Drama - Literature Diary

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Waiting For Godot – An Absurd Play

Beckett is considered to be an important figure among the French Absurdists. “Waiting for Godot” is one of the…

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“Waiting for Godot” occupies a prominent place in the annals of English literature for highlighting the basic truths of human…

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–> –> HOPE FOR SALVATION, AN EVASION / RELIGIOUS PLAY One of the approaches to “Waiting for Godot” is to…

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No passage in “The Poetics” with the exception of the Catharsis phrase has attracted so much critical attention as his…

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Aristotle writes that the function of tragedy is to arouse the emotions of pity and fear, and to affect the…

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Aristotle did not invent the term “imitation”. Plato was the first to use the word in relation with poetry, but…

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Aristotle devotes great attention to the nature, structure and basic elements of the ideal tragic plot. Tragedy is the depiction…

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Shakespeare’s greatness and pre-eminence as a dramatist is universally recognized. It is said that “he was not of an age…

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Arthur Miller is a great modern American dramatist who keenly observes the ambitions and ideals of an individual as well…

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“Oedipus Rex” is a tragedy of fate. The crucial events in the play have been predetermined by fate or the…