Wednesday, 20 March 2019
Tughlaq
Girish Karnad is one of the greatest Indo Anglican dramatists. He has basically written in Kannad. Some of his plays have been translated into English by himself. Karnad has a long and eventful career. He has only three notable plays to his credit. They gave him a prestigious place. 'Tughlaq' is considered as his most famous work.
'Tughlaq is the second play of Karnad. It is indeed a historical play written in the backdrop of modern times, the period of J. L. Nehru. Here the dramatist describes certain events of the reign a medieval sultan named Tughlaq. It deals with his decision to move his capital from Delhi to Daulatabad and from Daulatabad to Delhi. In this highly entertaining play Karnad explores the paradox of idealistic Sultan whose reign is considered the most spectacular failures in Indian history.
Tughlaq dramatises the opposites- the ideal and the real, he divine aspiration and the political intrigue. Tughlaq is the protagonist of this New Drama. He has been presented as an idealist aiming at Hindu Muslim unity, at secularism and also at building a new future for India. He is known for his knowledge of philosophy and poetry. But unfortunately he is divided within himself.
Tughlaq was indeed an idealist and visionary king. In this play Tughlaq is respected by his people. But it was rumoured that he came to the throne by killing his father and brother. Due to his secularism Muslims criticised him. But he did not mind people's criticism. Due to his declaration of the shifting of the capital from Delhi to Daulatabad, both the Hindus and Muslims became against the king. It is unfortunate because Tughlaq wished for their unity by this act.
Tughlaq was a learned fellow and a lover of judgement. But at the same time he was a cunning fellow who committed many murders. Tughlaq's stepmother, Saikh, Azim etc. all are killed by him. Barani warned him but due to his suspicious nature he did things which all went against him. In the end of the play Sultan is found all disappointed and dejected. In fact, his whimsical nature brought shameful situation to him.
Thus Tughlaq is a fine play. Here the dramatist deals with the problem of search of identity and the problem of isolation and frustration. Though it is a historical play but when artistic necessity requires Karnad does not hesitate to deviate from history.
The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye is, most simply, a story of beauty and what makes beauty. More specifically, it tells the story of Claudia, her sister Frieda, and their neighbor and sometimes friend Pecola Breedlove. Pecola and Claudia, while often not getting along – Pecola is a bit of the town oddball, and everyone knows how cruel kids can be – share similar feelings about beauty in relation to race.
Claudia hate Shirley Temple and some of her fellow white classmates because they’re white and, thus, are given attention and praise. Pecola also realizes the power behind being white, but instead of becoming angry, she desires to be like them. More specifically, she desires to have blue eyes, because she believes that blue eyes are what make white people so beautiful. However, more than a story of just beauty, The Bluest Eye also makes comments on race, gender, and getting caught in a life you didn’t intend. Themes that, if you’ve ever read Morrison, you know she’s touched on in practically all her other books.
Morrison’s writing style is always addicting. At once complicated and simple, the book hits on a level that somewhat goes beyond conscious understanding. While her individual sentences can sometimes be convoluted, and there are many times when you just have to trust her, trust that it will all be explained in due course, the power of her story comes through and comes through swimmingly.
Othello
This is William Shakespeare 's most famous play. Through this play, Shakespeare has directly condemned Casticism . A part from this the play has been shown to be an illusions, suspicion and spoiled marriage. There are three main character's in this play but every novel of Shakespeare turns to tragedy, so this play is also tragic. Othello is the main character, his appearance is black and he is African young man and his wife Desdimona is very pretty and beautiful girl. Othello had understood this in his mind ,but a person named Iago doubts Othello 's mind for his wife . And this only suspicions Othello away from his beautiful wife. Again in the end, he kills himself at the heart of repentance. I think that Othello was belongs to poor mind because he losted everything. So he is tragic hero in this play.
Oliver Twist
Attending the birth and death, takes from the dying woman a locket and ring. Bumble, the parochial beadle, names the boy Oliver Twist. Oliver is sent to an infant farm, run by Mrs Mann, until he is 9 years old, at which time he is returned to the workhouse.
The orphans at the workhouse are starving due to callous mistreatment and cast lots to decide who among them will ask for more gruel on behalf of the group and Oliver is chosen. At supper that evening, after the normal allotment, Oliver advances to the master and asks for more.
Oliver is branded a troublemaker and is offered as an apprentice to anyone willing to take him. After narrowly escaping being bound to a chimney sweep, a very dangerous business where small boys are routinely smothered being lowered into chimneys, Oliver is apprenticed to the undertaker, Sowerberry. Mr. Sowerberry is kind to Oliver, however, his wife, Mrs. Sowerberry is mean, cruel and unjust to him.
Oliver fights with Noah Claypole, another of the undertaker’s boys, after Noah mocks Oliver’s dead mother as a “regular right-down bad ‘un”. After being unjustly beaten for this offense, Oliver escapes the undertaker’s and runs away to London.
On the outskirts on the city Oliver, tired and hungry, meets Jack Dawkins who offers a place to stay in London. Thus Oliver is thrown together with the band of thieves run by the sinister Fagin. Oliver innocently goes “to work” with Dawkins, also known as the Artful Dodger, and Charlie Bates, another of Fagin’s boys, and witnesses the real business when Dawkins picks the pocket of a gentleman. When the gentleman, Mr. Brownlow, discovers the robbery in progress Oliver is mistaken for the culprit and, after a chase, is captured and taken to the police. Oliver, injured in the chase, is cleared by a witness to the crime and is taken by the kindly Brownlow to his home to recuperate.
Oliver is kindly treated at the Brownlow home and the housekeeper Mrs. Bedwin, and after a period of recuperation, is sent on an errand by Mr Brownlow to pay a local merchant 5 pounds and to return some books. On carrying out this charge Oliver is captured by Nancy and Bill Sikes and returned to Fagin’s den of thieves.
Mr Brownlow, thinking that Oliver has run away with his money concludes that Oliver was a thief all along. This assumption is further strengthened when Bumble the beadle, answering an advertisment in the paper, placed by Brownlow, for information concerning Oliver, gives a disparaging opinion of Oliver.
Oliver is forced by Fagin to accompany Sikes in an attempted robbery, needing a small boy to enter a window and open the door for the housebreakers. The robbery is foiled when the house is alarmed and, in the ensuing confusion, Oliver is shot.
Oliver is nursed back to health at the home of the Maylies, the house Sikes was attempting to burglarize. Oliver imparts his story to the Maylies and Doctor Losberne.
The mysterious Monks, revealed to be Oliver’s half brother, teams up with Fagin in an attempt to recapture Oliver and lead him into a life of crime thereby negating the unknowing Oliver’s claim to his rightful inheritance which would then go to Monks.
Sike’s woman, Nancy, having compassion for Oliver, overhears Fagin and Monk’s plan and tells Rose Maylie in the hope of thwarting the plan. Rose recruits Mr. Brownlow, Dr. Losberne, and others.
Bumble the beadle has married the matron of the workhouse, Mrs. Corney. The former Mrs. Corney, attending the death of Old Sally, has taken the locket and ring that Sally had taken from Oliver’s mother on her deathbed. Monks buys this locket and ring from the Bumbles hoping that in destroying it that Oliver’s true identity will remain hidden.
Mr. Brownlow and Rose Maylie meet Nancy on London Bridge and she tells them where to find Monks. Fagin has had Nancy followed by Noah Claypole and, enraged, tells Sikes that Nancy has betrayed them. Sikes brutally murders Nancy and flees to the country.
Monks is taken by Mr. Brownlow. Fagin is captured and sentenced to be hung. Sikes, with a mob on his tail, accidentally hangs himself trying to escape. The Bumbles are relieved of their position at the workhouse, become paupers, and are now inmates at the same workhouse they once managed.
Sunday, 17 March 2019
Harry Potter Rubric Evaluation
Rubric Evaluation: Click Here
Overall Visual
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2.5
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Navigation and Flow
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3
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Mechanical Aspects
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2
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Motivational Effectiveness of Introduction
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1
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Cognitive Level of the Task
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4
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Relevance and Quantity of Resources
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3
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Quality of Resources
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3
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Richness of Process
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2
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Scaffolding of Process
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3
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Clarity of Process
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2.5
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Clarity of Evaluation Criteria
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3
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Total
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29/50
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Harry Potter Webquest Table
Webquest Table:
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Topic
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Sources
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Argument
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Illustration
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Feminist reading Hermione and other female characters in Harry Potter.
How do the character portrayal of Hermione and other female character support feminist discourse?
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The books gave us heroines like Hermione Granger intelligent and a loyal friend someone who values books more than her looks.
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In every scene we can see how she is the one who saves the situation from the knowledge of books she read and study. She is brave, courageous, intelligent girl. A strong woman comparing to other female characters in novel.
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Discourse on the purity of Blood
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purity of blood
Pure blood as Superior and Mud blood as inferior Half-Blood |
Hermione's of this ideology typically regard Muggle-born wizards as impure, unworthy of possessing magical ability, and often actively discriminate against them.
Hermione was insulted by Draco as being Mudblood. In spite of the fact that Muggle-borns are just as magically talented as those of other blood statuses. Or even more talented as magician for example Hermione who is more capable than Ron and Draco Malfoy | |
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Children’s Literature and Harry Potter
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not only children’s literature
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changed the shape of children’s literature.
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The theme of Choice and Chance
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Major theme
All characters come across to various chance.
Not only Harry but Villain also.
He helped Malfoy
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Moral and Philosophical reading of Harry Potter
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Moral lessons and philosophical
talk
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In many talks moral lessons and philosophical ideas can be found especially in Dumbledore's talk. In the end of many books Dumbledore give Harry some kind of moral lessons like about love, choices, friendship
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Harry Potter webquest + Thinking Activity
Harry Potter Webquest:
1) Feminist reading of Hermione's character in Harry Potter:
In this novel we find feminist idea through the character of Hermione Grange, she is main character of the novel. She is very strong character reflects as a independent and intellectual girl rather than other two characters Harry and Ron. She was good student and she capture thing very quickly. She belong to the Muggle Blood. So she got insulted so many time by Melfoy.
2) Discourse on the purity of Blood and Harry Potter:
The term Pure Blood refer to a family or individual without Muggle. The concept is generally associated with Salazar Slyhthrin. One of the four founder of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and wizardry. Whose aversion to teaching anybody of Muggle parentage eventually to breach with his three fellow founders and his resignation from the school.
In this novel protagonist Harry Potter and Hermione Granger are Mud Blood. Ron Weasley is a pure blood. Draco Malfoy is also pure blood. Where as evil Voldemort is Mud Blood but craving for pure blood. J. K. Rowling subverts the entire narrative by making protagonist who are Mud Blood. And important thing is that they are equally or sometimes more powerful in magic than pure blood.
3) Children's literature and Harry Potter:
Harry Potter is children literature or fantasy book Harry Potter was lead main chatchara of the J. K. Rowling book. Harry Potter character is young or magical, super hero for children and like on the fantasy novel. Harry Potter series was real, fantasy magical literature.
In children with optimistic narrative or sequence was darker to the magic and power of reality and a different world which is not possible into the real world also. So children like those things which related to power and magic or fantasy.
4) Theme of choice and chance:
In Harry Potter novel we find various themes like love death, choice and chance. That way in the Secret of Chamber we find theme of chance also and Harry Potter Deathly Hallows we find theme of chance. The theme of choice was concious on Rowling's part.
Here's what she has to say on the matter and it is about choice. And chance runs throughout the Harry Potter series for example The Chamber of Secret, when Riddle/Voldemort tells Harry Potter that 'It was merely a lucky chance that saved you', that way we find the theme of choice and chance throughout series. And this theme is very important to understand this novel.
5) Moral and philosophical reading:
Harry Potter and Humanity: Choice, love and death analyzes how the Harry Potter novel bring to our awareness two fundamental parts of the human condition, the importance of our choice and the inevitability of our morality. Lord Voldemort in his ruthless search for immortality refuses to accept his own humanity refuses to accept his own humanity and with it, his morality, in fact he openly reject both. Klein argues that it this choice that makes possible both Voldemort irredeemable evil and his ultimate defeat.
By contrast, it is Harry's acceptance of his morality that allows him to love and to embrace his humanity. This recognition gives Harry the power to defeat Voldemort. More than that, it makes it possible for Harry to develop into a realized, virtuous about. In his acceptance of his morality ' the boy who lived ' is able more fully and wholly to live.
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Dr. Vishal Bhadani
Talk with an author Dr. Vishal Bhadani
Dr. Vishal Bhadani talked about the short stories 'Fictional' and its importance in the lives of its ordinary people. Vishal Sir read his two stories and also gave tips for writing short stories or any work.
Shorts Stories like...
#મારા હાથની વાત નથી.
#મ્યુઝીયમ ઓફ ઈંનોસન્સ
#સ્પ્રિંગ
#સાંન્સિ અને રમઝાના
The writer covers all the basics in his story, but the title itself is challenging. The writer connects the problems of society with different parts of the hand.
Translation: -
After a short story session, there is a translation session in which Vishal Sir spoke about job opportunities in the translation sector. Translation is very hard and great work as well. We have done one of the translations of the phrase.
In this way, we get knowledge about writing short stories and getting translations.
Saturday, 16 March 2019
એક એવું વ્યક્તિત્વ....
એક એવું વ્યક્તિત્વ....
⚫ વાત છે એવા વ્યક્તિની જે વધારે સમય બધાની સાથે રહીને પોતાની આન-બાન અને શાન સાચવવા માટે પોતાની જાતને સામે વાળી વ્યક્તિ આગળ એના અનુરૂપ થવા પ્રયત્ન કરતો રહેતો હોય છે અને ખુદ એકવાર એવું પણ વિચારી લેતો હોય છે કે આ બધું હું છોડી દઉ પણ એ કાંઈજ કરી શકતો નથી .
⚫ એ એવું એક વ્યક્તિત્વ છે જે હંમેશા એકલો બેસી રહેતો હોય તેમજ કોઈ પણ નવું વ્યક્તિ મલી જાય તો ખુશખુશાલ થઈ જાય તેમજ વાયદાઓ પણ આપી દેતો હોય છે. આપેલ વાયદાઓ નિભાવી ના શકે તો પાછો રાત્રે એકલો બેસી આકાશમાં બધું નિહાળતા બધું યાદ કરે જાતો એમ વિચારતો હોય કે આ બધું હું છોડી દઉ પણ એ કાંઈજ એવું કરતો નથી.
⚫ તમને થાશે કે આ વ્યક્તિ છોડવાનો નિર્ણય લીધા પછી છોડતો નથી કેમ !? આ માટે પોતાની જાતને બદલતો નથી કેમ !? કેમ ? કેમકે એ વ્યક્તિને લોકો શું કહેશે એનાથી કંઈજ ફર્ક નથી પડતો પણ જેને આ જીવન આપ્યું આટલો સુંદર સ્વભાવ આપ્યો એ જો પૂછશે કે આટલો સુંદર તને બનાવી મોકલ્યો તો તે કેમ પોતાની જાતને બદલી દીધી !? તો એને એ શું જવાબ આપશે ! આ બધું તો હાલના સમયમાં કોઈજ માનતું નથી પણ એ વ્યક્તિના વિચાર દુનિયાદારીથી દુર તેમજ બધાથી અલગ છે.
⚫ બસ આજ કારણથી એ વ્યક્તિ પોતાની જાતને બદલવા નથી માંગતો એટલે જ તો બધું છોડવાની ઈચ્છા રાખવા છતાં એ કંઈજ છોડતો હોતો નથી પણ આવા છોડવાના વિચાર સાથે પોતાની જાતને જ એ છોડતો હોય છે, તો આવી જ છોડી દેવાની વાત સાથે હું તમારી સમક્ષ રજુ કરી રહ્યો છું આ રચના...
"છોડી દીધું છે મેં"
એક જ મુલાકાતમાં પારખી લેવાનું
પારખીને સાચો વાયદો કરવાનું
હવે છોડી દીધું છે મે...
વાત કરી કોઈની સાથે હું મુસ્કરાતો
વાતો બધી યાદ કરી હું મનમાં મહેંકતો
વાતો બધી યાદ કરી ગીતો ગુનગુનાવાનુ
હવે છોડી દીધું છે મેં...
કોઈનાં ગયા પર અફસોસ કરવાનું અને
કોઈ નવાના આવવા પર ખુશખુશાલ થઈ જવાનું
હવે છોડી દીધું છે મે...
રાત્રે અગાશી પર બેસીને ચાંદને જોવાનું
અને ચાંદની સાથે ટહેકવાનું
ટમટમતા તારલીયાઓનો ગણવાનું
હવે છોડી દીધું છે મે...
સઘળુંય છોડ્યું છતાં થાય છે મને કે
"શું છોડ્યું છે મે ?"
જીવન જીવવાની સાચી કળામાં શું છોડ્યું છે મેં
આન-બાન ને શાન એને સાચવવા ખાતર પોતાની જાતને
હવે છોડી દીધી છે મેં...
✒ અંતે જે લખ્યું છે તેમ બહેકાવાનું, મજાક કરવાનું, લાગણીઓ સાથે રમત રમવાનું, એ બધું તો ક્યારેય કરવાનો વિચાર સુદ્ધાં નથી આવ્યો પણ હાલમાં આ બધું થતું જોઉં છું તો એ વિશે કંઈક લખવાનો વિચાર આવ્યો તો એ વિચાર આ સ્વરૂપે આપની સમક્ષ રજૂ કર્યો છે. આવું કંઈજ મને સમજાતું નથી તો એ છોડવાનો વિષય જ નથી આવતો.
તો આ બધા મારા વિચારો વાંચવા માટે તમારો ખુબજ આભાર સાથે જય શ્રી કૃષ્ણ...
ખુશ છું એમ કહી પોતાની જાતને બહેકાવાનું
બધાની સાથે મજાક કરવાનું
લાગણીઓ સાથે રમત રમવાનું
એતો ક્યારનુંય છોડી દીધું છે મેં...
Friday, 15 March 2019
Rivers & Tides: Documentary
Rivers and Tides: Documentary
Here I share my view about the documentary: Rivers and Tides. On 14th march department has organized screening of the Documentary = River and Tides present by Dr. Dilip Barad the head of the department.
This documentary is about the concept of a 'Time' by Andy Goldsworthy. He works in nature, and his works are ultimately nature as well. Using water, snow, stone, and dirt etc...
Andy Galdsworthy is a British artist who creates sculptures from items found in nature. Unlike most sculptures, Goldsworthy creates work that he knows will be destroyed by nature relatively quickly. He has photographed many of his works and has held exhibition primarily featuring photographs of his sculptures.
The works really explore the limits of the materials. He take something simple like how rocks or leaves various and in color and transform.
Online Discussion
Online Discussion:
A girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness is a 2015 documentary film directed by Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy about honor killings in Pakistan.
I'm agree with this point, Western interest can be narrow in its focus and agenda driven. Indian writer got award for their works from Western Countries which is portraying negative image of their own country. It is only because of west is happy to see the bad situation of Eastern countries but in reality.
Sharmeen and Arvind Adiga both show the reality and dirty image of their nation. Sharmeen shows the reality of women killing for honor of family and Arvind Adiga potrayed the harsh reality of India.
There is an argued against Arvind Adiga that why he potrayed ugly and negative image of India. Rather than good or positive side of India.People are thought that if we potrayed negative image of our country. Then the Western will never wants to come in our country.
Thursday, 14 March 2019
Thinking Activity: Sense of an Ending
Thinking Activity: Sense of an Ending
1) How do you understand memory and history with reference to your reading of the Novel.
One morning Tony Webster receives a letter explaining that he has been left the diary of his closest friend from school, Adrian, who committed suicide when they were at university. The diary has been left to him by the mother of Tony’s first college girlfriend, Veronica. Tony never gets to read the diary because Veronica refuses to give it up. But the bequest causes him to reconnect with Veronica, and as he speaks to her, he starts to reconsider his vision of their past.
We all have our own narratives of life. You have a “version” of that life that is a story you tell to yourself and others, about what your life has been. But it is only that, a story, and it is just one version of a possible number of stories. Tony realises that the version of his life that he has told himself is based on a recollection of an event that is inherently wrong. He comes to realise that the distortion of memory can change anything and everything that he had believed true for so long.
We all have our own narratives of life. You have a “version” of that life that is a story you tell to yourself and others, about what your life has been. But it is only that, a story, and it is just one version of a possible number of stories. Tony realises that the version of his life that he has told himself is based on a recollection of an event that is inherently wrong. He comes to realise that the distortion of memory can change anything and everything that he had believed true for so long.
2) How do you understand the concept of suicide with reference to your reading of literature ranging from Renaissance play Hamlet, 20th century. Existentialist philosophy and this 21st century novel The Sense of an Ending?
We have seen that Hamlet is deeply concerned with two broadly existential issues: consciousness and authenticity. Shakespeare's explorations of these philosophically rich ideas play a vital part in generating the energy and intensity of the play.
In Hamlet, Shakespeare suggests that in order to understand freedom. We must confront the realities of death and human attitude. From the outset of the play, Hamlet contemplates the meaning of suicide.
His father's unexpected death and his mother's swift marriage have led him to think about self-slaughter. Death is never far from his mind. It filtrates his language and imagery.
Hamlet has fear of God that why he doesn't commit suicide. In existentialism we see suicide as an escapism, one should take responsibilities on their own.
Sense of an Ending:
We doesn't find a proof, so we can't rely on what Tony says, But we find another perspective which tells, that if you thinks you lived life then suicide happily.
We have seen that Hamlet is deeply concerned with two broadly existential issues: consciousness and authenticity. Shakespeare's explorations of these philosophically rich ideas play a vital part in generating the energy and intensity of the play.
In Hamlet, Shakespeare suggests that in order to understand freedom. We must confront the realities of death and human attitude. From the outset of the play, Hamlet contemplates the meaning of suicide.
His father's unexpected death and his mother's swift marriage have led him to think about self-slaughter. Death is never far from his mind. It filtrates his language and imagery.
Hamlet has fear of God that why he doesn't commit suicide. In existentialism we see suicide as an escapism, one should take responsibilities on their own.
Sense of an Ending:
We doesn't find a proof, so we can't rely on what Tony says, But we find another perspective which tells, that if you thinks you lived life then suicide happily.
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