Thinking activity on wordsworth preface

● What is the basic difference between the poetic creed of " Classicism " and " Romanticism " ?

Answer : The basic difference between poetic creed of classicism and Romanticism :
 •  Classical writers were believed in intellectual but the Romantics writers were believed in imagination. They shift from intellect to imagination.
 •  Classical poets were followed classical masters like Plato , Aristotle,  Socrates but Romantics poets were followed medieval poets and writers.
 •  Romantic writers Were not believed any kind of restrictions but they believed in liberty and Freedom of emotions and imagination but classical writers believed in restrictions.
 •  In Classical works city or urban life represented where as in Romantic works rustic life and country side glorious life represented.
 • Classical writers were believed in objective and Romantic writers believed in subjective.
     So these are the basic difference of both writers . They have different approaches for life and different way to looking work. So they are two different ideology. They different for each other in techniques of writing and subject they choose.

● Why does wordsworth say what is poet rather than who is poet ?

Answer : wordsworth say what is poet rather than who is poet because he focus upon the role of poet.  A poet has a grater knowledge of human nature,  lively sensibility , used the words quite platonic and comprehensive soul . Poet creates the things which is not exist in the world. He habitually creates situation and passions where they do not exist . Poet is a human being which is far better and different than ordinary people.

● What is a poetic Diction?  Which poetic Diction is suggested by wordsworth in his preface? 

Answer :  Poetic Diction is a one kind of language used in poetry. It is unique style.wordsworth used the language which is "really used by men ".  He was talking about Humbel and rustic life men .there 's emotions are genuine.  So wordsworth suggested simple language which is used my men in day to day life . Specially the language of rustic people.


● What is a poetry?  

Answer :  wordsworth gives definition of poetry  :
 
    " Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings it takes origin from emotion recollected in tranquillity. "

     So poetry gives happiness and it related with human emotions and recollecting nature and recollection in tranquillity.


● Discuss ' Daffodils' I wondered lonely as a cloud with reference to wordsworth poetic creed.

Answer :  Wordsworth 's definition of poetry is related to one of his famous poem " Daffodils" . It is in four stanzas and first three stanzas are written the past tense and last one is in present tense. So he recollecting nature in the last stanza. It is also gives happiness which means the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings. It is also recollecting the emotions in tranquillity in the last stanza. It gives happiness to poet by recollecting the nature. 

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Pehredar piya ki progressive or regressive

Pehredar piya ki progressive or Regressive :

               Pehredar  piya ki  it is quite different theme than other serials.It is about 10 years old (Ratan)and 18 years old  (Diya).
                 I am not take side of anything because I believe that every coin has two sides it depends on the person what he want to see. Because of in this serial a girl is protect a boy we can't say it regressive. It shows the power of woman and also shows that boys have not only right to protecting a girl .A girl can also protect a boy .
                The other thing is that this show is showing child marriage.  But we can't say that it is a child marriage because both of them are not child.beacuse Diya is young girl and Ratan is child.
      I think we have not right to banned this serial but  people should teach their child what is right and what is wrong. To banned anything is not a solution of  any problem. We educated people not started banning of anything. If we not like anything that's not mean that we banned it.Think about that sometimes we not like some person so what ?should we banned them ? We have to start facing the reality of  life .

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● Aristotlelian Tragedy : 

 ● About Aristotle :

    Aristotle is a towering figure in ancient Greek philosophy, making contributions to logic, metaphysics, mathematics, physics, biology, botany, ethics, politics, agriculture, medicine, dance and theatre. He was a student of Plato who in turn studied under Socrates. He was more empirically-minded than Plato or Socrates and is famous for rejecting Plato's theory of forms.

      As a prolific writer and polymath, Aristotle radically transformed most, if not all, areas of knowledge he touched. It is no wonder that Aquinas referred to him simply as "The Philosopher." In his lifetime, Aristotle wrote as many as 200 treatises, of which only 31 survive. Unfortunately for us, these works are in the form of lecture notes and draft manuscripts never intended for general readership, so they do not demonstrate his reputed polished prose style which attracted many great followers, including the Roman Cicero. Aristotle was the first to classify areas of human knowledge into distinct disciplines such as mathematics, biology, and ethics.

      Aristotle famously rejected Plato’s theory of forms, which states that properties such as beauty are abstract universal entities that exist independent of the objects themselves. Instead, he argued that forms are intrinsic to the objects and cannot exist apart from them, and so must be studied in relation to them.

      ● Definition of Tragedy : 

                   " Tragedy is an imitation of an action  that is serious , complete and of a certain magnitude , in a  language embellished with each kind of artistic ornaments , the serval kinds bring found in separate parts of the play , in the form of action not of narrative, though pity and fear effecting the proper purgation catharsis of these and similar emotions. "

 ● Nature and function of Tragedy :

  This is a definition of tragedy. Every word of it is a pregnant meaning. Each word from it can be elaborated into a separate essay.

* Representative of life : 

      All art is representation or imitation of life , but it can't represent life in its whole. So in this artist has to be selecting in representation. He must choose best part of life. Every literature are represting life one or another way but it should be not whole part of life it should be selective and best part represting in literature.

* Action :

     In this action includes of all human activities including deeds , thoughts , feelings so in it includes every emotions and feeling. Soliloquy and chorus are also a part of action in tragedy. They make play understandable to audience. In tragedy action is the most important part .

* serious side of life : 

     Tragedy it self represting serious side of life.The writers of tragedy seeks to imitate the serious side of life. Just as a writer of comedy seeks to imitate only the superficial and shallow side. So writer of tragedy imitate serious side of life .

*  complete action : 

   In tragedy the tragic  section presented on the stage in drama or play should be completed or contained with a beginning , middle and an end . In a beginning is that before which the audience or reader doesn't need to be told anything to understand the story. If something more is required to understand the story than the beginning gives,  it is unsatisfactory.  It should be followed the middle. In their turn the events from the middle lead to the end . Thus , the  story becomes a compact.

   In the tragedy nothing that is unnecessary.  Every episode, Every character and dialogue in the play must carry step by step.  It should connected with logical. It must give the impression of wholeness at the end.

* certain magnitude :

   The play must have magnitude in a proper size or a reasonable length such as the mind may comprehended fully . It should not longer than about three hours or shorter than that longer duration may tire our patience and shorter doesn't make effective representations.

* language : 

  In the play language is important part . Language employed duly embellished and beautified with various artistic ornaments as for example rhythm , rhyme , harmony and songs and figurative speech.  In the tragedy the language of our daily use is not useful in tragedy because tragedy has to presented heightened picture of life 's serious side. So it is impossible if elevated language of poetry is used. According to need writer makes use of song , poetry , poetic language  and dialogues.

* Form of action not narration :

   In the tragedy action is most important than narration . It's manner of imitation should be action not narration as in the Epic , for it is means to be a dramatic represtation not a more story telling.  So in the tragedy action is most important part of tragedy.

*  Theory of catharsis : 

  The aim of tragedy is to shake up in the soul the impulses of pity and fear . In the tragedy most important function is catharsis.

  Meaning of catharsis :

   •  F.L. Lucas : there has been ago long controversy about Aristotle 's meaning.  He considered it as  ' Purification '  . It has been suggested that our pity and fear are purified  in the theatre by coming disinterested . It is bad to be selfishly sentimental , but it is good to pity  Othello and to fear for Hamlet .

    There is strong evidence that Catharsis means not' Purification ' but ' Purgation '. Aristotle 's  father of physician.  In Catharsis means ' purgation ' not in the modern but in the older and wider English sense which includes the partial removal of excess  ' humours '. The theory of humours is outdated in the medical science.

  The passion to be moderate are these of pity and fear.  The pity and fear to be moderated and it is important.  There can never be an excess in the pity . But there can be too much pity as an intense and helpless feeling. At the same time fear are to be moderated.  Aristotle specifically mentions 'sympathetic fear for the characters.'

      Truth of psychology as elucidated by Aristotle in his theory of Catharsis. It makes us critically aware of psychological process that contribute to the art experience of tragedy so while enjoying this experience we are not aware of these process. Pity alone would be sentimantaly and fear alone would make us cowards. But pity and fear and sympathy and terror together constitue the tragic feeling which is the most delightful though it is tearfully delightful.

● Aristotle 's six parts of tragedy :

1) Plot : 

 

                 

   Plot is the first principle of tragedy. The most important feature of tragedy so we can say that  " Plot is the soul of tragedy ". Aristotle defined plot as " The harmonious arrangement of incidents ". In this it is not the story itself but the way the incidents are presented to the audience and the structure of play . It depends on the  " cause and effect chain of action " . 

Plot 's following quality  : 

● The  plot must be whole with beginning,  middle and end . The beginning must start the cause and effect chain but it is not dependent on any outside. The middle must be caused by earlier incidents.  At the end should therefore silver the problem crated during the earliest moments.

● The plot must be complet having a unity of action.

● The plot must be of certain magnitude in both quantitatively  in length and complexity and qualitively in seriousness. Plot should be not brief .

● The plot may be either simple or complex. Complex is better than simple because simple plots have only a change of fortune. Complex plots have both ' reversal of intention ' and  ' recognition '.

● Principle of probability and necessity : The plot must deal with an action incidents and situations that is possible according to the low of probability and necessity. So there are following possibilities : Probable and possible , Probable but impossible,  improbable and possible, improbable and impossible.

 2) Character :

     

Character is the second important element of tragedy. Each of character has essential quality or nature  that is revealed in the plot .the characters  should have four important quality :

 A) Good or fine : November matter who they are but character should be good in some way.

B) Fitness of character :  The characters should be act appreciate for their gender and station in life.

C)  True to life : True to nature .

D) Consistency :  True to themselves.

E) Necessity or Probable : Character must be logically constructed according to the low of probability and necessity.

F) True to life yet more beautiful :  idealized

•  Tragic Hero : 

  1) Good man - coming to bad end . It is shocking and disturbs faith.

  2) Bad man   -  coming to good end .

  3) Bad man   - coming to bad end .

  4) Rather good man  - coming to bad end .

3) Thought : 

Thought is the important part of tragedy. Thought is the power of saying  what ever can be said and should be said at each moment of plot. Thought is the way to express the feeling towards audience.

4) Diction : 

Diction is the important for tragedy.  The use of good language make play successful.  Language is the important for any play.  It should highly oriented with each kind of artistic ornaments.

5) Melody : 

 Melody  and spectacles are accessories . Aristotle said that music has to blend with in the play appropriately. Melody and spectacles make difference between Epic and Tragedy .  Melody and spectacles should be appropriate to the theme of the play .

 6)  spectacles : 

Spectacles are also accessories of play. Spectacles played important part to make tragedy successful.  Spectacles make play interested . It should be according to theme of the play .

Conclusion : 

   So Aristotle gives a new way and definition to the tragedy.  He was  a Philosopher and looks for  ideal forms and trys to define a nature of tragedy and also define six important part of tragedy. He gives important of catharsis and Hamartia in the tragedy . Also the spectacles and melody make tragedy different from other parts of literature.  Tragedy it self a highest serious form of life .it was his view to see tragedy so latter on it also be called as " Aristotlelian Tragedy ".

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http://www.iep.utm.edu/aristotl/

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●》 Character Analysis of Raja Rao 's Kanthapura.

● Introduction :

Kanthapura is written by Raja Rao. He is one of the greatest Indian novelist writing in English language.  His first novel Kanthapura is a classic of the Gandhian movement a work which the gandhian struggle for independence. It is also a great village novel . A novel with the various facts of the village life , with its superstitions , religion , caste prejudice, blind faith , hills , pools , rivers and changing reasons.

Raja Rao possessed in the highest degree the gift of creating living characters. In this novel characters are sharply divided into the two groups.  The rules and satyagrahis on the other hand. The characters both major and minor are imparted life and vitality.

Characters of Kanthapura :

● Moorthy :

Moorthy is an educated  young man  of Kanthapura.  He is an ordinary young man with common human weakness. He is inspired by Mahatma Gandhi for that he gives up his study and become fighter for the cause of their  Motherland.  He is also called by people of Kanthapura as " Our Moorthy".

" Like a noble cow, quite , generous,  deferent, Brahminic, a very prince. "

He is considered as honest like an elephant. The impact of Gandhi 's personality has transformed him from a common village man into a young man capable for leadership and  self sacrifice and devotion ,Things that leadership needs. He never come in personal contact with Gandhi .But when Moorthy was in college he felt full force of Gandhi and walked out of it a Gandhi man. So in those days hundreds and thousands of young men give up their studies. Moorthy has numberous good qualities of head and heart . He has extraordinary capacity for inspiring the people . He works on three levels political, religious and social.  He works on these three levels for struggling in independent movement. He uses religion first in Kanthapura. Religion is the most powerful force in Kanthapura , so it's action begins with religion. He starting from invocation to ' Kenchamma Goddess to religious activities. Moorthy organises  the Gandhi - work in the village. He goes from door to door carring the message of Mahatma . He explains the important of 'khaddi ' and  'charkha'. He forms the Congress committee in the village. Range ,Gowda,  patel calls him as" learned master ". In the begging he turned hostile to the Gandhian movement. Once he heard Mahatma Gandhi in public meeting. He was very moved by his words. He decided to give up his foreign cloths and foreign education and took wearing Khadi Kurta and dhoti and he became a devoted follower of Mahatma.

He went every Quarter to tell about charkhas and advantages of Khadis. He went every Quarter of the village the Brahmin quarter, Pariah quarter, the sudra quarter.

" Sister, the Congress is giving away free spinning wheels . Will you spin , sister?  You see , you have nothing to do in afternoons after the vessels are washed and water drawn , and if you spin just one hour a day , you can have bodies - cloths of any colour or breadth you like , one bodies - cloth per month , and a sari every six months. And during the first month , the cotton is free ."

Moorthy visited Pariah quarter more and more. Some days later Narasamma told that swami has excommunicated. If Moorthy has not stop to visited to Pariah quarter he will be also excommunicate.so here this that night Narasamma rushed towards the river and fell down unconscious in field. She found dead in next morning. But after this he not stop to visit Pariah quarter. He played a vital role in awaking the people of Kanthapura and joined them into freedom movement. He is not afraid from Britishers after going into jail he continued his fight against Britishers.

● Patel Range Gowda : The tiger of the village :

Range Gowda is the patel of Kanthapura and a government servant. He is Gandhi man and supporter of Moorthy. He is in favour of Moorthy and is a considerable help to him in organising the Congress committee work in Kanthapura. He known as a ' Tiger of the village '. He is a man of commanding personality and have a powerful position in the village . Nothing can be done in the village without Range Gowda. He is also kind and sympathetic for poor. He helps to poor and needy and suffering of the village. He uses all the authority and influence in support of Moorthy. When Moorthy approaches him for help he says ,

" Do what you like , learned master . You know the things better than I do , and  I know you are not a man to spit on our confidence in you. If you think I should become a member of the Congress,  let me a member of the Congress. If you want me to be a slave , I shall be your slave."

He has more faith upon Moorthy and he was a strong supporter of Moorthy. When bade khan the policeman approaches him and requested him to arrange a house for him. He says that You should arrange house for me I am government servant so at that time he reply that :

" Yes , I am . But the Government does not pay me to find houses for the police . I am here to collect revenue."

This dialogue fully brings out the temper of the Patel. He helps Moorthy in various ways. He explains to the people the important of spinning and weaving, non violence and value and meaning of independence. During Moorthy 's period of imprisonment he boosts the morels of people, guides and encourage them .without his active help and co-operations  Moorthy would not have been so successful in his mission.

● Bhatta : The first Brahmin :

Bhatta is against of Moorthy and agent of the British government he appoint as to defeat the Gandhian movement. He is one of the  most interesting man in Kanthapura. Bhatta began life with loin cloth at his  waist and copper pot in his hand but today Bhatta means money and money means Bhatta. Narasimhaiah points out  that Bhatta is an unworthy husband too what with his lack of consideration for his wife at home. On the days he dines out his poor wife has only dal - soup and rice .when the master of the house is out , better not bother about the meal :

" On the nights of obesequial  dinners he eats so little,  and she doesn't think of dinner for herself and Bhatta has no thought of her ."

His wife dies soon and he marries to a girl twelve and half years old. Bhatta 's other social consideration hardly go further .

"  Bhatta was the only one who would have nothing to do with these Gandhi bhajans. "

He was also the election agent and got two thousand for it. He was the responsible for excommunication of Moorthy. He decides with bade khan that sets afloat the rumours regarding Moorthy 's excommunication and so that become reson of the death of his mother. Ultimately he goes to the Kashi to wash off his sins. Through him the novelist has shows the  greed and gluttony of the Brahmins.

" He is the symbol of usury and false orthodoxy and Low cunning. "

● Bade khan : The policeman :

Bade khan is the police man and he is the symbol of British ruler.He is a symbol as a British in Kanthapura. His duty is to maintain law and order and to put down the Gandhian movement and it may be said to his credit that he performes his duty with loyalty and sincerely. He was against Gandhian movement and also against Moorthy. He appoint in Kanthapura to stop the Gandhian movement and to maintain the low of British. He is the loyal government servant he performing his duty in very difficult circumstances. When he arrives in Kanthapura he faces many problems being a Muslim he finds that it is very difficult to find house in the village. He can't stay in potters quarters not sudras quarter and not Brahmin quarter. Then the patel Range Gowda receives him very rudely and insults him . Then he goes to Skeffington Coffee Estate. There he allows to live and settles down with one Pariah woman. Then he watches secretively on village people and collecting information and passing it to the city authority. He was against of this Gandhian movement and he trying to stop it in Kanthapura and he once arrested jayramacharya for telling Hari Kathas.  So in short he one the Indians who made possible any easy for British to rule India for such a long time.

● The white owner of Skeffington Coffee Estate :

Skeffington Coffee Estate is a very large coffee plantation near Kanthapura. It owner by white man .He is popular as " Hunter Sahib " . Because he always carriers a hunter in his hand and a also freely use  it on all those workers on his states who not doing their duty. The coffee workers are Exploited in many ways. They are living  one room huts in which it provides them little protection against the rains .They are not provide them proper food  and they are worked from morning to till late the evening. They didn't take rest a moment if they take rest the Sahib whip them. Nobody dares to rise voice against him. Sahib is not all a monster and villan. He has also good qulities within. He distribute the pappermens and toffee among the children and workers.

● The Swami :

The Swami lives in the city. He is an orthodox Brahmin narrow and Conservative in his views. He is a traitor to the cause of the freedom of India. He has received a twelve hundreds acres from government. Like Mahatma Gandhi he never appears on the scene but his influence and the course of action and causes much damage to the freedom movement in Kanthapura. He is excommunicates the Moorthy for visiting Pariah quarter and because of that Moorthy 's mother died so he was indirectly responsible for the death of his mother.

● Advocate  Sankar :

    Advocate Sankar is a follower of Mahatma Gandhi as Moorthy following Gandhi. He believes the principles of Gandhiji Truth and Non-violence and he trys to following this principle and footsteps of Gandhiji. He wears Khadi and he doesn't go to the function where people come wearing dresses made of foreign cloths. He also supports Moorthy and the freedom movement. When Gandhiji is arrested at that time he decides to keeps fast and as Gandhiji he also believes that fasting means self - Purification. He is  Bold and fearless he is not afraid of the Government and he defence for Moorthy when he is  arrested . He is a noble , kind- hearted person.  He not like Bhatta as we compare him with Bhatta as husband.  When his first wife dies he doesn't marry a second time.

" Sankar was an ascetic of a man and refused marriage after marriage, after marriage, after he had lost his wife ."

      So he is not like Bhatta who marry second time and also Bhatta has no importance of his wife he never take care of her but Sankar not even thought to marry second time he regards it as a sin to marry again. He also says that :

  " I have had a Lakshmi and I, a sinner , could not even kept her, and she has left me a child and that is enough. "

● 》 woman characters :

    In this novel Raja Rao depicted woman as a Shakti as a Mother - Earth . The woman of Kanthapura are more human than those created by Raja Rao. They all are simple - hearted , loud - mouthed and intellectual.

● Waterfall Venkamma :

     Venkamma is a woman of petty and jealous nature . The nick name " waterfall " Like the name she is always shedding tears .she is against of Moorthy because he refuses to marry her second daughter.  She can't bear to see the others prosperous or success. She is jealous woman.she jealous of Rangamma because he has much larger house . She is orthodox , Conservative and narrow in her views .she has no sympathy for gandhian movement. She is spread humor that Moorthy is excommunicated. She also hates Ratna and abused her.she shedding tears against everyone so it justify his nick - name .Venkamma symbolise as jealousy and orthodoxy of Indian villages.

● Narasamma :

  She is old widow and mother of Moorthy.  She gave birth to eleven children and in from that five died and Moorthy was only one son of remaining six children. She has a great love for her son and she has high hopes of his brilliant career for him. He gets very hurt when Moorthy joins freedom movement. She is orthodox woman not understanding the implications of Gandhian movement. She is shocked when she heard that Moorthy is excommunicated by the Swami for the going to Pariah quarter. She says that :

 " Oh ! to have a son ex - communicated . Oh ! to have  gone to Benaras and Rameshwaram and Gaya a son ex - communicated. I wish I had closed my eyes with your father instead of living to see you polluted. Go away , you pariah. "

  She is not bear the news of Moorthy is excommunicated and she died . She had been disappointed when Moorthy has given up his college education and he also rejected all the proposal of marriage. She is good and noble woman who loves her son a lot. She has no sympathy for freedom movement but there is no evil within her .she is the most pathetic character in the novel.

● Rangamma :

     She is educated  woman in the village. She reads newspaper of every day. She knows many things.  She is with Moorthy and she support the freedom movement. She is a lady who is :

" deferent, soft -voice , gentle- gestured "

  Venkamma is jealous of her and she plans against her day and night . She is childless widow but she has very large house much lager than Venkamma.  She is one of those who helps Moorthy in organising the Congress committee in the village. She is lady of enlightened views and she actively joined the freedom struggle.

● Conclusion :

   Raja Rao has highest quality of creating living characters. In  Kanthapura characters are not sharply individualised for various reasons. In the novel characters are two types minor and major .The minor characters highlights the major characters. In Kanthapura characters are here from different races and nationalities and they all are real and alive .In this novel he shows the  woman characters as a symbol of Shakti. He gives more important to women characters in his novel .

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Dr Faustus as a man of action leading towards tragedy:

                       

● Introduction :

' The Tragical History of doctor Faustus ' was a play written by Christopher Marlow.  The name of the play is telling about itself that it is a tragedy of Dr Faustus. We can also say that he was a man of action who responsible for his tragical death.

 ●       Dr Faustus First take one decision to doing magic .one by one he examines the branches of higher learning as they were organised in the universities of his day philosophy,  medicine, law and theology.  One by one the feats of secular learning were rejected because he was not satisfied with their end and he was demandable but his demand has clearly to be understood.  He doesn't pursue knowledge for power , super human power , the power of life and death. His fundamental grievances is :

   " Yet art thou still but Faustus and a man ."

         He was very dissatisfied with his human status, he rebles against human limitations.  He would like to have the power to make men live eternally and the power to bring the dead person to live back. He rejecting divine learning.

         The superficial logic by which Faustus rejects the scriptures and divinity is in itself.He thinks of study of magic makes a great appeal to him. Magic will bring him not only wealth but power and glory.  He thinks that magic will enable him to extend his authority as far as the mind of Man can go.

         So at that time Good angel and Evil angel appear and good angel told Faustus to not read the book of black magic but to study the scriptures but the Evil angel encourage Faustus to study black magic to become powerful on the earth as God is in the sky . So with that he told Faustus that after this he become equal powerful as God .

        After warning of Good angel Dr Faustus didn't understand so he thinks about the power and pleasure that will be able to enjoy by magic. Though he was warn by Good angel:

" O , Faustus, lay that demandable book aside,

  And gaze not on it , lest it tempt thy soul,

  And heap God's heavy wrath upon thy head!

  Read , read the scriptures : that is blasphemy. "

So he didn't get the things of good angel he aware him to not doing magic . So Faustus thinks about the things that he wants to doing for his country.

" I 'll have them fly to India for Gold ,

  Ransack the ocean for orient pearls,

  And search of all corners of the new -           found world ,

 For pleasant fruits and princely delicates."

   So he wants to bring Gold from India , pearls from ocean and delicious fruits from all corners of new world . He will make spirits read to him the strange philosophy and tell him the secrets of foreign kings .so he wants to make his country rich by getting more knowledge.

  So he tells valdes and cornelius that their advice to practice magic has proved effective. At that time they both encourage Faustus to doing this thing . Valdes telling about that spirit that they will bring great treasure to him from America. Sometime they will appear before him as lovely and beautiful women . So with this description of spiritual things and their power make Faustus Lusty for power and he tells cornelius and valdes to give him some magical demonstration to call up the spirit in order to enjoy these pleasure.

  Then Dr Faustus call mephistophilis. It was beginning of his fall. Though he was warned by Good angel but he didn't understand the things. So with the action of calling Evil spirit  mephistophilis his fall down starting.

  Faustus didn't afraid of the ugly shape of mephistophilis but he tells him to go back and change his shape into holy appearance.

" Go and return an old franciscan friar,

  The holy shape becomes a devil best."

  Faustus  feels very happy at the devil's compliance with his order . Faustus was pleased with mephistophilis's obedience and humanity and call himself a " conjuror laureate ". Faustus wants to mephistophilis to serve him during his whole life and to carry out all his commands. Then mephistophilis tells him that he was a servant of great lucifer and without his order he can not full fill his wish. Then mephistophilis explain about Lucifer that he was a chief ruler and commander of devil spirit. He was once an angel and dearly loved by God. He fell from heaven because of his aspiring pride and insolence.  So knowing these thing about Lucifer. Dr Faustus didn't understand the thing that he was doing wrong thing.

   Faustus asked mephistophilis to go and tell Lucifer that Faustus is willing to surrender his soul to him. On the condition that Lucifer will spare him for "TWENTY AND FOUR " years.

"  Say ,he surrenders up to him his soul ,

   So he will spare him four and twenty years. "

   Then he asked mephistophilis and put  the condition that let him live a life of passionate pleasures with you to attend on me whenever I ask you , to kill my enemies , to help my friends and always be obedient to my wishes.

" Had I as many souls as there be

  Stars , 

   I 'd give them all for mephistophilis." 

  So Dr Faustus was  a Lusty man , lust for power , lust for wealth, lust to became great than God. Because of this lust he was ready to give his soul to Lucifer. He didn't understand the thing. During the time when Faustus in his study room he thinks about the God and heaven but he try to dismiss his foolish thought from his mind . He trys to make his self strong and says himself to give up all hope from the God and put his faith in the Belzebub the devil.

  At this time his inner voice trys to show a right way to give up this magic and moving towards the God. But he didn't hear his inner voice and stars blaming to God that God doesn't love him. He was so against of God that he will ready to build an altar and a church for worship of Evil and for that he will kill new born babies in order to offer their lukewarm blood.

" Good Angel : Sweet Faustus, leave that execrable art,

   Sweet Faustus, think of heaven and heavenly things."

  So with this thing  he doesn't realise the real thing and then Good angel and Evil angel comes again. Good angel urges him to think about heaven and heavenly things and Evil angel tempts him with promise of honor and wealth by this he excites Faustus 's greed. So he didn't listen Good angel and take the side of Evil angel.

  Mephistophilis appears and tells Faustus that Lucifer has agreed to buy his soul on the condition which already put down by Faustus. Mephistophilis told Faustus to sign a bond with his blood but at  that time Faustus 's blood congealed and he can't write. At that time Faustus was puzzled. Where should he run away? But he thinks that God will not accept him. Mephistophilis immediately brings some burning coals on which Faustus dissolves his blood and complete the bond with his signature.

Faustus  recovering his self confidence and he decides not to run away .Faustus there upon reads out the terms of bond by which he will command the service of mephistophilis for twenty and four years at the end of which Lucifer will have full power to take away Faustus 's " Body And Soul , Flesh , Blood, All goods." Whenever he pleases. So Faustus ready to give his soul at the end of twenty-four years.

  Before sign the bond Faustus experience a mental conflict which shows that his conscience is neither dead nor  sleep . The congealing the of Faustus 's blood and the inscription that on his arms are also important. The congealing blood shows that as Faustus himself says his blood or his soul is unwilling that he should sign the unholy contract.

  Faustus next asks for wife because as he puts it he can't live without wife. Mephistophilis refused to get a wife for Faustus. Mephistophilis offers him an alternative namely mistress.  He promises to make available to him any woman whom he likes be she as faithful as was panel ope. Even as wise as queen of sheba. He also gives Faustus a book of magic by means of which Faustus will be able to get great power not only over human being but over the element. This book contains all the knowledge that Faustus desires to acquire.

   After few years Faustus once again shown to us experiencing a mental conflict. When he thinks of heaven, he repents of his contract with Devil. He wants repent of his sins but he finds that his sins have so hardened his heart that repentance was impossible. But he was still torn between the pleasure of magic and the desire of repentance.

  The twenty-four years of Faustus 's life of power and pleasure are now drowing to close .he realise that his end is near .Faustus 's essential humanity is drawing our attention to his genuine friendship towards the scholars who are greatly attached to him.it because of this feeling Faustus stress to use his magic power to call Helen whom beauty the scholar and Faustus like to see.

  Faustus 's inner conflict has always been going on in his mind .but he want to enjoying the power and the pleasure which this magic made available to him. He expresses a desire to have Helen as his ' paramour ' and Mephistophilis  fulfils his desire. Faustus Faustus is now in a state  of ecstasy to see Helen 's beauty.He kisses her and thinks that this kiss has  made him immortal. He would like to dedicate himself to Helen and re-enact the war of Troy in order to prove his love for her . He considered her brighter than was the ' flaming Jupiter '

  An old man urges Faustus to repentance but Faustus derives him away and again exclaims rapturously about Helen 's beauty but time was  growing short , Faustus tells scholars about his pact and horror stricken and tell him to pray for him. On the final night before the expiration of the twenty and four years. Faustus was overcome by fear and remorse and he starts to beg for mercy but it was too late for him but he urges for repentance.

" Stand still, you ever -moving spheres of heaven,

  That time may cease, and midnight never come ;

  Fair Nature 's eye, rise, rise again,  and make

  Perpetual day; or let this hour be but

  A year , a month, a week , a natural day,

  That Faustus may repent and save his soul."

 Faustus want to save his soul .He want to repent for his sin .twenty and four years were completed and it was a time when Mephistophilis take his soul into hell .he says that he want this hour change into year , a month , a week and at least a single natural day for his repentance and save his soul. He told that he want to drown up like foggy mist. Mountain and hills fall on him and hide him from heavy wrath of heaven.

  " It strikes , It strikes ! Now , body turn to air ,

   Or Lucifer will bear thee quick to he'll !

   O , soul be Chang'd into small water drops,

And fall into the ocean , ne'er be found! "

   He was ready to live in a hell for thousand and hundreds thousand years if at last he will be save . He want to turn into small water drops and fall into the ocean that will never be found. He can't repent because it was too late and at the mid night a host appeared  and carried his soul to hell. So he meet tragical death.

● Conclusion  :

        Faustus was a tragic hero and he presents himself. In the play is solid evidence for this. He was a man of action who was responsible for his own tragical death. He many times warned by Good angel and old man but he never realise that he moving towards wrong and devilsh path which ultimately give him pain but he was so Lusty for getting power and wealth and want to become superior as God. So with this lust leads him towards his tragical end of his life .so we can say that Faustus was a man of action  with his wrong actions leads him towards his tragical fall.

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Dr Faustus : original text

Assignment of Neo-Classical Literature : critical interpretation of Gulliver 's Travels.

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Assignment  Topic -  Critical interpretation of Gulliver 's Travels.
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 ●》Critical interpretation of Gulliver 's Travels : 

 ● Introduction :

     Gulliver 's Travels is written by Jonathan swift.It is a story of Lamuel Gulliver.  He was a practical minded English man . He trained as surgeon who takes to the seas when his business fails. Gulliver 's travels is a adventure story of Gulliver who travels to the fantasy lands of Lilliput, Brobdingnag, Laputa and Houyhnhnm lands. Gulliver 's Travels is a satire and a comic masterpiece. It is a satire on four aspects of Man : physical, political , intellectual and moral . During his voyages he meet many people of different sizes, beliefs and behaviours.

● As a political allegory : 

      There are many forms of satire in the book and one of them is the political satire . When he meet first Liliputians. They are exemplifie English people during the 18th century because of their demanding nature . Swift used Liliputians as a representation of England to show that the British reality . Liliputians are very small individuals who control Gulliver by threatening him :

  " When in instant I felt above a hundred arrows discharged into my left hand , which pricked me like so many needles , and besides they shot another flight into the air , as we do bombs in Europe. " 

    In Gulliver 's Travels swift able to demonstrate the hypocrisy of politics in England through the visitation of Gulliver to the Liliputians. Swift describe the traditions and politics of Liliputians. The tallest man the leader is only a nails length taller than everyone else so it is a way of saying that the king of England  ( King George || ) was  not a big a as he thought he was.  The another political example is that swift offers is the way a Liliputians gains a position of power . There is a rope dancing so people have to dance and jump on a rope to earn a position of power.

     After satirising how the politics were running in the England. Gulliver than looks at the army of emperor of Liliputians.  During the describing the emperor 's army Gulliver reports that the king has 24 troops of calvary . The men had to participate in military exercise. Unlike the duty of protection once country and serving with honor,  the king treats his army like toy soldiers . This is a also satire on KING GEORGE . Because swift is pointing out how the army of England did more for the pleasure and gain of the king than for the country of England.  The king uses army not for protect his country but for his personal use only .

      In Liliputians there was a two types of groups that seems to be leads politics for the Liliputians. The Tramescksan and the Slamecksan.  The Tramescksan have high heels while the Slamecksan have low heels . The Tramescksan and Slamecksan are two groups that are similar to the Tories and whigs in England.  The tories corresponded to the high heels and they were traditionalists and republicans. The whig corresponded to the low heels and they were more liberal . They both are worked for the king so with that swift showing that the difference between both groups is miniscule in the way he makes the fun of internal politics.

     Jonathan swift uses Gulliver and his journey to the Liliputians as a representation of political in Europe during 18th century under the king George second.

● social satire : 

     Gulliver 's Travels is a grate work of social satire. In the first voyage to Liliput Swift satirises on politics and political practiced in England through Liliputians. Liliputians has six inches height . He satirise the manner in which political offices were awarded by English king in his time .

     Gulliver account of annoyance of the empress of Liliput on extinguishing fire in her apartment is Swift 's satirical way of describing Queen Anne 's annoyance with him on writing ' A Tale of Tub ' . Swift satire becomes amusing when Gulliver speaks of the conflict between the big Endians and The little Endians.  In this account Swift is ridiculing the conflict between the Roman Catholic and Protestant. High heels and Low heels represting whig and tory two political parties in England.

     In the Brobdingnag the second voyage there is a satire on human body , human talents and human limitations .  Gulliver gives us his reaction to the ugliness of human body .when Gulliver gives an account, to the king of Brobdingnag of the life in his own country, the wars , the conflict in the religion, the political parties.  The king remarks that the history of Gulliver 's country seems to be satire of rebellions, murders, conspiracy, revolution etc. King condemns the fatal use of gun powder and the books written on the act of governing .

   " The most pernicious race of little odious vermin that nature ever suffered to crawl upon the surface of the earth ."

      In the third voyage to Laputa there is a satire on human intellect,  human mind and science , philosophy and mathematics. In this greatly amused by useless experiments and researches. Which are going on at the academy of projectors in Lugado . In here scientists wants to extract sunbeams out of cucumbers to convert human excrement into its original food , to produced books on various subjects by the use of machines without having to exert one 's brain . Swift amuses us by making a fun of the people whose sole interests are music and geometry.

" They made a lot of theories but practically nill."

      Swift here ridicules scientists, academic,  planers , intellectual and all other people who  proced only the basis on theory which are useless when they come to actual practice. He satirise historians and litaray critics though Gulliver 's  interview with the ghost of famous dead.

       In the next fourth and last voyage of Houyhnhnms there is bitter satire on human .voyage contains some of the most corrosive satire on mankind .By comparison with Houyhnhnms and yahoos.  Houyhnhnms are noble and benevolent. Horses who are governed by reason and lead on ordered life. In comparison human race to Houyhnhnms they are excellent beings . They hold meetings at which the difficulties of their population are discussed and solved . They regulated their populations.

       Swift 's purpose here is to attribute to horse certain qualities which would normally lacking in them . Gulliver feels so much admiration for Houyhnhnms and with so much hatred and disgust for human beings .so because of that he has no desire even to return to his family. Thus we can see that Gulliver 's Travels is a great piece of art containing social satire in it .

● As a Dystopia and utopian novel :

       Swift 's Gulliver Travels is one of the most famous satires written in the history of English Literature.

   • Meaning of Utopia :

       Utopia is the imagination place or state that never happen in reality and it never happens in real world .

   • Meaning of Dystopia : 

       Dystopia is the imagination place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad typically a totalitarian or environmently degraded one. It happen in reality .

     Swift make comparison between events that take place in the story and events .Utopia refers to an idealized state where harmony and entire satisfaction are omnipresent. Dystopia is incomplete without Utopia. Dystopia often refer to totalitarian societies and personal freedom .Dystopia critically reflect social imbalances and lack of essential and personal liberty . This novel contains Utopian and Dystopian elements within the scope of satire . So thus it making it Utopian as well as Dystopian novel. Jonathan swift with the use of Irony talks about both an ideal society which is an Utopia and of the real world which is Dystopia in the all four parts of the novel.  A vivid image of the human society has been reflected through the Utopian and Dystopian elements in this novel. Dystopian elements as well as beautified portrayed by Swift through the image of Houyhnhnms and the Yahoos respectively.  Gulliver 's relationship with  the Houyhnhnms and swift repreted the idea of great Utopian society as impossible. Which proves that this novel is Dystopian novel .it is a Dystopian novel because Gulliver faces the same ups and downs , witnesses , certain human follies .

      Gulliver 's Travels has four different lands Liliput , Brobdingnag , Laputa and country of Houyhnhnms and Yahoos .they all have been depicted in various ways. Swift pictures Dystopia in Liliput in three sets of societies of little,  gaints and normal size merchant and how in fourth part of Houyhnhnms 's society of horses and savage like  humans . He pictures both Utopia and Dystopia.  The most crucial is to understand the fourth voyage to the land of Houyhnhnms.  In this shown as Utopia at least in eyes of Gulliver.  Utopian to mean idealistic or perfectionist about human society . Houyhnhnms society is clearly not Utopian in "idealistic and perfectionist. "  It also pictures Dystopian society. Their society includes something very much like caste system. Cast system is one of the bitter reality of our world and a world without these things we holds as hopes , individuality, genius can't represent a Utopia for humans.

        Gulliver is the mouthpiece of Swift . Through the possibility of Utopian and Dystopian societies encountered by Gulliver and his experiences there , swift depicts the folws and beauties of human nature . Swift is generates a" parallel universes. " Inhabited by weird being and illogical realities. Yet this can't be done without the characteristics traits of a world outlined with powerful objectively. Jonathan swift 's dramatic satire ' led to creation of his Anti -Utopias , Dystopia . Even through the novel contains Utopian elements more still we find Dystopian elements as well.

● Colonialism :

   Meaning of colonialism : 

                  

     " Exploitation of weak people by large power or control over the dependent nation "

       In the first voyage of Liliput Gulliver bounded by small and unnumerable tiny people . They are not affair of Gulliver. They use Gulliver as a source of entertainment and uses him for fight against blefuscue .they are the people who display the power and authority. In the second voyage of Brobdingnag a farmer brings Gulliver in his home and treats him as a curiosity and exbities him for money. Farmer sells him for money to a queen. In this land he treated as a doll or plaything.  Queen make a ' Traveling Box' for Gulliver as a symbol of confinement. In the last voyage of Houyhnhnms he meet a race of talking horse who are civilised and they ruling over Yahoos they are uncivilised and always fighting with each other. So here we can see that Houyhnhnms are colnizer and Yahoos are colonized people.

● As a children's literature :

     Gulliver 's  Travels is considered as a children's literature. In children's literature including the stories, books , magazines, poetry so that they all  are enjoyed by children. Gulliver 's Travels is a imaginative story. In the voyage of Liliputians they all are smaller but quite dangerous for Gulliver. They repentanced English and their small size represting England. The Brobdingnag are physically larger a lot than Gulliver but they don't realise their potential power .The Laputa is a floating land. In this voyage all Laputians are intelligent and spent a lot time in studying but they failed to produce anything. In the last voyage of Houyhnhnms representing a successful society. They are reasonable and civilised,  they have decent principles.  The Yahoos represting all the bad human have . They are uncivilised, greedy and violent. So it is a perfect book for family reading and children. It is holding the attention of all the ages. Children are open to see the new ways of life after reading this.

  

●  Misanthrop : 

In this novel Gulliver shown as a misanthrope means hater of mankind.  In the very first travel of Gulliver appears one land where lives an unbelievable human creature not more than six inches high . Swift represting of impossible physical smallness of human race is desired to show the possible mental smallness.  The human beings have an instinct to make quarrle and war. The  long war between the Liliputians and blefuscue on a small issue for a long time proves their love for war. They continue war for many years on the point that which end of an egg to break larger or smaller end .so this is baseless thing for fighting with  each other .

Swift most serious attack on mankind is in the fourth voyage the country of Houyhnhnms. In this Houyhnhnms representing horses and Yahoos represting mankind.  But the most objectionable thing is that Yahoos have been shown in deformed ugly and inferior in both ways mentality and physically. While the Houyhnhnms are rational and orderly and civilised. Gulliver didn't want to disclose his body in front of the Houyhnhnms. He always wanted to distinguish himself " as much as possible from the cursed race of yahoos ". But once this secret is reviled and he is asked to put off his dress in front of Houyhnhnms. So it is very shameful thing for him.

  So this " voyage of Houyhnhnms is a real   insult upon mankind ". So to see the reality of Yahoos and their behaviour towards each other and they are uncivilised and violent in nature .so with that Gulliver feels hatred towards all human beings .

● Conclusion :

     So the Gulliver 's Travels is a great work of satire. So it is satire on a four aspects of Man : physical , political, intellectual , moral. It is satire upon social , political. It also shows a reality of life .it is based on the theme of colonialism at swift 's time. In it the voyage of Houyhnhnms shows as a real insult upon a mankind. In this swift uses both the element Utopia and Dystopia.  So it is shown as s grate work of Jonathan swift.

● Work sited :

▪http://www.academia.edu/31811384/GULLIVERS_TRAVEL_AS_A_DYSTOPIAN_NOVEL

▪http://www.cssforum.com.pk/css-optional-subjects/group-v/english-literature/285-swifts-gullivers-travels-social-satire.html

▪http://malinotes.blogspot.in/2012/06/jonathan-swift-misanthrope-or-hater-of.html?m=1