.”  Hephaistos  doesn’t want to  chain  Prometheus to the rock, but “Necessity compels [him] to it.” Hephaistos is forced by the same “power that holds [Prometheus] captive,” and he has little choice in...
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