The Absalom & Achitophel

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John Dryden:-

John Dryden was an English playwright, critic and poet of 17th century. He was born in 1631 and died in 1700. He was also appointed poet laureate in 1668 by Charles II. He was the first to be appointed and remove as well from laureate ship officially. He was dismissed by William III in 1689. He was a dominant figure during Restoration England. This is the reason that this age is also named 'the Age of Dryden'. Romanticist, Sir Walter Scott called him "Glorious John".

He established himself as the leading poet of his days. Hey witnessed the transition of English literature, commonwealth period. As the theatres re opened in 1660, he started writing plays. He is first play the Wild Gallant was not that successful. But it gave him a contract of writing three place per year by king's company. Marriage A -la-Mode(1673) is counted in his best non plays. All for love (1677-1678) was a blank verse heroic tragedy which earned him more fame. He is satiric verse Mac Flecnoe  which was also written in mock heroic manner , was a personal product in which he attacked on his successor Laureate, Thomas Shadwell. Absalom & Achitophel and The Medal are also counted among his satirical works. His Religio Laici is considered a religious poem.

 Absalom & Achitophel:-

About the Poem:-

  The poem talks about Absalom and Achitophel rebellion against his father King David. Absalom is David's favourite son and Achitophel is David's famous advisor.

  This poem revolves around Achitophel who will persuade to revolves against his father King David. Dryden writes this poem in order to portray a political satire that is a ruin a Charles II, he compare the biblical story with contemporary political events and brings out his poem . This poem is generally acknowledge as finest political satire on the English language.

  This poem is also described allegory regarding contemporary political events and a mock heroic narrative. Allegory is a piece of art. Which symbolises conveys of hidden meaning. Typically this play some moral satire using of humour sense who attack person.So Dryden he has taken a technical story and compares contemporary political events. 

  Dryden pics up a three main characters from the Biblical story and he compares with a contemporary people.

  Absalom,he is a David's favourite son he represents James Scott who is the Duke of Monmouth. This James Scott is a eligimate son of Charles II. James Scott rebelt against Charles and thrown in Dryden time so that is why Dryden has taken this character in his poem. Dryden has this comparison because just like Charles II even King David does not have a male to inherit petrone.

  He has got many mistress by which he has got many eligitimate  son,But he loves Absalom the most.

  Dryden in the poem he supports Charles II just like King David. He says that Charles has all the right to have the tron but his sun is rebelling against him to the throne to him.

 This story of king David is told in the old testament in the Bible which is in the second book of Samuel Chapter 14 -18. In the Bible story if we see David has two advisors,once is Achitophel and other one . They both give advice to Absalom to catch the throne. But the result is he is killed after getting coat by his hair in the branches of the Oak tree. This incident can be read in second Samuel Chapter 18. Achitophel in contemporary story by Dryden. He is represent in Anthony, Ashley Cooper who is Early of Shaftesbury, who is the member of parliament during Dryden's time.

Question - Answers of Frankenstein

 1. Why Victor was not able to accept his dream experiment and reason ?

    When Victor went to university, he became more interested in natural philosophy. He became more interested in science.Trying with great interest to know what this life is? What is the Cigarette of Life? Where does the moon come from, where does life come from in humans? He trying to find about life.He wanted to create a new species. collected the human body and he create a creature. He died by doing his experiments in that body. He regretted seeing his creature because it looked dirty.  The creature was looking very horrible and terrible.Victor wanted to make something beautiful but he didn't.

2. What made creature a monster ?

    Victor Frankenstein created the creature but found it ugly when it was made. And he didn't accept..When Victor saw the creature it was quite ugly. When this creature went out among the people, people did not accept him and people started to fear him and tried to kill him.That's why he used to avoid people and was rejected by the society.Even though Victor who created this creature would ignore it and run away from it because it was ugly.When this creature tried to go among people, people would run away from it and throw stones at him.He wanted to go among the people but he fell so much because people did not accept him.And this is what makes the creature a monster because the people of the society did not hunt it and it became lonely and had to go among individuals.

     Now this creature had an aversion to people and was now hat Victor. He wants to kill Victor.

3. Why society has rejected victors idea of experiment and then the result of his experiment?

    Society rejects Victor's idea because people believe that

 God should not go against the law.He gave birth to us so He gives us death. We cannot create this creature yet Victoria went against the rule and created a creature.He did the experiment but the result was not what he expected. The creature turned ugly and Victor's mistake resulted in creature ne.His idea of ​​creating a creature was not successful. So society rejects this idea of ​​experiment.

Mary Shelley 's Frankenstein

 Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is a 1994 science fiction horror film directed by Kenneth Branagh who also stars as victor Frankenstein, with Robert De Niro portraying frankenstein's monster (called the creation in the film), and co- start Tkm Hulse,Helena Bonham Carter,lan Holm,John Cleese, Richard Briers and Aidan Quinn. Considered the most faithful film adaptation of Mary Shelley's 1818 novel, Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus, despite several difference and additions in plot from the novel, the film follows a medical student named victor Frankenstein who creates new life in the form of a monster composed of various corpses's body parts.

Mary wallstonecraft Shelley:-

Born:- August  30,1797, London, England

Died:-February 1,1851 (aged 53) London, England

Notable Works:- " Faulkner", "Frankenstein or the modern Prometheus","History of a 6 weeks' tour","Lodore","Selected letter of Mary wallstonecraft Shelley","The fortunes of Perkin Werbeck","The Journals of Mary Shelley 1814- 1844","The Last Man","Valperga"

Father:-  William Godwin

 He Supports political philosophies.

Mother:- Mary Wollstone craft

She was a feminist and philosopher 

Shelley's Novel  Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus (1818) is combination of Gothic horror story of victor Frankenstein or Swiss student of natural science who creates an artificial men from piece of corpses and brings his creature to life.

Characters:-

🔹Victor Frankenstein 

🔹The monster

🔹Robert Walton

🔹Alphonse Frankenstein

🔹Elizabeth Lavenza

🔹Henry Clerval

🔹William Frankenstein

🔹Justin Mortiz

     

      

Movie review:-

In the movie, the story begins with a narrator, Robert Walton, who is the captain of a ship.In this story, the store is shown from different points of view of each character.The story is sentence time in which his family is very rich and this family also adopts a couple of boys including Elizabeth who is adopted.Elizabeth and Victor become friends and fall in love with each other.

When Victor turns 17, his family sends him to university. But before he went to university, his mother died.When he was studying in the university, he was more interested in science, especially in natural philosophy, constantly trying to know what is life?

What is the secret of life? Where does life come from in human?

He thought of creating a species and decided to combine the different parts of the corpses to create a person but when it happened he didn't know it would happen so he couldn't accept it.

He made this animal but it was ugly so the people of the society cannot accept him and this ugly animal asks him to make a woman like him but Victor leaves the job unfinished and does not make it.Now this animal takes revenge with him.

In movie scenec when the monster kills Dr. frankenstein's wife Elizabeth on their honeymoon night there is extremely horrifying and frightful scenes pacted with terror and horror we can see many more such instances in the movie if we look at the actions of monster.

https://youtu.be/TF-2AMoHjAo

Shelley's most pressing and obvious message is that science and technology go to far that ending is plane and simple every person that victor Frankenstein had cared about met a tragic end, including him self. This shows that we as a being society should believe in the sancity of human life.

 Link of Questions - Answer.

https://bhavyatakukadiya07.blogspot.com/2022/09/question-answers-of-frankenstein.html

Teacher 's Day

" Teacher's Day Celebration - 2022"

Hello , I am Bhavyata Kukadiya. on the Day of 5th September we are celebrating Teachers 'Day at Department of English MK Bhavnagar University

we are celebrate it virtually. As we all know that A Teacher Always played an important role in Every student's life.. Teachers are always like role model..As a part of this celebration I prepared one video on " Metaphysical poets."

Which is also a part of our syllabus.

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