As the object of close reading in this article, I have chosen Oscar Wilde’s masterpiece The Picture of Dorian Gray (TPDG). Even though, I have not been able to find a wide range of analysis of Wilde’s work, I myself have studied different kinds of criticisms that may as well be applied when examining the […]

In this article I propose to examine Middle English through one of William Shakespeare’s dramas, Othello. The extracts are taken from Act III.3, and Act IV.2.

I. Morphology
I.1. Verbal forms
I.1.1. Personal Endings
By the end of the Middle English period, the -e suffix in the first person
singular present indicative was lost. In the second person singular […]