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Who Is The Real Monster?

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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".

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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...