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- John Milton is called Epic Poet.
- He is also called 'A great master of verse in Puritan Period'.
-  His famous epics:
- Paradise Lost,
- Paradise Regained.
- 'Lycidas' is his famous Elegy.
Paradise Lost, epic poem in blank verse, one of the late works by John Milton.
Many scholars consider Paradise Lost to be one of the greatest poems in the English language. It tells the biblical story of the fall from grace of Adam and Eve (and, by extension, all humanity) in language that is a supreme achievement of rhythm and sound.
The main characters in the poem are:
- God,
- Lucifer (Satan),
- Adam, and
- Eve.

[Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr. M Mofizar Rahman and Encyclopedia of Britannica.]

"Corruption wins not more than honesty." - এটি William Shakespeare রচিত নাটক Henry VIII থেকে নেওয়া হয়েছে।

• Henry VIII:
- উইলিয়াম শেক্সপিয়রের একটি Chronicle play.
- পাঁচ অঙ্কে রচিত, যা ১৬১৩ সালে মঞ্চস্থ হয় এবং ১৬২৩ সালে First Folio তে প্রকাশিত হয় লেখকের নিজস্ব পাণ্ডুলিপির প্রতিলিপি থেকে।
- নাটকটির প্রধান উৎস ছিল Raphael Holinshed Chronicles.
 
Source: Britannica.

Ben Jonson, byname of Benjamin Jonson is an English Stuart dramatist, lyric poet, and literary critic.
He is generally regarded as the second most important English dramatist, after William Shakespeare, during the reign of James I.

His notable Works:
• Bartholomew Fair
• Catiline
• Cynthia’s Revels
• Epicœne; or, The Silent Woman
• Every Man in His Humour
• Every Man out of His Humour
• Sejanus
• The Alchemist
• The Masque of Blackness
• The Poetaster
• Timber: or, Discoveries
• Volpone

 'Celia' is an important character in the play Volpone by Ben Johnson.
 Other important characters are: Volpone, Mosca, Bonario, Corvino, Voltore.

Celia is one of the important characters of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
Celia is the daughter of Duke Frederick and niece of the banished Duke Senior. Celia and Rosalind are cousins but they have sisterly affection.

[Source: Britannica}]

Celia চরিত্রটি Ben Johnson এর Volpone নাটকের পাশাপাশি Shakespeare এর As You Like It কমেডিতে রয়েছে।
সুতরাং, এই চরিত্রটির স্রষ্টা Ben Johnson ও William Shakespeare দুজনেই।
যেহেতু অপশনে দ্বৈত উত্তর রয়েছে, তাই বাতিল করা হয়েছে।

• Othello is a famous tragedy of William Shakespeare.
• The important character of Othello:
- Othello,
- Desdemona,
- Brabantio,
- Iago,
- Cassio,
- Emilia
- Roderigo,
- Clown etc.
 
Merchant of Venice : Shylock, Portia, Antonio, Bassanio, Jessica.
The Tempest : Prospero, Caliban, Ariel, Miranda, Ferdinand.
 
[Source : Britannica ,sparknotes.com] 

John Webster was an English Jacobean dramatist best known for his tragedies.
Famous Tragedies of John Webster:
- The White Devils
- The Devil's Law Case
- The Duchess of Malfi

The Duchess of Malfi, five-act tragedy by English dramatist John Webster.
Characters:
-The Duchess of Malfi
-Ferdinand
-Cardinal
-Bosola
-Delio
-Antonio

[Source: Britannica and SparkNotes]

- 'Wuthering Heights' is a famous novel which was written by Emily Bronte.
- Important characters of this novel:
- Heathcliff,
- Lockwood,
- Catherine Earnshaw etc.
- The central character of 'Wuthering Heights' is Heathcliff.
 
[Source: Encyclopedia of Britannica.]

Oliver Twist, in full Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy’s Progress, novel by Charles Dickens, published serially under the pseudonym “Boz” from 1837 to 1839 in Bentley’s Miscellany and in a three-volume book in 1838. The novel was the first of the author’s works to realistically depict the impoverished London underworld and to illustrate his belief that poverty leads to crime.

Important characters of Oliver Twists:
- Artful Dodger,
- Mr. Brownlow,
- Mr. Bumble,
- Noah Claypole,
- Jack Dawkin,
- Toby Crackit,
- Agnes Fleming,
- Fagin
 
- Fagin is a criminal.  He is the leader and father figure to a gang of young thieves. He rarely commits crimes himself, instead he employs others to commit crimes on his behalf.
- Agnes Fleming is Oliver’s mother


[ Source: charlesdickensinfo.com , Britannica]