Sushovan Pal

  Julius Caesar, Act 1, Scene 3 **(Thunder and lightning. Enter Casca and Cicero)**   **Cicero:**   *Good even, Casca. Brought you Caesar home?   Why are you breathless? And why stare you so?*     **Explanation:**   Cicero greets Casca and inquires about Caesar, noticing that Casca appears shaken and breathless. This sets a tense atmosphere, hinting at the unusual events occurring that night.   ---   **Casca:**   *Are not you moved, when all the sway of earth   Shakes like a thing unfirm? O Cicero,   I have seen tempests, when the scolding winds   Have rived the knotty oaks; and I have seen   The ambitious ocean swell like mountains,   And yet I never saw the heavens so angry,   And the sky on fire with the angry gods.*     **Explanation:**   Casca expresses his fear about the unnatural occurrences in the sky, suggesting that they signify divine an...

  Julius Caesar, Act 1, Scene 2     **(Enter Caesar, Antony, Calpurnia, Portia, Decius, Cicero, Brutus, Cassius, Casca, and a Soothsayer)**   **Caesar:**   *Calpurnia!*     **Explanation:**   Caesar calls for his wife, Calpurnia, indicating his affection and the importance of her presence during the festivities.   ---   **Casca:**   *Peace, ho! Caesar speaks.*     **Explanation:**   Casca urges the crowd to be quiet and pay attention to Caesar, showing the respect and authority Caesar commands.   ---   **Caesar:**   *Calpurnia!*     **Explanation:**   Caesar repeats her name, demonstrating his focus on her and perhaps his desire for her to participate in the ceremonial activities.   ---   **Calpurnia:**   *Here, my lord.*     **Explanation:**   Calpurnia responds promptly to Caesar’s call, high...

  Act 1, Scene 1 of *Julius Caesar*, featuring the ### Original Text and Explanation   **(Enter Flavius, Marullus, and a Commoner)**   **Flavius:**   *Hence! Home, you idle creatures, get you home!   Is this a holiday? What, know you not,   Being mechanical, you ought not walk   Upon a laboring day without the sign   Of your profession? Speak, what trade art thou?*     **Explanation:**   Flavius addresses the commoners harshly, telling them to go home and questioning why they are out celebrating. He emphasizes that they should not be idle on a working day and demands to know their trades.   ---   **Commoner:**   *Why, sir, a carpenter.*     **Explanation:**   The commoner responds that he is a carpenter, indicating his trade and status in society.   ---   **Flavius:**   *Where is thy leather apron and thy rule?   What dost thou w...

  ### English Literature Syllabus Overview for Class 9 (ICSE 2025) - **Drama**:   - *Julius Caesar* - William Shakespeare (Acts I & II) - **Prose**:   - A selection from various authors, including:     - "Bonku Babu's Friend" by Satyajit Ray     - "Oliver Asks for More" by Charles Dickens     - "The Model Millionaire" by Oscar Wilde     - "Home-coming" by Rabindranath Tagore     - "The Boy who Broke the Bank" by Ruskin Bond - **Poetry**:   - Various poems including:     - "The Night Mail" by W.H. Auden     - "Skimbleshanks: The Railway Cat" by T.S. Eliot     - "I Remember, I Remember" by Thomas Hood     - "A Doctor’s Journal Entry for August 6, 1945" by Vikram Seth     - "A Work of Artifice" by Marge Piercy  

 

  Simple Present Tense   1. আমি বই পড়ি। (read-read-read)   2. তুমি গান গাও। (sing-sang-sung)   3. সে রান্না করে। (cook-cooked-cooked)   4. আমরা স্কুল যাই। (go-went-gone)   5. তারা খেলা দেখে। (watch-watched-watched)   6. আমি জল খাই। (drink-drank-drunk)   7. তুমি ছবি আঁকো। (draw-drew-drawn)   8. সে হাঁটে। (walk-walked-walked)   9. আমরা কাজ করি। (work-worked-worked)   10. তারা গল্প বলে। (tell-told-told)   11. আমি গান শোনি। (listen-listened-listened)   12. তুমি খেলনা নিয়ে খেলো। (play-played-played)   13. সে ছবি তোলে। (take-took-taken)   14. আমরা বাজার যাই। (go-went-gone)   15. তারা চিঠি লেখে। (write-wrote-written)   16. আমি ফুল চিনি। (know-knew-known)   17. তুমি সাঁতার কাটো। (swim-swam-swum)   18. সে পড়াশোনা করে। (study-studied-studied)   19. আমরা সিনেমা দেখি। (see-saw-seen)   20. তারা গা...