Comparing Hansel and Grettel to The Crooked Tree Interviewer: Today, we have two special guests in the studio, Jemma Robertson and Ruskin Bond, they are going to talk about their stories. Interviewer: What is the title of your piece? Jemma: We performed a Theatre in Education piece of the story "Hansel and Grettel". Ruskin: My story is called "The Crooked Tree". Interviewer: What is the story? Jemma: Hansel and Grettel is the story of two children, Hansel
I think people have a notion that if any crime or kidnapping is happening, it will happen only to children or women. This is so because of their weaknesses. Women are physically weak meanwhile children are mentally as well as physically weak. Ruskin bond wrote this story in early 1960s.I am sure that he incorporated his childhood into the society of that time allowing him to relive his childhood. I think the problems in the society was due to greedy people, thieves etc. The society never bothered
In “The Stationmaster”, Pushkin reworks Karamzin’s short story “Poor Liza” and the Biblical tale of the Prodigal Son to subvert and remark on the predictability and expectations of sentimentalist prose. In beginning his tale, Pushkin immediately creates sympathy for the stationmaster in the style of romantic fiction that glorifies the poor or lower-class. He frames his tale in the context of the Prodigal Son and “Poor Liza”, both of which feature a down-trodden parent doing their best for their child
Matthew Arnold, Thomas Carlyle, John Ruskin and William Thackeray are among the Victorian thinkers to earn the title of “sage.” To some degree, the Victorian sages were respected and enjoyed by people from all social classes. They were certainly considered intellectuals and trailblazers of alternative viewpoints. They passed their message through public speaking, periodic columns in newspapers, poetry, and in novel-form. It is a difficult task to describe them as a group because they were each so
Despite the comedy in the ways in which women in the play are presented, Oscar Wilde forces even a modern audience to attend deeply to serious matters. To what extent is this the case in “The Importance of Being Earnest”? The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde is a comedy of manners in which the vast majority of the humor derives from Wilde’s portrayal of the female characters. The play is not meant to be serious, or to carry any particular moral message, as Wilde himself acknowledges in
Quest for Identity in the Victorian Era "'Who are you?' said the caterpillar" to Alice (Carroll 60). This was a question she could not answer. Why doesn't Alice know what constitutes her being? Humans desire completeness, and a solid identity. Up to the age of Darwinism, that void was filled by religious faith. But with the emergence of Charles Darwin's theories on natural selection and survival of the fittest, Victorians were reevaluating their paths to righteousness. Without God as a
dry... ... middle of paper ... ... on life. 4. The quote by John Ruskin, “At least be sure that you go to the author to get at his meaning to get at his meaning, not to find yours” is saying that the reader needs to find the real meaning of something as written by the author. This quote says that your own perception of something might be completely different from the real meaning as portrayed by the author. John Ruskin advocates that the readers needs to discover the actual meaning and use
“Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.”(Oscar Wilde) Just starting off in the world, this phrase can be a bit bemusing to the average student. Especially in the rigorous social norms of the Victorian age. But if this phrase was uttered at the end of his life, toward his downfall, the betrayal of his fans, the loss of a wife and a lover, his inevitable imprisonment; it would make much more sense for this troubled man. As an aesthetic to the core, Wilde used his unending wit to satirize
Old is Gold Irish playwright Oscar Wilde sparked uproar during Britain’s Victorian Era with witty literature that cemented his legacy as being one of the greatest playwrights in history. Wilde’s acclaimed ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ showcases the satirical craftsmanship of his epigram. Times have changed since this satirical play was written and with this opens up questions that is it still funny nowadays. The play explores the themes of marriage, death, and the pun on the word earnest by using
The Importance of Being Earnest is one of Oscar Wilde’s many masterpieces. The famed comedic play is about Jack Worthing and his friend Algernon Moncrieff, who create double identities and are eventually caught in their lie. When analyzing this play the author made it easy for the reader to identify the different gender roles & gender specific stereotypes he uses in order to criticize the Victorian values. Throughout the play, there are many different references to the Victorian Era of England.
There is much to be admired of women poets of the Victorian era. A time, in which, female poets and male poets were viewed separately. Standing out amongst the female poets and playing a lead role in a revolutionary movement was Christina Rossetti. Christina Rossetti’s rich childhood, personal and familial strives, and the Pre-Raphaelite movement aided her to use her poems as a tool of personal expression of the inner turmoil of religious and family obligations and a personal longing in her soul
Women, although many a times not as powerful as men physically have long been a strong force in society, especially in the Victorian Age, where they had obvious contributions in ways that have seen positive effects to this present day. Prominent, among many other successful women of the Victorian age who departed from their usual roles assigned in the hierarchy of society were Florence Nightingale, Madam Curie and Harriet Beecher Stowe. The Victorian age is seen as a period of questioning of a
Turners superb architectural renderings that frequent his landscapes, being praised by the London Times of the 3rd of May 1797 for his ‘exquisite architectural views. ’ The influential English art critic and defender of Turners artistic style, John Ruskin, described Turner as being able to ‘stirringly and truthfully measure the moods of nature. ’ Despite many other critics of the day being highly critical of the way Turner handled his subjects, the Academy was incredibly supportive of his early works
Wilde’s Earnest Satire The Importance of Being Earnest is a comedic play that was written by Oscar Wilde in the late 1800s. He believed that people in the Victorian Era took life too seriously. He wrote this play with various forms of satire to ridicule the strict lifestyle the upper-class were boxed into. The upper class had pretentious values and behaviors that characterized Victorian life. During the Victorian Era, people were living under Queen Victoria’s monarch. During her reign,
Oscar Wilde was born in October 16, 1854, in the mid era of the Victorian period—which was when Queen Victoria ruled. Queen Victoria reigned from 1837 to 1901.While she ruined Britain, the nation rise than never before, and no one thought that she was capable of doing that. “The Victorian era was both good and bad due to the rise and fall of the empires and many pointless wars were fought. During that time, culture and technology improved greatly” (Anne Shepherd, “Overview of the Victorian Era”)
The Importance of Being Earnest is a comedic play, bringing humor to readers through sarcastic and witty words, ironic situations, and foolish ideals. Jack, best friend of Algernon, guardian to Cecily, and respected man of Hertfordshire, is surrounded by humorous situations and people. Jack himself creates a comical situation through his scapegoat, Ernest, who has a lady in love with him. Oscar Wilde fabricated the classic and very humorous play, The Importance of Being Earnest, through cucumber
John Ruskin once said, “The essence of lying is in deception, not in words”. With regards to what Ruskin talks about, deception is an act that Americans have lovingly embraced. It has been so embraced that we don 't even know if we are deceiving or being deceived. Stephanie Ericsson’s essay, “The Ways We Lie”, claims that “our acceptance of lies becomes a cultural cancer that eventually shrouds and reorders reality until moral garbage becomes as invisible as water is to fish” (343). In a sense, the
Use of Language Irony is portrayed in limitless forms but in Oscar Wilde’s play, The Importance of Being Earnest, it is exposed through Wilde’s use of language. To begin his play, Wilde uses Jack and Gwendolen’s relationship to show how little effort people in the Victorian Era put forth to claim the reputation of being earnest. Wilde’s view on rich people is delineated through the shallowness of Algernon and Lady Bracknell who believe that since they are rich, they are able to control natural forces
The Victorian period began with the accession of Queen Victoria; when she gained power in the throne. The era can be separated into three sections: the early Victorians, the Pre-Raphaelites, and the late Victorians. Some early Victorian writers include Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Lord Tennyson Alfred, and Robert Browning. Also, the idealism of this time was utilitarian. Nature was viewed as cruel and harsh, which is the complete opposite from the Romantic period. Some key themes included evolution
John Ruskin wrote in his book Modern Paintings encouraging young artists to renounce the traditional Academy teaching and to focus instead on close observation in nature. Ruskin promoted the realist aspects of the Pre-Raphaelite paintings at the expense of the historical component, the painters used the sharp realism rather than the distortions