Swift’s satirical masterpiece Gulliver’s Travels ridicules English politics, the judicial system, and religious disputes. No doubt, but it is also a satire of humanity in general. A satirical work possesses some comic elements by exposing the follies, absurdities, and faults of human beings in a humorous manner. Though Gulliver’s Travels has some comic elements, its somber mood … Read more
J. M. Synge’s Riders to the Sea is evidently and unquestionably a play with a distinct regional interest whose setting is an island off the west of Ireland. This island is one of a group of islands known as the Aran Islands. Acting on the advice of W. B. Yeats, Synge pays several visits to the Aran … Read more
The meat of an epic derives from the violent and social chaos, which is a central conflict often pitting the hero versus an unjust king. Traditionally the hero is brave; of course, he is almost superhuman in strength, successful in battle, and contemptuous of his wounds – even of death. In addition, the hero is … Read more
In Sons and Lovers, Lawrence treated love more unconventionally than the novelists of earlier phases, who also practiced the matter of love to a great extent. In Lawrence’s treatment of love, there is a clash between emotion and intellect – there is an inevitable contretemps between man’s passion and intelligence. The emotional crisis finds no consolation – … Read more
Shakespeare’s sonnets have enjoyed extravagant praise for their transcendent beauty and exquisite verbal melody. They have also been criticized, particularly for their inanity and structural faults. However, even then, the amount of critical writing devoted to the sonnets is shaken only to that on Hamlet. There is perhaps no collection of English poetry that has been … Read more
John Millington Synge chose the remote Aran Islands as the locale for his tragic play Riders to the Sea. The choice was a conscious one, and it yielded a surprising dividend for an artist who was, for years, groping for a fitting subject matter. The very limitations of space and time, which the play finds bound in, … Read more
Riders to the Sea is one of the best one-act plays in which a tragic vision of life has been depicted by J. M. Synge vividly. A proper analysis will show that as a dramatist, Synge has given an accurate picture of the habits and beliefs of the poor sea-faring people in the islands of Ireland. … Read more
