Thinking Activity- "The Rape of The Lock".

 Hello guys, This blog is the part of my Classroom activity that given by our prof. Vedaihi mam. I am sharing my views on three questions which are based on "The Rape of the Lock" by Alexander Pope.

" All nature is but art unknown to thee".

    - Alexander Pope.

1). According to you, Who is the protagonist of the poem Clarissa or Belinda? Why? Give your answer with logical reason.

My point of view " The Rape of The Lock" the protagonist of the poem was Clarissa. Because she was fearless, free and also called 'voice of the author'. Clarissa name, meaning "clarity" or "reality".

Firstly, Clarissa at court who lends the Baron, her Scissors to chop off Belinda's hair that time shown the joelousy of women but later she finds the whole incident frustratingly trivial and delivers a speech about how physical beauty is ultimately feeling and that instead women should concentrate on being as morally upright as they possibly can looks might prove attractive to the eyes, Clarissa declares, but virtue is most attractive to the soul. 

While her speech obviously makes good sense, it is typical of a more traditional style of poem. Which would be primarily concerned with didacticism, or simply telling the reader what the moral is pope subverts the conventions of this style of writing by refusing to end the poem here and instead concluding with the absurdity of the courtly battle.

 "Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll; charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul".

Clarissa represent the voice of reason and the midst of the chaps. Through the literal interpretation of the lines, she closes her speech by acknowledge that women's good looks and bold words can impact a man briefly, logic and good sense. There are reason I like to protagonist Clarissa of this poem.

2). What is beauty? Write your views about it.

"Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder".

The Inner Beauty is the Real beauty:-

As an English idiom goes, " beauty is but skin-deep". A person's great virtue, a noble soul, a beautiful heart can be called as an everlasting beauty.

Beauty is a property of certain things. Something is beautiful if it is nice to look at it; hear it, feel it, taste it, small it or think about it. It is also the name of a feeling that is hard to describe. Some people say that beauty is: the similarity between a real object and an object of art.

In bygone days, people placed much emphasis on inner beauty. Thay kept fine-tuning and perfecting the moral values and personalities. Nowadays. We can see a dramatic change in attitude. Superficial beauty has been in placed of inner beauty. Apparent beauty plays an influential role in society.

Inner beauty is the real one because if someone has beauty in his soul, he looks like a really beautiful person. The beauty looked at with eyes doesn't last forever. Instead of concert rating on outer beauty. We should concentrate on inner beauty. The point is that inner Beauty is more important than outside beauty.

3). Find out a reserch paper on 'The Rape of The Lock'. Give the details of the paper and write down in brief what does it say about poem by Alexander Pope.

Introduction:-

Alexander Pope is nothing if not a bit ridiculous. And he uses just such an occasion-someone cutting off a friend's lock of hair to craft this long, funny, famous poem, 'The Rape of The Lock'.

Nowadays the word "rape" usually describes a horrific situation at which laughing is strictly and rightly-forbidden. But back in 1714,when pope published 'The Rape of The Lock'. The term "rape" had a broader definition. Sure, they used it as we do, but it could also refer to the act of seizing or taking anything by force.

Critically Comment on the rape of the lock as a mock epic:-

'The Rape of the Lock' is the incident to cutting off mrs.Arabella's lock of hair by lord Petre at the Hampton Court, london. According to this, the belle is hero of the poem and the Baron is her antagonist. Pope in the subtitle of the poem says that it is "An heroi-Comical poem" by examining how the element of an epic is treated here, we'll proceed to prove the poem as a mock epic.

'The Rape of The Lock' is a long narrative poem consisting 5 contos. It narrates an incident of cutting off one's hair with exaggerated and elevated language. The poet says 

" Slight is the subject, but not the praise".

Before that he starts the poem with an epic tone, where he alludes to the universal theme of various epic poems he say, 

"What dire offence from amorous causes springs what mighty contests rise from trivial things".

Iliad, padmavati, Mahabharata show how trivial amorous matters lead to the mightiest wars. This line refers to the occurrences at Hampton Court as well.

Pope is comparing those giant works and issues to make fun of the genre and the society as well. Such comparison provokes laughter.

The poem starts and ends with invoking the Muse "I sing- This verse to Caryll, Muse!" Humorously, he equates the goddess to a human, his friend. There is also an epic- question to heighten mockery.

Hyperbole and exaggeration is an epic characteristic. The auther mocks Belinda's toilette by witty exaggeration and elevated words- 

"All Arabia breaths from yonder box. The tortoise here and elephant unite".

Pope uses thise technique in Cantos- III to describe Belinda and her opposition. He takes almost 46 lines for 2 persons and treats them as giant armies. Such mock dignity taunts the subjects. 

The epic battle is mocked by the Card- game i.e. Game of Ombre.

"Belinda now, whom thirst of fame invites, Burns to encounter two advent'rous knights".

'The Rape of The Lock'- a mirror of the Age:-

It is the ethos of this age that has been caught in the rape of the lock J.R. Lowell remarks 'The Rape of The Lock' was a mirror in the drawing-room but it gave back a faithfull image of society, yet still as human in its own way as the heroes of Homer I theirs, the fashions, frivolities, the vanities and the folles of the upper class of society are faithfully presented by pope 

Conclusion:-

This was the kind of life led by the fashionable people pf the upper classes in the age of pope and pope has described it in gorgeous colours on the one hand and with scathing satire on the other. There is nothing deep or serious on the lives and activities of the fashionable people- all is vanity and emptiness and this pope has revealed with brilliance and art.

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Reference:-

- Trepanier, Maddy. "The Rape of The Lock''. LitCharts LLC, 12 Oct 2019.

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Thinking Activity- Pride and Prejudice- Jane Austen.

 Hi Friends,

     Here I am sharing my views on eight questions which are base on Jane Austen novel pride and prejudice.

1). Which version of the novel Is more appealing? Novel or film adaptation? Why?

         

    Although the novel and the feature length film are starkly different artistic mediums. Film base on novel before you invest several hours into  scouring the original texts on which your favorite movie are based, were giving you a bit of a warning something you're better off skipping with what's on screen. Most reason to the visual images are long time to save your memory and recalled that mind capture the visually images on film easily understand the topic in film screening rather than novel. While reading spurs your imagination, a movie helps tpu visualize all the elements of the books that were previously confined to your imagination. It immerses you into the story in a different way than a book. And added benefit of movie is the music and visual designs that enhance the experience of watching a film.

2). Character of Elizabethan?

 

" Think only of the past as its remembrance fives you pleasure."

             - Elizabeth Bennett    

      Elizabeth was the second daughter in the Bennett family. The most intelligent and quick- witted, Elizabeth is the protagonist of the novel. Her admirable qualities are numerous. She is lovely, clever, and in a novel defined by dialogue. she converses as brilliantly anyone.

      Elizabeth was very pride and reject the Darcy, proposal of marriage. Her charms are sufficient to keep him interested, fortunately, while she navigates familial and social turmoil. As she gradually comes to recognise the nobility of Darcy's character, she realises the error of her initial prejudice against him. Her Sharpe tongue and tendency to make hasty judgements often lead her astray: pride and prejudice is essentially the story of how she overcome all obstacles, including their own personal failing to find romantic happiness.

3). Character of Darcy?

   

"Nothing is more deceitful..than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast."

               - Mr. Darcy. 

The son of a wealthy, well established family and the monster of the great estate of Pemberley, 

Darcy is Elizabeth's male counterpart, Darcy too has a tendency to judge too hastly and harshly, and his high birth and wealth make him overly proud and overly conscious of his social status. Darcy meet the Bennett family and he observer manner of the Bennett family. He observed the Elizabeth and his after he say's she was a good lady.

      Daray proposes to Elizabeth will you Marry me? For instance, he dwells more on how unsuitable a match she is than on her charms, beauty, or anything else complimentary.

     Elizabeth's rejection of his advance builds a kind of huminity in Darcy. Darcy demonstrates his continued devotion to Elizabeth, in spite of his distaste for her law connections, when he rescued Lydia and the entire Bennett family from disgrace, and when he goes against the wishes of his haughty aunt, lady Catherine de Bourgh, by continuing to pursue Elizabeth. Darcy proves himself worthy of Elizabeth, and she ends up repenting her earlier, overly harsh judgement of him.

4). Give illustration of the society of the time.( Jane Austen's presentation).

     

General Behaviour:-

• A man always walks or rides on the outside of the women on the street.

• Be cheerful and smile, but do not laugh loudly.

• Among men, hand shakes are exchanged only between those of equal class.

Dancing/Balls:-

• A lady never dances more than two dances with same partner two would last approximately half an hour.

• Dancing is one of the few places respectable women can talk to a man privately.

Stutus of women in the Aristocracy:-

•As Darcy and Elizabeth discuss, women are expected to be "accomplished", which includes activities such as reading, riding, singing, playing piano, sewing, dancing and playing music. Society does not allow ladies of a higher class to have a profession.

• women have no power of earning money, therefore it is their duty to marry as well as possible. Hence mrs. Bennett obsession is best example in this novel.

• if a women does not marry, she is forced to Marry on the charity of her male relatives.

• whatever married woman inherits becomes the property of her husband. Which is why Wickham actively seeks a wealthy and native heiress.

5). If you were director or screenplay writer, what sort of difference would you make in the making of movie?

       

     If you given to chance become a director or screenplay writer, I have one change making of the movie. Just Darcy sent to Letter Elizabeth with explanation and how to given his reason to taken some steps. But Mr. Darcy meet a physically to Elizabeth that time movie and novel scene is very attract to audience and reader because how to convince to Elizabeth and how to try to explain with clearly. Thise time expression of the Darcy face. Whole scene protracted a real feeling of Darcy. That it.

6). Who would be your choice of actors to play the role of character?

             

   I am presented the role of Elizabeth because she was intelligent with argument is logically.  She makes a quick and hastly opinion of mr. Darcy through his behaviour in the frist ball without understanding his situation nor his personality nor his character. That opinion and her personal prejudice fences her from accepting his proposal towards the better half of the novel. she first prejudice the meet Darcy and end of the novel Darcy give his explaination that time she realises the error of her initial prejudice against him and she accepted her  mistake.

7). Write a note on a scene you liked the most.

       

  Chapter 19 Jane and Elizabeth are marrid to their respective husband, much to mas.Bennet's pleasure after Lydia writes to congratulate her sister, and in her letter implies that Wickham would like a promotion in his military appointment and that they could use some money. Elizabeth responds that she cannot ask Darcy for any help with Wickham, nor any money, but she does end up sending them some money on a regular basis, from the money she saves from her own private expenses.

     Thus, the two most agreeable sister Elizabeth and Jane, are settled happily and there is every indication of their future happiness. Lydia and Charlotte are not particularly unhappy, but it is clear that their choices in marriage were not ideal, and they do not enjoy the same degree of pleasure and joy in their marital attachment as the primary couples. 

     The novel started with the war of marriage idea and after end of the novel victory of the love and happily spending with the marriage life.

8). Compare the narrative strategy of novel and movie?

       

    Pride and prejudice is a 2005 romantic drama film directed by Joe Wright, in this feature directorial debut, and based on Jane Austen 1813 novel of the Same name. They deal with issues of marriage, morality, and misconceptions.

      Film adaptation of novel earn up to 53% more at the box office than original screenplays for whatever reason, moviegoers worldwide are more obsessed with books that get turned into movies more than with original cinematic creation. The movie has other differences than just the dialogue, in the movie Elizabeth keeps secrets from her family and grows apart from her older sister Jane. This is different from the book, while Elizabeth does become frustrated with events related to her family, she never keeps secrets from them.

      Some differences I noticed when watching the movie were differences in physical appearances of the characters. An example of this would be mr.Collins. in the book, jane Austen described mr.collins as tall, in the movie however, mr.Collins was around the same height as the other male characters. I also noticed some differences with the portrayal of Elizabeth's character in the movie compared to jane Austen version of her in the book. when I watched the movie, l noticed that Elizabeth's character was more temperament, and unladylike. However, in the book Elizabeth is portrayed as more optimistic, lively and light hearted. In the movie the setting for Darcy and lizzy's proposal was different because in the movie Darcy and lizzy were standing outside in the rain.

 

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A Study of film Adaptation of Macbeth.

 Hi Readers !

      I am Hinaba Sarvaiya, a student of the department of English, Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University. This blog is the part of my Classroom activity that given by our prof. Dilip Barad sir.

   I am deal with the Shakespeare's Macbeth and Vishal Bharadwaj's Maqbool film Adaptation.

 Introduction:- 

      The drama of William Shakespeare have been one of the potential sources for adaptation and appropriation. He dramatized basic issues like love, marriage, familial relationship, race, class, humor, betrayal, evil, revenge, murder and death. The notable Director Vishal Bhardwaj received much critical acclaim for his trilogy, Maqbool  inspired by Macbeth, Omkara by Othello, and Haider adapted from Shakespeare's Hamlet. However, Bharadwaj has taken certain liberties to mold the story according to his cinematic demands.

Opening Scenes:-

          The opening of the play is always important as it sets the mood and atmosphere of the play; it alerts the audience or the readers about the future action and therefore captures their attention from the very beginning of the play. It is an important theatrical device, which help in exposing the plot, theme, setting, and environment and also in highlighting the main issues and concerns of the play.

      Shakespeare uses certain techniques to open his plays in a more effective manner. Macbeth for example, opens with Thunder and Lightening and with the entry of the three witches. Through the conversation of the witches the audience gets to know about the battle that has already taken place and it is further revealed through their discussion that they intend to meet Macbeth in the near future.

      The opening of both Macbeth and Maqbool is marked with vivid darkness, gloom, heavy rain, thunder and lightning. This "Special atmosphere of a Shakespearean tragedy" is brilliantly portrayed by Bharadwaj in Maqbool from the very opening.

Time period :-

    When Shakespeare wrote Macbeth in the year 1606, the idea of witches worked well to heighten the suspense and mystery in the play. This idea of introducing supernatural elements into the play was welcomed by the audience in Elizabethan times but when Bhardwaj decided to make Maqbool in the year 2003, audience would have accepted the concept of witches making prophecies, and director added a real perspective to the film.

      Macbeth the court of Scotland is replaced with the mumbai underworld and the two corrupt policemen (Pandit and purohit) play the role of the three weird sisters.

   In a preface to Maqbool's Screenplay Bhardwaj explains: 

 " Like every filmmaker I also wanted to explore the juiciest genre of cinema the world of gangsters. I was looking for a story that could give me the scope to have the underworld bas a backdrop but with a strong han story. During this period, whatever I read, any story or article I read it with only one agenda in mind to find a story for my gangster film .. the first breakthrough in the screenplay was the discovery of witches in our story". 

The motive for the crime:-

   In the play Macbeth,  the "ambition" of Macbeth to become the king was the sole motive behind killing Duncan, who was like a father figure to him. But unlike the play, Maqbool murders Abbaji because of his sexual jealousy. His primary motive is to gain Nimmi's love and therefore taking Abbaji's position become secondary.

Comparative scene and Characters:-

Bhardwaj draws an interesting parallel in character of inspector pandit through the Maqbool film witness a police encounter, where inspector purohit shoots a local gangster Sadia from point blank range. In Macbeth film, witches confront Macbeth and Banquo when they are returning from the battlefield and make prophecies first for Macbeth and later on for Banquo as well. They greet Macbeth first as Thane of Glamis, then as Thane of Cawdor and finally as the king.

 Nimmi/ Lady Macbeth Character:-

       Macbeth who is initially doubtful and confused, she is bold, courageous and confidence. However, at the end lady Macbeth looses all her courage, will and confidence and become a poor wreck, imagining bloodstains on the walls and smell of blood on her hands. Her most poetical word are :

 "All the perfumes of     Arabia will not sweeten     this little hand...will   these  hands never be   clean?"

     The character of Nimmi also shines through the different phases of growth and decline. In the beginning of the film, she keeps instigating Maqbool, who is unwilling to listen to her evil plans and runs away from her advances but a point comes when he falls prey to her evil designs and surrenders. She starts loosing her peace of mind and is not able to sleep. She imagines bloodstains all over the walls and cries like a mad woman.

   One very important character that Bhardwaj introduces in the film is that of Nimmi's child. Unlike the play where there is no such mention of lady Macbeth having any children, Nimmi and Maqbool dies that time. Nimmi's child restored by Guddu and Sameera's kind act of humanity. This is changing part of Maqbool film and mcbeth play. 

The Dramatic devices:-

Imagery:-

• The vividness, magnitude and violence of the imagery in Macbeth, adds to the tragic atmosphere of the play.

• The imagery that Bhardwaj creates in Maqbool, also helps in portraying the atmosphere of dread, mystery, terror, fear and disorder.

Irony:-

• Irony is intricately woven into the plot in Macbeth his words startle the readers or the audience by recalling the words of the witches in sc. I of the play: 

  "Fair is foul, and foul is       fair."

• Maqbool is offering prayer just after murdering Abbaji and acquiring his position. When he finished the prayer, Nimmi asks him:

  " You know all the          prayers by heart? Never seen you in prayer before..you look like a baby."

Conclusion:-

      I am wind up my blog in film adaptation of Macbeth and Maqbool. Vishal Bhardwaj's maqbool remains loyal to Shakespeare in its essence. The idea of crime, the concept of fear and evil, the portrayal of the disturbed natural order are the same as in the original source text maintaining the Shakespearean spirit.

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Thinking Activity- Compare the general Characteristics of the Elizabethan Age and Neoclassical age.

  Hello Friends;

             I am Hinaba Sarvaiya, a student of the department of English, Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University. This blog is the part of my Classroom activity that is given by our prof. Vaidehi Hariyani ma'am.

   Difference between the Elizabethan Age and Neoclassical Age :-

Elizabethan Age (1550-1620)

Introduction :-

     

  The Elizabethan era was a time of peace and prosperity, it was a time of progress, which is a central reason why the era is called the Golden Age of England... Since, during this time period, England become such a wealthy nation, more money could be invested in the arts and exploxtion.

Neo Classical Age (1700-1800) :-

Introduction:-

  Neoclassical Literature was written between 1660 and 1798. This time period is broken down into three parts: 

1. The Restoration period

2.The Augustan period

3. The Age of Johnson.

The combination of the terms 'neo' which means 'new' and 'classic', as in the day of Roman and Greek classics. This was also the era of the Enlightenment, which emphasized Logic and Reason. it was preceded by the Renaissance and followed by the romantic era.

POLITICAL SUMMARY OF THE PERIOD:-

Political Summary of the Elizabethan Age :-

     In the age of Elizabeth all doubt seems to vanish from English history. After the reigns of Edward and Mary, the accession of a popular sovereign was like the sunrise after a long night, in Milton's words, we suddenly see England, 

" A noble and puissant nation, rousing herself, like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks."

        Elizabeth, with all her vanity and inconsistency, steadily loved England and England's greatness and that she inspired all her people with the unbounded patriotism which exults in Shakespeare, and with the personal devotion which finds a voice in the Faery Queen. Under her administration the English National life progressed by gigantic leaps rather than by slow historical process and english literature reached the very highest point of its development.

Political Summary of the Neoclassical Age:-

    We can divided this particular age into two groups:

1. Augustan age (1700-1750)

2. The age of sensibility (1750-1798)

So many authors believe that 18th century consist the fundament of romantic age in the year 1685 king Charles II was banished and his own daughter and sun-in-low Marry and William of Orange to be throne, marks the end of the long struggle for political freedom in England in the year 1694 Marry was died and William of Orange also died in 1702 and the second daughter of James II, Anne become the queen. In the reign of Charles II the two great political parties came out and will become well-known among the whole England is that 'whig' and 'Tory' by the year 1700 they were in everybody's mouth.

Religious Situation in both Ages:-

Elizabetha age of Religion Toleration:-

         The most characteristic feature of the age was the comparative religious tolerance. The frightful excesses of religious war known as the 'Thirty Years'  war on the Continent found no parallel in England.

    Upon her accession Elizabeth found the whole kingdom divided against itself; the north was largely Catholic, while the southern counties were as strongly protestant. Scotland had followed the reformation while Ireland remained true to its old religious traditions, both countries were openly rebellious. 

  Elizabeth favoured both religious parties, and Catholic and Protestant acted together as trust counselors of a great sovereign. The defeat of the Spanish Armada established the reformation as a fact in England, reformation begun, to settled the mind of man, freed from religious fears.

The new morality in Neo classical Age:-

The Neoclassical age was fall of morality. The Neoclassical age was the reaction again extreme puritanism. The tone of the writing was like satire or freely describing the situation as it as. This describes the most important characteristic of the age.

Literary development of the age:-

 Literary development of Elizabethan age:-

    Elizabethan age is the re-awakning age of dark age and development of so many fields. In this same way there are three from of literature become popular among the people and it is as under.

1) Poetry:-

     During this age the form of poetry devloped by Edmund Spencer, especially his work 'Faery Queen'. The Faery Queen is the great work upon which the poet's fame chiefly rests. In this period there were other poets who contributed in the poetry and is that Thomas Sackville, Sir Philip Sidney, George Chapman and Michael Drayton.

2). Drama:-

    The Elizabeth era saw a great flourishing of literature, especially in the field of drama. Gradually drama was developed and we can distinguished it into three groups: 

- The Religious Period 

- The Moral Period

- The Artistic Period 

 The Italian Renaissance had rediscovered the ancient Greek and Roman theatre, and the New drama was begin to evolve apart from the old mystery and miracle play of the Middle Ages.

3). Prose:-

    Francis Bacon is one of the remarkable figure in that era and his contribution for essay was great. Beside the Bacon there was another writers, historians, editors who were contributed in the development, and is that Sidney, and Raleigh, John Foxe, Camden and Knox, Hakluyt and Purchase.

Literary development of the Neoclassical Age:-

1). The Clubs and Coffee Houses:-

    Politicians were necessarily gregarious and increased activity in politics led to a great addition to the number of political clubs and coffee houses. It become the fashion of the public. At the first steele announced as a matter of the activities of his new journal will be based upon the club's entertainment was in the article of Whites Chocolate house poetry under that of wills of the coffee house. Many clubs are the famous like that;

• Kit kate club :- which ia a very important club of the Whig politicians. Members like, Horace Walpoe, William Congreve, Addisonand steele ect.

• Scribblers club:- That was a literary club, want to do attack modern learning. Members like; Jonathan Swift, Alexander pope, John Gry, Dr. Arbuthnot.

2). Prose:-

     In the age, prose occupies the front position. It was the age of social, political, religious, literary controversies. So the writer found their place in writing pamphlets, Journals and magazines so the readers become more aware of literature. 

• Satire:- The Whigs and the Tories were constantly focused to control the government of the country and how the satire developed in the age.

• Novel:- The novel itself means the new literary form got succeeded in time and in the present time also. The master of novels were Richardson, Fielding, Smollett, Defoe, and others.

Conclusion:- 

           To sum up the question we can say that both age has rapid change in so many forms. Elizabethan age is the beginning of the Renaissance in the English literature while Neo classical Age of reason. In fact, the Neo classical period ended in 1798 when Wordsworth published the Romantic 'Lyrical Ballads'.

  # Comparison between The Poetry of the Alexander pope and William Wordsworth.

    Second question in blog I am compered two big figure in the English literature. First pope and second Wordsworth. Let's started..

Introduction:-

       The genre of poetry known as 'Pastoral' is an ancient from that has undergone many permutation and revitalization. Two writer of pastoral are the English Poets Alexander Pope and William Wordsworth.

Alexander Pope:-

          (21 May 1688- 30 May 1744). Pope was a poet and satirist of the Augustan period and one of its greatest artistic exponents. Considered the foremost English poet of the early 18th century and a master of the Heroic Couple, he is best known for satirical and discursive poetry, including the 'The Rape of the Lock' 'The Dunciad' and 'An Essay on Criticism' and for his translation of Homer.

 William Wordsworth:-

(7 April 1770- 23April 1850). He was an English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the romantic age in english literature with their joint publication 'Lyrical Ballads' (1798).

Style of writing:-

      The pastoral of pope are Neo classical poem in which pope attempts to emulate the great Greek and Roman poets like Homer and Virgil by mentioning Greek figures, writing in heroic Couplets and in included in abstraction. Wordsworth, on the other hand, creates more modern way of writing poetry by focusing not on the classical masters, but on emotion, reality, and discerning the fundamental truth of human nature.

       The poem of Wordsworth's belong to the period of romentic ism. While pope was inspired by the idea of Neoclassicism.

  Wordsworth poems are brief and dramatic; some are dedicated to his beloved sister Dorothy. In some works, he glorifies plants, birds and other elements of nature's divine design, other poems describe the lives of fellow countryside folks showing the simple truths of human character. Other side pope works provide the insight into social and political relationships. He influenced political oppression and created such an individual self illustration on which even the modern audience can relate. His poem dedicated to nature were influenced by his good friend and mentor Jonathan Swift.

Comparison between Wordsworth and Pope's poetics:-

POETRY DEFINITION:

W- Overflow of powerful         feelings.

P- Lacked lyric gift skill in      versification in Heroic        couplet.

FUNCTION OF POETRY:-

W- Unexpected splendor          to familiar things.

P- Didactic, Satiric.

SUBJECT MATTER:-

W-Nature and humble             people.

P- Upper-class of city life.

LANGUAGE:-

W-Simple words in daily         language.

P-Smooth, balanced and concise in elegant diction.

CONCLUSION:-

       Thus, both poets Wordsworth and Pope was great figure on English literature. Voltaire given the judgment by pope " the best poet of England and, at present, of all the World." And in Tennyson's words by Wordsworth, " uttered nothing base,".

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 Reference:-

Long, William J. English Literature. Delhi AITBS publishers, India, 2019.

Comparison of Puritan age with other Ages

 Hello friends! 

          I am Hinaba Sarvaiya, a student of the department of English, maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University. This blog is the part of my Classroom activity that is given by our prof. Dilip Barad sir.

   Introduction:-

         The period between 1600 to 1660 is known as the 'Puritan Age' (or 'John Milton Age' ) because during the period, Puritan Standards prevailed in England. The puritan struggled for righteousness and liberty. Puritans was the name given to the people who advocated certain changes in the form of the worship of the reformed English church under queen Elizabetha. 

    The political upheaval of the period is summed up in the struggle between the king and the parliament. Thus the age marked the beginning of the reformation.

     In John Milton, the indomitable Puritan spirit find its noblest expression. There was Samuel Daniel, John Donne, George Hebert, Thomas Carew, Robert Herick, John Bunyan, ect...among other important writers of the age.

Elizabethan Age vs Puritan Age:-

Elizabethan Age:-

 1. Strong national spirit

2. Patriotism

3.Religious tolerance 

4.unbounded enthusiasm

 The Puritan age :-

1. Religion 

2. Government 

3. Moral Standards 

       Puritan age marked with a high religious interest. During the Elizabethan Age the prime interest of King or queens to work for the welfare of society or nation. While in Puritan age kings were the open enemies of the people. The country divided religiously in Roman Catholic and protestant and politically Whig and Tory.

    By the end of century Elizabethans England began to decline. Religious tolerance and enthusiasm replaced by dissatisfaction and dis appointment. puritan literature saddens rather than inspire and become critical and intellectual, it makes us think rather than feel deeply. Elizabethan literature is full of youth inspiration and vitality. We can see gloom even in pessimism. Literature is full of romance springs from the heart of youths.

Restoration age vs Puritan age :-

  The Restoration writer of this age were completed out of moral sense and seriousness. English literature was highly influenced by french literature. Puritan writing style was plain. Writer used simple sentences and not ornament language. There was less usage of metaphors and simile in the literary works.

  The puritan belived that fictional elements in the work of art should be limited. They perceive literary work as a religious practice rather than any piece of entertainment. Restoration age of enlightenment. Restoration from fancy to wit and from poetry to prose, this shift in literary preference was also changed due to the political atmosphere during that time. Satire and wit got more popular than fancy and love. One more category of literature add to this was pamphlet literature.john Evelyn and Samuel Pepys were two renowned diarists of that age. The drama got popular during the Restoration period. Two forms of drama got great recognition. One is heroic play and the other is Restoration of the comedy of manners.

Romantic Age vs Puritan Age:-

 "The ocean is a mighty Harmonist".

         William Wordsworth

The writings of the puritan poet incorporated God to be the center point of their poems. The Romantic period put their mani focus on nature alone.

   The Puritan beliefs were exemplified by writers such as John Milton because he was a strong believer in the puritan faith, and he was not afraid to let it be known that he was a devote puritan. Romantic poet that broke away from the old ways of the Puritans and developed a new style of writing. Romantic period is said to be the richest period in literature ever. Romantic poets expressed freedom, emotion, and individuality. Along with nature in their works unlike.

Victorian Age Vs Puritan Age:-

Victorian believed that literature had to in strict society. Writer's purpose to teach through stories.  On the other hand Puritan the main genres of writing including religious sermons, historical narrative, personal journals and poetry. Victorian novel as a genre rose to entertain the rising middle class and to depict the contemporary life in a changing society. It was in this period that the novel got mass acceptance and readership. The genres in the puritan age were drama, poetry and prose in which the most famous genre of the age was poetry. Most prominent name in the genre of poetry was John Milton, and other figures were school of Spenser, Metaphysical poets and Cavalier poets.

Metaphysical Poets:-

   This time which was given by Dr. Jonson in derision, because of the fantastic from of Donne's poetry is often applied to all minor poets of the Puritan Age. We use the term here in a narrower sense, excluding the followers of Daniel and later group known as the cavalier poets. It includes Donne, Herbert, Waller, Denham, Cowley Vaughan, Davenant, Marvell, and Crashaw. The advanced student finds them all worthy of study, not only for their occasional excellent poetry, but because of their influence on later literature. Thus Richard Crashaw, the Catholic mystic, is interesting because his troubled life is singularly like Donne's, and his poetry is at times like Herbert's set on fire. Abraham Cowley, who blossomed young and who, at twenty five, was proclaimed the gratest poet in England, is how scarcely known even by name, but his "Pindaric Odes" set an example which influenced English poetry throughout the eighteenth century. Henry Vaughan Davenant s worthy of study because he is in some respects the forerunner of Worthworth and Andrew Marvell, because of his loyal friendship with Milton and because his poetry shows the conflict between the two school of Spenser and Donne Edmund Waller stands between the Puritan Age and the Restoration. He was the frist to use consistently the "closed" couplet which dominated our poetry for the next century. By this, and especially by his influence over Drayden, the greatest figure of the Restoration, he occupies a larger place in our Literature than a reading of his rather tiresome poetry would seem to warrant.

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Answers the five questions on Frankenstein novel.

       Hello guys, Here I am sharing my views on five questions which are based on Mary Shelley is novel Frankenstein.

(1). Why victor was not able to accept his dream experiment and it's results?

         

 Here Shelly Contrasts  God's creation of Adam to victor's creation of the monster. Victor sees his creation as beutiful and yet repugnant, versus the creation story taken from the Bible in which God sees his creation of Adam as "good".  Victor succeeds in  bringing his creation an eight foot man, to life in November of his second year, excited and disgusted at 'the monster' he had created, he runs from the apartment. The monster now begins to take shape, and victor describes his creation in full detail as beautiful yet repulsive Yellow skin, lustrous black and flowing hair and teeth of pearly whiteness. Victor describes the monster's eyes considered the windows upon the soul, as water eyes that seemed almost the same colour as the dun white sockets in which they were set, his shrivelled complexion and straight black lips.

       

 Repulsed by his work, victor flees. While wandering the streets the next day, he meets his childhood friend, Henry Clerval, and takes Henry back to his apartment, fearful of Henry's reactions if he sees the monster. Victor also sees his creation was not good looking. Victor thought about society side and not accepted his own creature after monster  losing his innocence results in a death of victor family and friends. this are only reason victor was not able to accept his dream experience and its results.

(2). What made Creature a monster? ( Experience of society- rejection- creator's ignorance and hatred).

         

The monster is victor Frankenstein's creation, assembled from old body parts and stronge chemicals, animated by a mysterious spark. He enters life eight feet tall and enormously strong but with the mind of a newborn. Abandoned by his creator and confused, he tries to integrate himself into society, but society are not accepted his inner beauty and judging by in outer look. Society was rejected, ignore and  hatred the creature. Creature looking in the mirror, he realizes his physical grotesqueness, an aspect of his persona that blinds socity to his initially gentle, kind nature. Seeking revenge on his creator, he kills victor younger brother. After victor destroys his work on the female monster meant to ease the monster solitude, the monster murders victor's best friend and then his new wife.

      

   While victor feel unmitigated hatred for his creation, the monster shows that he is not a purely evil being. The monster's his remarkable sensitivity and benevolence.

(3). Why society has rejected victor's idea of experiment and then the result of his experiment?  (His creation and idea of creation).

      The monster created by victor Frankenstein is rejected by human society because of his appearance

. Mary Shelly  explores the feeling of creature totally ignored and abused by the society. victor does not think about possible results of his experiments. He does not think what will happen when he finally succeeds and created a living creature. He is severely punished by his attitude when the creature created by his turns to monster. Society and social norms finally  result in feeling of loneliness and estrangement . The monster complains that his maker and mankind are moving his nature from goodness and benevolence to wrath and violence.

(4). Can appearance overpower reality?( In reality creation was innocent like child- got converted into monster by actions and given thought process).

       The novel Frankenstein outline the loss of innocence best through two characters, Frankenstein band his monster. Innocent character would have lived and the monster would have never wanted revenge if victor had not rejected him. When victor lost his innocence also resulted in the creation of a monster, whom took his anger out on the people victor loved. Victor without anyone to guide him and help him learn from mare than just literature, the monster was forced to learn the hard way. The downfall of the monster started when he fell in love with the De Lacey family. Loving this family, through it taught him something valuable, caused him to turn into an actual monster. Confronting them and being rejected affected the monster worse than a normal man, as he now completely understood what his place in society was unfortunately, this made the monster result to revenge and decide to use his corruption to hurt his creator. victor losing his innocence results in a monster, monster losing his innocence resulted in a death of victor family and friends.

(5). Who is suffering from Deformity in the novel? Which kind of deformity and disability is there? Who decides what deformity is?(being judgemental appearance matters).

     

         Monster is suffering from Deformity in the novel. Monster asked victor:  "why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust? God, in pity, made man beautiful and alluring after his own image. But my form is a filthy type of years, more horrid from its very resemblance." Thise deformed creature is not born but made, and the creature's deformity is a problem of comparision:  resemblance to his creator's humanity only increases the ugliness of his appearance. 

    

  This novel insistence on the monster's speech this refuses the fantasy of the spectators gaze as safely one sided, suggesting briefly that looking outer beauty not a inner beauty.

 

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Film Screening- Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.

      Here is Hinaba Sarvaiya blog, This blog is the part of my Classroom activity that is given by our prof. Yesha madam.

Introduction:-

       

Marry Shelley's gothic novel Frankenstein was labelled 'romantic fiction' by an early reviewer. It is a powerful work of imagination that uses exotic natural settings and emphasizes the emotions of fear and awe. Many Scholars also see her novel as a critique of romantic ideals. The 'Modern prometheus" she holds up for readers evaluation. Dr.frankenstein, is an ambiguous character who may or may not be worthy of our admiration.

About movie:-

     Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is a 1994 Science fiction horror film directed by Kenneth Branagh, and starring Robert De Niro, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Hulce, Helena Bonham Carter, Ian Holm, John Cleese, and Aidan Quinn. The film was produced on a budget of $45 million and is considered the most faithful film adaptation of Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein or The modern prometheus despite several differences and additions in plot from the novel. The film received mixed reviews from critics and was not as successful, grossing $112 million worldwide.

FILM SCREENING :-

 

         I watched movie. I was shocked because so many scene are wonderful and terribly presented in this movie. Mary Shelley's write a novel in own real life experience but whole situation present in screen it is a very difficulties Let's started the brief review on this my point of view:

Social perspective:-

              Human beings Spend whole life in society. Human beings connected  with society and followed the rules and regulations on everyday life. Society can not accepted in pure heart which it means inner beauty. It can only judge your outer beauty. Monster face was ugly and society does not accept.  First monster not become a monster. He wanted to spend his life with people and people were not accepted him, at that time monster was angry him society people. પછી તે માણસની જેમ વિચારતો થયો and after he revenge to victor and become a real monster.

The modern prometheus:-

           Prometheus is a titan of the God of fire. thise name was symbolic in Frankenstein novel. Victor was excited and a made an own creature and become God. He create own creature in own knowledge and intellectual mind and made his alive. Victor break the rule of nature and try to made creature  and he fulfilled own experience and creature alive. The title was appropriate the modern prometheus only for victor experiment and he was succussed. 

Psycological Angel:-

   Victor was very intelligent, knowledgeable, determinate person. He was hungry for knowledge and challenged god's creation. He broke down the rule of nature and he become a very passionate and create his own creature. He was against his Professor and created creature and he was not good looking after he reject his own creature.

   Last scenes I found the compare of Elizabeth and monster look. I noticed firstly victor was not accepting the monster because of only reason that he was not good looking and he thought about society side and there are  not accept his creature. After Elizabeth died victor made her alive and he got success and he accepted the look of Elizabeth. My point of view here is that if Victor  would have accepted his own creature ( monster), whole story could get different side.

Existentialism:-  

         Whole novel suffering from existence of life. Monster suffers that "who he is ?" "Who is my creater?"

     After end of the movie so many questions got the answers. Monster come to the victor's body and this time he was very sad and crying Robert Walton asked the monster who are you ? This time monster replied "I am son of victor. He was my Father." And end of the movie all questions buries in the 'chita' of victor and monster stay near victor body and died with his creater.

            This are view of my understanding in novel and film Screening.  This novel enough dengerous and heart touching . Face of reality. જેને તમે બનાવો છો અને જો તમે તેને સ્વીકારતા નથી ત્યારે ઘણી બધી પરિસ્થિતિ વિકરાળ સ્વરૂપ ધારણ કરે છે. Now the  End of my writing.

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Sunday Reading task-Lockdown: Pictorial Journey of a Pandemic Poem by Simon Armitage.

     Here is Hinaba Sarvaiya blog,This blog is the part of my Sunday Reading task that is given by our Prof.Dilip Barad sir.

"The Tragedy is the wreckage of a train that has been careening down the track for years."

            - Arundhati Roy:'The pandemic is a portal.'

Life of Simon Armitage:-

         Simon Robert Armitage (born 26May 1963) is an English poet, playwright and novelist. Who was appointed poet laureate on 10May 2019. He is also professor of poetry at the University of Leeds and succeeded Geoffrey Hill as Oxford Professor of poetry when he was elected to the four year part time appointment from 2015 to 2019. The recipient of numerous honors and awards, Armitage was named the Millennium Poet in 1999, a fellow of the Royal Society for literature in 2004 and a Commander of the British empire in 2010. In 2014 he was awarded the cholmondeley Award.

     

   Known for his deadpan delivery, Armitage's formally assured, often darkly comic poetry is influenced by the work of Ted Hughes, W.H.Auden, and Philip Larkin. As a reviewer for the PoetryArchive.com observed,

"With his acute eye for modern life, Armitage is an updated version of Wordsworth's 'man talking to men.'"

POET LAUREATE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM:-

    The poet laureate of the United Kingdom is an honorary position appointed by the monarch of the United Kingdom, currently on the advice of the prime minister. The role does not entail any specific duties, but there is an expectation that the holder will write verse for significant national occasions. The origin of the laureateship date back to 1616 when a pension was provided to Ben Jonson but the frist official holder of the position was Jonh Dryden, appointed in 1668 by Charles II. The holder of the position as at 2021 is Simon Armitage who succeeded Carol Ann Duffy in May 2019.

     Let's discuss about the lockdown: pictorial journey of a Pandemic Poem by Simon Armitage.

     Poet laureate says society may emerge from the pandemic 'slightly slower, and wisher, at the other end.'

      Simon Armitage has written a poem to address the coronavirus and a lockdown that is slowly being implemented across the UK, saying that the art form can be consoling in times of crisis because it "asks us just to focus, and think, and be contemplative."

   A poem about two dreams:-

1. A hallucinating Dream sequence of 1665-66 plague stricken village, Eyam.

2. And an exotic dream wherein the dreamer travels back in time to Kalidasa's Meghaduta- The Cloud Messenger.

Armitage, who is at home with his family in West Yorkshire, said that "as the lockdown become more apparent and it felt like the restriction were closing in, the plague in Eyam become more and more resonant" to him.

    His poem reference Eyam's boundary stone. which contained holes that the quarantined villagers would put their money in to pay for provision from outside, and then fill with vinegar in the hope it would cleanse the coins. It also touches on the doomed romance between girl who lived in Eyam and a boy outside the village who talked to her from a distance, until she stopped coming.

     The poem was also influenced by a scene in Meghaduta in which an exile sends reassuring words to his wife in the Himalayas via a passing cloud. ( જેવી રીતે યક્ષ તેની પત્નીના પ્રેમ વિરહમાં તડપે છે, તેવી રીતે આ કોરોનકાળમાં એક મનુષ્ય યુગલ તડપે છે. મેઘદૂત કાવ્યમાં મેઘને દૂત કરીને સંદેશ પોતાની પત્નીને મોકલે છે તેવીજ પરિસ્થિતિનું નિર્માણ આ કાવ્યમાં સિમોન વ્યક્ત કરે છે.)

    "The cloud is convinced to take the message because the yaksha, which I think is sort of an attendant spirit to a God of wealth, tell him what amazing landscapes and scenery he's going to pass across. I thought it was a kind of hopeful, romantic gesture,"said Armitage.

       He thought ther was a message to be learned "about taking things easy and being patient and trusting the earth and maybe having to come through this slightly slower, and wiser, at the other end given that one thing that's accelerated the problem is our hectic lives and our proximities and the frantic ways we go about things."

     "Poetry is often about detail, even to the point where there's just somthing sacramental in the ordinary descriptions of everyday life," he said "it's unlikely that there's going to be a book of poems that are consolation against catastrophe, but just in poetry's nature, in the way it asks us to be considerate of each other and the world. In the relationship with thoughtful language, something more thoughtful occurs."

     In pandemic period so many writers, poet wrote about the poem, novel, story,ect..in current situation. I am spending their time with enriching their skills, spare time of their hobbies and one of the most accepted ways is write a something like that quote, poem, story..and reading literature. Here I presented written by me in pandemic time.

This is my poem.  This time we all are quarantine in our homes because of the terrible spread of coronavirus in all around the world. I am write thise poem only for think. I am described the value of time, thise time was good for recalled Happy movement, spending time with family members.. સ્મરણો વાગોળવા it time to back to few years and remembering whole memory.  

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