Postcolonialism in Jane Eyre
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Who Is The Real Monster?
This paper will study the concept of Wild/Feral Child, in context with the Frankenstein novel by Mary Shelley and will further look into the idea of monster and will study the real life cases of Wild Children and finally will check the overall growth of the Frankenstein. Who is Mary Shelley and what inspired her to write Frankenstein? Mary Shelley was an English novelist and short story writer and is best known for her novel Frankenstein. Also her parents were a major influence, as they were both famous writers and philosophers. Mary Shelley was inspired, by the scientific and political revolutions that were taking place at the time. When the novel was written, in June 1816, she was staying in Geneva, Switzerland with the famous lord Byron. Here she was then challenged to write a gothic horror genre book. During her at Geneva, with a professor and her husband, one night they had a ghost story competition following this she started getting a terrifying...
Modernism in Vijay Tendulkar's "Ghashiram kotwal".
Vijay Tendulkar (1928-2008) is ranked as one of the three maestros of Indian theatre–Girish Karnad and Badal Sircar may be taken as the other two. Tendulkar has been persistent in incorporating new form and techniques in his theatre to make it both philosophically thought provoking and aesthetically satisfying. His theatre is appealing both to the common audience and intellectual theatre critics. Vijay Tendulkar, the well-known playwright has written Ghashiram Kotwal in Marathi (first published, 1973). It has been translated into different languages-the Hindi translation was done by Vasant Dev (Delhi, 1974). Jayant Karve and an American professor Eleanor Zelliot have jointly translated Ghashiram Kotwal from the Marathi into English (Calcutta, 1984). The play was first performed on 16 December, 1972 at Bharat Natya Mandir, Pune by the Progressive Dramatic Association. But after nineteen successful performances, the play was banned on the grounds that: the portrayal of N...
Understanding War through Poetry
I am not protesting against the conduct of the war, but against the political errors and insincerities for which the fighting men are being sacrificed. ~Siegfried Loraine Sassoon After reading the above quote one can conjecture Sassoon's view on War and what kind of poems he has written. So through this paper we will be looking into the reasons for war, its affects on soldiers, people living during this era, and will further look into what the other writers had to say about it and the two variants of War Poetry. War literature is a work about war. It is a literary work, who's primary action takes place on a battlefield, or in a civilian setting (or home front), where the characters are preoccupied with the preparations for, suffering the effects of, or recovering from war. The First World War of 1914-18 left its fierce and it's permanent influence on...
Rebirth of William Shakespeare's Othello.
The Guinness book of records listed 410 feature length film and television of William Shakespeare's plays, making Shakespeare the most filmed author ever in any language. Shakespeare through his plays has illustrated many significant stages of human life, which is why they're repeatedly studied and enjoyed till date. Shakespearean plays are universal and were meant for stages, however some of the film directors have adopted them into modern cinema. To study the Pop culture of adaptations, we'll be studying Omkara, a Bollywood remake of Othello directed by Vishal Bhardwaj, which is considered to be the best example of adaptation in Hindi film industry. Othello (The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice) is a tragedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1603. The play is based on the story of Un Capitano Moro ("A Moorish Captain") by Cinthio. Set in Venice and on the island of Cyprus in the mid-1500s, Othello is the tragic story of a ...