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Faculty of Humanities and Social Science => English => Topic started by: kulsum on April 12, 2010, 02:44:51 PM

Title: Assignment for 11th Batch, Department of English
Post by: kulsum on April 12, 2010, 02:44:51 PM
Dear Students,

I am happy to enlist your names and topics for assignment of course Eng 307

Haripada  ---Bridge party

Shamima Akhter ---Trial Scene

Krishno--  Adela Quested

Sarbari---Dr. Aziz

Rajon--Mau
Rezaul--Fielding
Ranjani---Mrs Moore
Tania---  Ronney Heaslop

Shamima--Mr. Callender
Jahid--MC Bride
Nahid--AngloIndian Folk
Sourov-- Godbole
Afroza--Tea Party
Noshin--Cave Incident
Saanta---Meeting of Dr. Aziz and Mrs. Moore
Nasrin--Md. Latif
Tanvir-- Life of Beckett
Nipu--Estragon
Ajmira--Vladimir
Mazhar--Pozzo
Rifaque---Lucky
Saiful--Theatre of Absurd
Easmin--Godott
Latifur--Symbols Of PtI
Farhina--Temple
papuan--Life and work of EM Forster

Dilruba-- Subtext in Waiting for Godott

I am waiting to read your write ups.
 
Good Luck!!!

Umme kulsum Madam
Title: Re: Assignment for 11th Batch, Department of English
Post by: Shahriar on April 17, 2010, 07:07:34 PM
Although my name is not enlisted, but I had been given the topic, Character Analysis of Major Callender from "A Passage to India". Instead of starting a new thread I submit my assignment as a reply to the following post. (Word file sent as an attached document)

Title: Re: Assignment for 11th Batch, Department of English
Post by: Ranju on April 19, 2010, 12:30:40 AM
                                                                                 Cyril Fielding


The character of Fielding in the novel "A passage to India" is clearly the most associated with Forster himself. Even he plays a crucial role in this novel. He is  very successful to make a relationship with native Indians. That's why Fielding comes closer to Aziz and  friendship relation begins between the two. Even Fielding thinks that their friendship will be restored. Because he does not think any difference between the English and the Indians on the basis of race and culture. However, among the English , Fielding is liberal and cordial because Dr. Aziz (Muslem) and Professor Godbole(Hindu) are cordially treated by Fielding.Yet as a teacher he was very helpful who always extends his helping hands to the students those who are not particular of their class. Finally we can say that as an  Englishman he is a real partisan because E.M. Forster expressed himself through him.



Prepared by:-
                   Md. Rezaul karim (Ranju)
                   ID No:- 072-10-357
                   11th Batch


               
Title: Re: Assignment for 11th Batch, Department of English
Post by: Nahid Ferdous on April 19, 2010, 10:52:44 AM
Nahid Ferdous
072-10-362
                               Anglo-Indians Folk


The Anglo-Indian’s in A Passage to India  stress the Irresponsibility and volatility of Indians, thereby justifying the need for British rule. They fear of Indian sensuality and simultaneous, lascivious, preoccupation with polygamy. The Angl- Indian clash seems invetable . Turtan automatically relegates all Indians to the servant class and determined to prevent her culture from being ‘adulterated’ by that of Indian. European women were frequently relaxed relationships existing between British and Indians. The  superintendent of police is accused of adultery with Miss Derek, and is divorced by his wife.  As one of the Indians put it, would probably blame the Indian climate for this domestic. Forster’s portrayal the occasional  outbursts of  irrational anger , especially in the case of the Anglo- Indian women and also man. 
Title: Re: Assignment for 11th Batch, Department of English
Post by: Ajmira Ahmed on April 19, 2010, 11:11:52 AM
11th Batch

Vladimir

Vladmir is one of the two tramps who are waiting for Godot in the play of the same name. He is older than Estragon. He is more stoutly built. He is affectionate and protective towards Estragon. He seems to be more mature and sober in nature than the impulsive and temperamental Estragon. He seems to take waiting more philosophically than his friend. It is he who has conducted negotiations with Godot, and it is to him the messages of Godot are addressed. Vladimir is patient by nature. We find him arguing painstaking with Estragon to convince him that they are waiting for Godot at right time and the right place. Of the two tramps, Vladimir thinks more and therefore, his anguish is intellectual. Hi lives according to the rationalist principle which urges him to be reasonable. Thus Vladimir is the more practical of the two.
Title: Re: Assignment for 11th Batch, Department of English
Post by: Hera on April 19, 2010, 11:37:31 AM
Name : Shamima Nasrin
ID : 072-10-360
Topic : Mr. Callendar



Mr. Callendar

Mr. Callendar is a minor character of the novel “A passage to India”  In the beginning of the novel, forester is introduced us about this character. He is working as a civil surgeon at the minto Hospital of the city Chandrapore. He is an exceptionally intolerant and bad-tempered man. Through out the novel, he takes advantages in several times from his poor assistant Dr. Aziz. As a superior, he calls Aziz in any time (day or night) then leaves to the club from the bang low without keeping any massage/note. Callendar totally treats him as cruelas possible. He feels proud and suspicious for his professional talents and social position. As a Englishman, he has not shown positive reaction against Indians and against English like fielding, who side with the Indians. Finally, I can say from my point of view that major Callendar is not a well-behaved or good hearted person and most of time he has shown Anglo-English attitudes towards Indian natives.

Title: Assignment on God bole’s Song
Post by: Fatema Amin on April 19, 2010, 12:19:16 PM
God bole’s Song

Mr. Fiddling a arranged tea party in the chapter-7 on part-1 (Mosque). In this party Mr. Aziz, Professor God bole, Miss Quested and Mrs. Moore Came by invitation of Mr. Fiddling. Mr. God bole sung a song in this party. The voice of singer was raised up and vocal broken down like as a mistuned Kasor. It was seemed that a chorus of harsh song. It was the illusion of a western melody. The Lyric of that music had faded out with noise of his sound. It was the song of an irritation bird. Only some servants understood it. They began to whisper with each other. Servants was enjoyed that song and heard it with most concentrate. It was a religious song which bearded the meaning of emotion. He called Sri Krishna with his song. Though he knew that Krishna not response and don’t come but he called him with deep love and he knew the difference of relations between the God and follower continued to forever. Through this song we know that Indian people are emotional and they pray to a non-respondent God. Other hand British or Christian are not emotional. They realized the situation and faith in instant transaction.   


Fatema Amin
ID : 063-10-313
Daffodil International University
Title: Re: Assignment for 11th Batch, Department of English
Post by: Eity on April 19, 2010, 02:11:10 PM
Mohammad Latif

Mohammad Latif who lives on Hamidullah's genoresity. He is not a servant but which position he occupies is not of an equal. He is a gentle, happy and dishonest old man. He does not speak unnessary. In his life he has never done any work. His wife lives some hundred of miles away from him. He does not visit his wife due to the railway ticket. So, we can that Latif is indifferent about his life.

Submitted by:

Nasrin  Sultana

I.D - 072-10-368

Department of English
Daffodil International University
Title: Re: Assignment for 11th Batch, Department of English
Post by: Razon Mahmood on April 19, 2010, 03:03:22 PM
                                                                                Mau

“A Passage to India” is a remarkable literary work of Edward Morgan Forster where he has portrayed culture as one of the central themes in this novel. He has focused two important aspects of this novel by describing the independent Hindu state Mau. Firstly, Forster has symbolically represented the muddle conditions of India as well as the characteristics of Indian people through the description of the Mau “its pillars and vaulting could scarcely be seen behind coloured rags”, “chandeliers of opaque pink glass, and murky photographs framed crookedly”. Secondly, he has exposed the muddle of religion. We find that the religious festival, on the occasion of Krishna’s birth at Mau, is disorderly represented. “God is love” is written as “God si love” which shows the ultimate failure of the fundamental philosophy of Hinduism of the oneness in all living things.
Finally, as a modern writer, E.M Forster has symbolically represented the cultural theme through the aesthetic description of the Indian architectures (Masque, Cave and Temple).       

Posted By:
Razon Mahmood
I.D No: 072-10-355 (11th Batch)
Department of English
Daffodil International University
Title: Re: Assignment for 11th Batch, Department of English
Post by: nipu on April 19, 2010, 09:08:51 PM
Estragon
Estragon, one of the two protagonists is a strange creation of Samuel Beckett in the play “Waiting for Godot” who is a bum and sleeps in a ditch where he is beaten each night. Vladimir calls him Gogo. Ha has no memory, forgets everything what is immediately said to him, and relies on Vladimir to remember for him. Estragon is annoyed and always wants to leave Vladimir but he cannot survive without his help. He has been compared to a body without a mind. Estragon says “do not let’s do anything” this line is thematically very important in this play. It conveys that if you never act, you can never act wrong, and if you never choose, you can never choose incorrectly. Most of the time Estragon behaves like child, if he is asked a question he replies another answer, such as when Vladimir asks: “ Do you remember the Gospels? Estragon tells him about the colored maps of the Holy Land and that he planned to honeymoon by the Dead Sea, it is his short-term memory. How funny this character is!

Posted by
Nipu Cornelious Pereira
I.D. 072-10-372
11th Batch
Department of English
Daffodil International University
Title: Re: Assignment for 11th Batch, Department of English
Post by: Ranjuni on April 19, 2010, 10:18:27 PM
Mrs. Moore
Mrs. Moore was a widow and the mother of the City Magistrate Ronny Heaslop. She had come from England to India for the wedding purpose of Ronny and miss Adela Quested. She was a good hearted woman and  also very friendly towards her child. She was very devoted person and most of the time she liked to think about God. She was interested to know about India and Indian’s too, even though he other English people except Adela disliked the natives. Unlike the others she was not very rough in speaking about natives. She liked speaking the truth, but not to the extent which would be against her son. She disagreed with the others behavior of bad practice people who broke their promise also were no liked by her. She has human limitation and her last wish was to make her children shattle in their life.

Posted by
Ranjuni Chakma
I.D. 072-10-356
11th Batch
Department of English
Daffodil International University
Title: Re: Assignment for 11th Batch, Department of English
Post by: zobaida on April 19, 2010, 10:22:13 PM
Theatre of the Absurd
Theatre of the Absurd is a drama without a plot, without characters, and without dialogue in the conversational sense. The main action relates in showing the absurdity of man’s existence. This drama exposes soul’s agony and meaninglessness of life. Absurd theatre relies heavily on dream and fantasy. The theatre of Absurd is one of the ways of facing up to a universe that has lost faith in God  and has lost it’s meaning and purpose. It plays the role of satirical and criticizes  a society that is petty and dishonest, such a theater in involved in the relatively few problems that remain life, death, isolation and communication. In such a theatre language is devalued. The drama speaks to a deeper level of the audience’s mind. We find it very difficult to identify ourselves with the characters in Absurd drama. The theatre of the Absurd presents anxiety, despair and a sense of loss at the disappearance of solutions, illusions, and purposefulness. Thus absurd drama becomes a kind of modern mystical experience.

Posted by
Kazi Zobaida Aktar
I.D. 072-10-373
11th Batch
Department of English
Daffodil International University
Title: Re: Assignment for 11th Batch, Department of English
Post by: Rifaque on April 19, 2010, 11:28:35 PM
Lucky
Lucky is the absolutely subservient slave of Pozzo. He is an inarticulate character the play Waiting for Godot . He speaks only once in the play and it is a result of Pozzo's order. Pozzo and Lucky had been together for sixty years .He remains completely faithful to to Pozzo. He has always been the intellectually superior. Pozzo credits him with having given him all the culture refinement and ability to reason that he possesses. Pozzo controls him by means of an extremely long rope which he jerks and tug if Lucky is the least bit slow. In second act when Pozzo   has iexplicably gone blind and needs to be led by Lucky rather than driving as he had done before .
Above all the discussion it comes clear that Lucky is a faithful slave of Pozzo,he bears so many good qualities.





Posted by-
Rifaque Hussain Ahmed
I.D#072-10-379
Batch:11th
Department of English
Daffodil International University
Title: Re: Assignment for 11th Batch, Department of English
Post by: Souren on April 20, 2010, 12:46:38 AM
E.M.FORSTER LIFE & WORKS
                     
Edward Morgan Forster, the son of an architect, was born in Marylebone; London in 1879 whose father died when he was only two years old. He was an English novelist, short story writer, essayist and librettist. He is one of the most prominent British novelists of the 20th century. He attended the Tonbridge School in Kent County, and then went on to study history, philosophy, and literature the King’s College at Cambridge where he met members of the later formed Bloomsbury group. His early works include “Where Angels Fear to Trend (1905)”, “The Longest Journey (1907)”, “A Room with a View (1908)”, and his first major successful novel is “Howards End (1910)”. During World War I he served with the International Red Cross in Egypt. In 1946, Forster became an honorary fellow of the King’s College at Cambridge and he received the Order of Merit in 1968.Later on Forster spent three wartime years in Alexandria doing civilian work and visited India. After he returned to England, inspired by his experience in India, he wrote “A passage to India (1924)”. Forster also wrote the libretto to the Benjamin Britten Opera ‘Billy Budd’. At the age of 91, he died in Conventry, Warwickshire in 1970.

Submitted by:
Souren Chakma
ID :072-10-375
Batch:11th
Department of English
Daffodil International University
Title: Re: Assignment for 11th Batch, Department of English
Post by: Noshin on April 20, 2010, 10:37:47 AM
Cave Incident
Cave is situated between Mosque and Temple which represents all the strangeness of nature. These caves are the oldest creations of the nature than anything else in the world. They symbolize the nothingness and emptiness. Mr.Aziz, Mrs. Moore and Miss Adela Quested have a experiment of Marabar Caves. When Mrs. Moore feels tired of climbing the hills, Mr. Aziz and Adela with the guide begin the climbing. In the cave Mrs. Moore feels the reality of life, the weakness of her life is shown vividly, she realizes the failures of her life. And Miss Adela finds the truth of relation with Ronny. Though they suppose to be united but there is far space between them. When Aziz leaves Adela with guide for a smoke, she misleads in the wrong way. Adela is very tired of the atmosphere which makes her loneliness. Without Aziz she leaves the caves and then it conveys a bad news that she falsely accuses Aziz of attempting to rape her in the marabar caves. These are the incidents of marabar caves.

Posted by
Noshin Sharmili Kuhu
I.D. 072-10-366
11th Batch
Department of English
Daffodil International University
Title: Re: Assignment for 11th Batch, Department of English
Post by: Easmin Akhhter on April 20, 2010, 04:09:38 PM


Waiting for Godot    is a world famous absurd drama, written by Samuel Beckett. ''Godot ''is the most noteworthy and significant character of it, though we find no presence of him (for once!) in this play. Beckett himself doesn't make it clear who, which or what is 'Godot' (?) So, we have liberty to imagine him (G) with our own way. During giving an interview in television Beckett once says, '' Godot is in no sense a God. '' May be, 'Godot' indicates a hope for good future or the 'waiting of human being ''for a 'savior' .There is also somebody who believes that 'Godot' symbolizes the uncertainty of getting something in life. Moreover,'Godot ' often seems to us as the waiting for decay or death. Again. 'Godot ' can be defined as simply an idealization of Vladimir's own way of life. Anyway, we can sum up 'Godot ' as the sign of something pure, innocent, a new beginning for humanity and a savior who takes away all the dark, dirt and sufferings of the humanity. Like Vladimir and Estragon we are all waiting for a 'Godot' or a 'happy new beginning".


Name - Easmin Akhter
ID No - 072-10-383
Topic - 'Godot '
Date of submission -April 19.2010.
Title: Assignment on Godbole's Song
Post by: Fatema Amin on April 20, 2010, 05:56:50 PM
Godbole’s Song

Mr. Fielding arranged a tea party in the chapter-7 on part-1 (Mosque). In this party Mr. Aziz, professor Godbole, Miss Quested and Mrs. Moore Came by invitation of Mr. Fielding. Mr. Godbole sung a song in this party. The voice of singer was raised up and vocal broken down like as a mistuned kashor. It was seemed that a chorus of harsh song. It was the illusion of a western melody. The Lyric of that music had faded out with noise of his sound. It was the song of an irritation bird. Only some servants understood it. They began to whisper with each other. Servants was enjoyed that song and heard it with most concentrate. It was a religious song which bearded the meaning of emotion. He called Sri Krishna with his song. Though he knew that Krishna not response and don’t come but he called him with deep love and he knew the difference of relations between the God and follower continued to forever. Through this song we know that Indian people are emotional and they pray to a non-respondent God. Other hand British or Christian are not emotional. They realized the situation and faith in instant transaction.   


Fatema Amin
ID : 063-10-313
Department of English
Daffodil International University
Title: Re: Assignment for 11th Batch, Department of English
Post by: palash on April 20, 2010, 11:37:10 PM
                                                                                                      Pozzo

Pozzo, the name reflects a power. In this play, he does power play character. He does the play with another character, Lucky. Pozzo impresses us as the personification of Raw Power. The out look of Pozzo, he wears a hat, and a wisp in his hand. Sympathetic events happened but, he does not have any change in characteristic to his slave, Lucky. Pozzo’s concept of time modern “practical” culture is based on mechanical astronomical time.

Posted by
Md. Mazrul Islam
I.D. 072-10-378
11th Batch
Department of English
Daffodil International University 
Title: Re: Assignment for 11th Batch, Department of English
Post by: papon paul on April 21, 2010, 12:41:41 AM
Papun Paul
ID- 072-10-382
Batch: 11th


Life & works of
E.M. Forster


Edward Morgan Forster was born on the 1st January, 1879 in London. His father was an architect and was descended from an intellectual middle class family. Forster’s father died in 1880 then Forster’s moved with his mother to a house in Hertfordshire. Forster attended Tonbridge public school from 1893 to 1897 and Forster was a day scholar and he was not happy as a student of this school. After graduating from Cambridge university in 1901, Forster spent the best part of two years traveling in Italy and Greece. Among his early short stories are some set in Italy and Italy was to feather prominently in two of his early novels-where angels fear to tread and A room with a view. Forster wrote some short stories are-the celestial omnibus (1911) and the Eternal Movement (1928) & he also wrote some histories-Alexandria: A history a Guide (1922). Pharos and Pharillon (1923). Forester died in June 1970.
 
Title: Re: Assignment for 11th Batch, Department of English
Post by: palash on April 21, 2010, 02:35:00 AM
Pozzo
Pozzo, the name reflects a power. In this play, he does power play character. He does the play with another character, Lucky. Pozzo impresses us as the personification of Raw Power. The out look of Pozzo, he wears a hat, and a wisp in his hand. Sympathetic events happened but, he does not have any change in characteristic to his slave, Lucky. Pozzo’s concept of time modern “practical” culture is based on mechanical astronomical time.

Posted by
Md. Mazrul Islam
I.D. 072-10-378
11th Batch
Department of English
Daffodil International University 
Title: Re: Assignment for 11th Batch, Department of English
Post by: palash on April 22, 2010, 02:45:31 PM
Pozzo
Pozzo, the name reflects a power. In this play, he does power play character. He does the play with another character, Lucky. Pozzo impresses us as the personification of Raw Power. The out look of Pozzo, he wears a hat, and a wisp in his hand. Sympathetic events happened but, he does not have any change in characteristic to his slave, Lucky. Pozzo’s concept of time modern “practical” culture is based on mechanical astronomical time.

Posted by
Md. Mazrul Islam
I.D. 072-10-378
11th Batch
Department of English
Daffodil International University 
Title: Re: Assignment for 11th Batch, Department of English
Post by: Sharbari on April 22, 2010, 11:49:06 PM
                                                                                          Dr. Aziz


Dr. Aziz is a young Muslim Doctor working in an English Hospital at Chandrapore. He is eager to please others. He is critical of the purdah. He is the hero of this novel . He is a nationalist. He comes of a prosperous Muslim family and has studied in London . He is handsome and is and is a competent doctor. Dr. Aziz is emotion personified. He had very great affection for his wife but now she has died leaving three small children behind. He is very sad and carries her photograph with him.He is impulsive and sensitive . Aziz is emotional by temperament and always full of enthusiasm. He is revengeful upon the English. In the words of G.M White , Aziz is the most human, most believable of all Forster's  characters.




Submitted by:-

Ms. Sharbari Sarkar
I.D No: 071-10-342
11th Batch
Department of English
Daffodil International University
Title: Re: Assignment for 11th Batch, Department of English
Post by: preonty on April 23, 2010, 11:53:34 AM
Tea Party

Tea party is the crucial part in the passage after bridge party which continue incidences towards climax in the cave.Mr fielding  has been arranged tea party for meeting Mrs moor, miss Quested,Dr Aziz and also  Hindu - Brahman professor  named Narayan Godbole . miss quested keen to meet with native people, that's why Fielding invites Aziz.It was unconventional party and every one has a good time conversing about India, and Feilding and Aziz even becomes great good friend wish them. Aziz found the English ladies easy to talk,beauty has troubled him and Miss Quested persisted, 'They even gave up going to Calcutta to entertain us'.Dr Aziz proposed them to visit Maraber Cave and informed them all about mysteries of the cave.The old lady accepted his invitation and she still thought the young Doctor excessively nice;moreover ,a new feeling.Miss Quested accepted the adventure and she also liked Aziz.They feel the Brahman is polite and enigmatic, and he took his tea a little distance from the out castes ,Miss Quested likes Godbole's sweets.Ronny Heaslop arrives in the party and rudely breaks up the party.






Afroja Begum
Id-072-10-365
Batch-11th
Title: Re: Assignment for 11th Batch, Department of English
Post by: preonty on April 25, 2010, 06:32:20 PM
Professor Godbole

Professor Godbole was a teacher of philosophy in the government college. Later he becomes the minister of Hindu state of Mau. He was polite, showed respect to the Britishers, & was an introvert. He valued friendship & helped Aziz to secure the job of a medical chief of the state. He spent most of his time in prayers & celebration of Hindu festival. He preferred Muslims to Englishman. But he is not a true delineation of the Hindu character because he had no Hindu friends who stay with him. As a result Godbole was introduced not as a true representative of Hindu culture but as a caricature.



Sourav roy
ID-072-10-364
Batch-11th
Title: Re: Assignment for 11th Batch, Department of English
Post by: Razon Mahmood on April 25, 2010, 09:56:07 PM
                                                                      Miss Adela Quested

Miss Adela Quested as mentioned in A Passage to India is an English girl who came to India with Mrs. Moore to meet her fiancé, Ronny Heaslop. Adela possessed plain and unattractive look. She was young and amiable but lacked that charm of youth. She faces a strange kind of hallucination in the caves, and accuses Aziz of making some insulting advances towards her. Later on, she withdraws her charges. Indian climate is very much telling upon her. It is under this troubled mental state that she loses sense of right and wrong evil overcomes her. Later on, the really good of her prevails, and her behaviour rests on cold justice and honesty. She, however, feels no passion of love for those whom she was wronged. She is deserted by all Englishman except Mr. Fielding. She is described by the author as “a lumpy, ordinary sort of girl” having real intrinsic decency. She becomes a symbol of the conflict between the two races.


Submitted by :
Krisna Chandra
I.D No: 062-10-279
8th batch, Section A
Department of English
Daffodil International University   
 
Title: Re: Assignment for 11th Batch, Department of English
Post by: Razon Mahmood on April 25, 2010, 10:01:09 PM
                                                                  Miss Adela Quested

Miss Adela Quested as mentioned in A Passage to India is an English girl who came to India with Mrs. Moore to meet her fiancé, Ronny Heaslop. Adela possessed plain and unattractive look. She was young and amiable but lacked that charm of youth. She faces a strange kind of hallucination in the caves, and accuses Aziz of making some insulting advances towards her. Later on, she withdraws her charges. Indian climate is very much telling upon her. It is under this troubled mental state that she loses sense of right and wrong evil overcomes her. Later on, the really good of her prevails, and her behaviour rests on cold justice and honesty. She, however, feels no passion of love for those whom she was wronged. She is deserted by all Englishman except Mr. Fielding. She is described by the author as “a lumpy, ordinary sort of girl” having real intrinsic decency. She becomes a symbol of the conflict between the two races.


Submitted by :
Krisna Chandra
I.D No: 062-10-279
8th batch, Section A
Department of English
Daffodil International University   
 
Title: Re: Assignment for 11th Batch, Department of English
Post by: Razon Mahmood on April 26, 2010, 01:08:19 AM
                                                                                 BRIDGE PARTY

In the Bridge Party that takes place at the start of the novel, the reader is introduced to some of these prejudices and cultural misunderstandings that are formed with the fusion of these two divergent cultures. The bridge party was a miserable affair. The Indian guests arrived at the bridge party before time but they kept to themselves. Turton came late and surveyed the gathering which was composed of Hindus Muslims and Parsees. There have been many events in the novel that illustrates this social difference between the British and the Indians. For instance, the Bridge Party can serve as an example of this lack of unity. “Would she like a Bridge Party? He explained to her what that was-not the game, but a party to bridge the gulf between Eastand West; Even though the Bridge Party was to serve as an “ice breaker” between the East and the West, it just so happened that its intention was not filled.

Submitted by -
  Hari Pada Roy
  I.D No : 053-10-223
  6th batch
  Department of English
  Daffodil International University 
Title: Re: Assignment for 11th Batch, Department of English
Post by: Saiful on April 28, 2010, 12:50:47 AM
                                                                              Theater of Absurd


A form of drama that emphasizes the absurdity of human existence by employing disjointed repetitious and meaningless dialogue, purposeless and confusing situations and Plots that lack realistic or logical development. The characters in absurd drama are lost and floating in an incomprehensible universes and they abandon rational devices and discursive thought because these approaches are inadequate. Despite its reputations for language , much of the dialogue in absurdest play is naturalistic .Theater of the Absurd distinctive Language frequently gain a certain phonetic rhythmical almost musical quality. The Moments when characters resort to non crease language or chichis when appears to have lost their denotative function.At last we can say that absurd drama is well combination of meaningless dialogue, purposes and confusing situation when emphasizes the absurdity of human existence...
Title: Re: Assignment for 11th Batch, Department of English
Post by: Shanta on April 29, 2010, 12:56:48 AM
                                                                "The first meeting of Mrs. Moore and Dr. Aziz"


In a peaceful moonlight night Aziz meets and talks with Mrs. Moore in the Mosque. Aziz who is still shouldering under recent insults from the British, speaks to her sharply but she replies in a friendly manner. He shouts to her to stop and not to move any furthers without taking off her shoes.But Mrs. Moore  she has done so already. She informs him that she has newly arrived to know India as well as to see her son who is the city Magistrate of Chandrapore. In the darkness of the Mosque when he first hears the voice of Mrs. Moore, he is deceived into thinking that she is young, and when he finds that she is old, he receives a shock. Then they mention their respective families, and Aziz finding her sympathetic complains in strong words about the humiliations inflicted upon him that evening by his superior, Major Callender  and his equally callous wife. Mrs. Moore is surprised and insists that she does not understand people rather no she likes or dislikes a person.That's why Aziz calls her an Oriental. The conflict of the Oriental mind and Western mind is an important one in this novel because it is the basis of much of the misunderstanding Mrs. Moore has the ability to cross lines. However, the relationship thus established between the Mohammedan and the English woman leads to certain momentous consequences afterwords.    
Title: Re: Assignment for 11th Batch, Department of English
Post by: Sourav on April 29, 2010, 09:27:46 PM
                                                                                     professor Godbole


Professor Godbole was a teacher of philosophy in the Government college.Later he becomes the minister of Hindu state of Mau.He was polite,showed respect to the Britishers,and was an introvert.He valued friendship and helped Aziz to secure the job of a medical chief of the state.He spend most of his time in prayers and celebration of Hindu festival.He preferred Muslims to Englishman.But he is not a true delineation of the Hindu character because he had no Hindu friends who stay with him.As a result Godbole was introduced not as a true representative of Hindu culture but as caricature.
Title: Re: Assignment for 11th Batch, Department of English
Post by: dilruba on April 30, 2010, 12:53:45 AM
Subtext in "Waiting for Godot"
Samuel Beckett was an innovator.He created a completely new kind of play and in doing so he greatly enlarged the scope of theatre.In the "Waiting for Godot" subtext is used as new variety in writing drama.In the drama subtext is more than text.The subtext makes the play more vivid.Though this we can understand the situation what is going on.It describes the emotion of the characters.Without this subtext this drama will be a half work.It conveys the inner feelings of the character of the play.It gives the clear picture of the drama which the reader can easily imagine.The subtext makes the play interesting and pictorial.


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Title: Re: Assignment for 11th Batch, Department of English
Post by: raju on April 30, 2010, 08:45:05 AM
Hi Group,

It is nice to know about “subtext”, meaning or set of meanings which is implied rather than explicitly stated in a literary work, especially in a play. Modern plays, in which the meaning of the action is sometimes suggested more by silences and pauses than by dialogue alone, are often discussed in terms of their hidden subtexts.
I think understanding or creating (?) subtext is more important now days in daily life, I mean when we are dealing with the longest unscripted lifetime performance on this beautiful world. Everyday life is leaded by decisions and actions those are facilitate by perception and perception can be created from understanding of subtext many ways.
I am enjoying this conversation very much!
Developmentally yours,
Raju
Title: Re: Assignment for 11th Batch, Department of English
Post by: SM SUMON on May 07, 2010, 05:01:35 PM
                                                                     The character of Mrs. Callender




Mrs. Callender was the wife of Major Callender. She typifies the Anglo Indian mindset. Openly dismissing the Indians as uncultured inferiors . She was very charming lady. She always extended her helping hands to the civil Surgeon by caring his bag. She has a great sympathy to Indian woman. That's why she always would like to such kind of behavior with them. She was a nurse before her marriage. And she served a great deal with Indian . Even she was very emotional woman as well as a compassionate lady. Though she represent as  a n English woman , she did not keeping her distance from the Indians whom she likes. She was also courageous and truthful lady. Yet she had a great loves for the natives . Even she wants to make a relationship with Indian so that she cam know Indians . Another time we can see she wanted all Indians to be treated well.